Beautiful Straw Bale Home For Sale
This beautiful home in southern Colorado is for sale! The location and design of his home were determined by the owner's study of feng shui, the Chinese art of harmonious design, and by his desire to use straw bales to insulate this mountain house to a factor of R55. This is only one of 13 features that make this a green home. Settled on a sloping promontory point, the center gazes south down a gentle valley -- historic Longs Canyon. Straw bales create an old world feeling of thick walls, and the passive solar placement of the house keeps the building warm in winter and cool in summer. While outside temperatures might reach 90 degrees in the height of summer, the interior temperature of the center has never exceeded 78 degrees when windows are closed during the daytime. The center is surrounded by 35 acres of pinon pines, ponderosa pines, and meadows that are alive with wildflowers during the warmer months. Winters are relatively mild. Located 8 miles (as the crow flies) from the New Mexico border, the climate is high desert and less typical of Colorado than it is of New Mexico. For more information, please click here.
