Brad’s awesome stories this week include a new kind of dream home and the healing power of of self-compassion, acceptance and honesty. I enjoyed the story about the ad executive who admitted his mistakes and strengthened the team.
This week Awesome Stories brings you DIY homes, hopelessness, and courage.
DIY Homes
I’ve always loved the flowing lines of dome homes and these DIY ones from DomeGaia look beautiful. They also seem like a lot of work. If you’re willing to invest a lot of labor, they estimate you can build a dome home from Aircrete for under $10,000. Aircrete is an earth-friendly building material made from natural materials like sand, cement, lime, gypsum, water, and a foaming agent. This creates an aerated concrete with insulation, structure and fire protection in one lightweight product. My hesitation is having to build the pump, mixer, forms, unique windows, etc. I’d love to see the 3D printer technology from ICON (see below) combined with the aircrete material. DomeGaia offers building plans, workshops, videos, and more on their website.
The founders of ICON have ambitions to transform the housing markets around the world. They’ve already built a…
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Anything is Possible! 
March 24, 2018 at 11:10 pm
Thank you JoAnna.
March 25, 2018 at 9:08 pm
You are very welcome, Brad. 🙂
March 25, 2018 at 1:31 am
Hi, I just nominated you for the Sunshine Blogger award. Have a wonderful day!
March 25, 2018 at 9:16 pm
Thank you so much, NIcole. I am honored. My blog is award free, but that you for thinking of me in this way. ❤
March 26, 2018 at 8:44 am
I wondered about making that choice myself, but I don’t know much about it as I am new to this.
March 26, 2018 at 10:31 pm
It seems like it would be fun if you have the time.
March 25, 2018 at 6:18 am
Fascinating
March 25, 2018 at 9:17 pm
Yes!
March 25, 2018 at 2:54 pm
Fascinating! I’d love to live in such a home.
March 25, 2018 at 9:57 pm
Me, too!