As of March 5th, 2005, we have all the outside stucco complete and the guys are starting on the inside.

With the outside stucco finished, you can see much of the plastic covering on the windows has been removed.

A close-up of the south facing windows shows the bullnose effect upon the windows from the deepstraw bale walls:

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and another view of the walls: on the front

and from the carport:

If you notice, even with just the "raw" cement and no paint, the texture of the plaster on strawbale walls is very nice.

A view
from the West

Our walk-in shower will have a sun mosaic and black pebble floor...

Here's the master bedroom down the hall