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Useful links and recommended reading
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Recommended books and journals Of the many books and articles I read before starting this project, I can particularly recommend: ¤ The Straw Bale House by Athena Swentzell Steen, Bill Steen, David Bainbridge with David Eisenberg (Chelsea Green Publishing Company) – the bible for anyone intrigued by or seriously interested in the idea of building with straw bales ¤ Build it with Bales by Matts Myhrman and S.O. MacDonald (Published by Out on Bale and distributed by Chelsea Green) – a good no-nonsense step-by-step guide to building with straw ¤ Straw Bale Building by Chris Magwood and Peter Mack (New Society Publishers) – the best and most practical step-by-step guide available |
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Links to other useful sites http://www.la-maison-en-paille.com is the site of André and Coralie de Bouter, whose straw bale house in the Charente, France was the first I saw in this country. The de Bouters run various courses and workshops (mainly in French) and are particularly good on the subject of rendering with clay. http://www.strawbalefutures.org.uk is the site of Amazon Nails, the company of women roofers and straw bale consultants founded by Barbara Jones, who is probably the UK’s leading authority on building with bales. |
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Suppliers’ and miscellaneous sites http://www.c-e-s-a.fr– St. Astier supplies a whole range of limes for rendering http://www.barthe.fr– Barthe is a small family-run business that makes beautiful terracotta floor tiles http://www.araltec.fr– Supplies extruded aluminium guttering in several different colours http://www.southernsolar.co.uk– Guidance on and installation of solar panels http://www.TheAppleOrchard.com– Imports lovely French oak tables and chairs http://www.reddisplays.com– Metal cassette, CD and record shelves in a wide range of colours |
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http://www.shelfstore.co.uk– Easy-to-assemble pine shelving system for a huge range of uses (from simple bookshelves to desks and wardrobes) http://www.ecospaints.com– Healthy breathable paints that don’t use solvents and come in a range of really nice colours http://ww.holkhamlinseedpaints.co.uk– Beautiful durable and healthy paints imported from Sweden. They use linseed oil rather than solvents as their base http://www.kinetico.co.uk– Supplies our incrediblycompact water softener http://www.hermanmiller.co.uk– The most comfortable office chair I have ever been fortunate enough to sit in http://www.choicebedrooms.com– Make and fit elegant space-saving sliding wardrobes http://www.npdltd.com– Paul Cerronio makes quirky kit-lamps and imports wooden flowers and wire creatures from South Africa http://www.ingrid.uk.net–
Ingrid Squirrel bought our old house in the Corrèze. A really talented
sculptor, she gave us our lady’, which stands on the covered balcony
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