Projects gallery

Built work with earth, lime, straw, salvage, and participation.

The captured gallery centered on five projects: a least-toxic massage studio, a community farmhouse, a Durisol home and office, an urban straw bale ADU, and a small farm house.

ION projects image from the original site

Earthen Heart Massage Studio Remodel

300 sq. ft. storage space converted into a least-toxic massage studio.

Followed chemical sensitivity guidelines
Owner hosted a plaster work party
All wood FSC certified or reused from Olympia Salvage
Reed mat plaster substrate
Reduced electric and magnetic fields
Earthen plaster and paints

Garden Raised Bounty Farmhouse

Community-supported construction project for a non-profit organization, serving as a community and education center as well as program and office headquarters.

Concrete radiant heat slab-on-grade
FasWall recycled-content ICF wall system
Hand-troweled lime stucco exterior and earthen plaster interior using on-site clay
Advanced framing and air-tight drywall construction
Greywater and rainwater ready
Reclaimed, FSC and donated wood

Dan Kelly Home

2400 sq. ft. 2BR Durisol home and office.

First permitted Durisol home in the South Sound
Owner-built general contractor
Durisol recycled woodchip insulating concrete form
Exterior lime stucco
Interior earthen plasters
Commitment to salvaged materials

Dawson-Moore Home

800 sq. ft. auxiliary dwelling unit and first permitted urban straw bale home in the region.

Owner-built general contractor
Owners hosted bale raising and exterior plaster workshop
Post and beam construction
Straw bale and Icynene insulation
Earth and lime based plasters
Passive solar design

Gene and Karen Kraft Home

900 sq. ft. farm house with owner-builder facilitation.

Super insulated envelope using recycled blue jean and rigid insulations
Earthen plasters using local clay, sand and horse manure
Reed lath substrate
Botanical oils and milk paint finishes