If you’ve been drooling over earthen house pictures for any length of time then you’re probably torn. Which building method should you actually use?

• Cob is so beautiful. So sensual. The smooth curvaceous walls just make you want to rub your hands all over them.
• Straw bales are so sensible. They’re relatively fast to build and incredibly warm.

I used to change my mind daily from cob to strawbale and back again. After building henry the cob studio, I was madly in love and I didn’t want to miss out on that in our main house. But strawbales appealed to my logical man mind…” – Tom

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