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I’ll Huff, And I’ll Puff And I’ll Blow Your House Down!

Posted on February 23rd, 2010
by Berit Griffin

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In the story of The Three Little Pigs, the straw house went down quickly, courtesy of the big bad wolf. In real life, straw is a unusual building material that can lead to some great-looking houses. Courtesy of MSN Real Estate, here are some straw houses. Who knows, they may even inspire you to use straw instead of brick in your next house! Check out the rest of the homes here.

Images courtesy of MSN Real Estate.



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One Response to “I’ll Huff, And I’ll Puff And I’ll Blow Your House Down!”

MLuxe – Distinctive Home Style » Blog Archive » Post-Earth Day round up of green news

April 29th, 2010 - 9:03 am

[...] five of the latest and greatest green building materials and household ideas (check out our post about straw houses, one of the building materials [...]

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