Comments on: Home is …Where (or What) You Make It

By: Jynet

Jynet — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 17:24:54 +0000

I’ve been looking at Yurts for YEARS now. I love them to death. When I was in Whitehorse, Yukon, Canada (15 years ago?) they ran an article in the local paper about a family who spent the winter (-40C average temps) in a prospector’s tent, and I thought even then that a yurt would have been much easier/warmer/larger/etc.

I live in Northern Alberta now, about 18-24 driving hours south of Whitehorse, and still wonder if I’d have the nerve to try it. If I lived further south – where winters were more in the 0 to -10C range I probably would!

By: Merinda

Merinda — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:01:51 +0000

I used to live in a dome home my parents were building when I was a kid. They built it specifically to deal with Minnesota winters. It was my parents dream home and they were sorry to leave it. Also it allowed us to have 20ft+ christmas trees. I think they used contractors to build most of it, then my mom and dad were slowly finishing the inside as we lived there. http://www.flickr.com/photos/reliantfc3/2075514949/ that’s the backside.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 16:58:30 +0000

IKEA now offers a Pre-fabricated house, completely furnished for something like $86K. I know $86,000 isn’t exactly a ‘bargain’ but it isn’t bad compared to traditional housing, especially when you factor in that it is completely furnished including appliances.