Semi-Stabilized Adobe Techniques

Our friends Bill and Barbara have been building ( in their spare time )

 a music and art studio next to their house in El Rito, New Mexico

which is in the northern part of the state.

We happened to stop by the other day to check on the progress.

Real Estate: Build Or Remodel?

     On July 26th, I started a label on buying real estate where I talked about where to look. Now I want to continue with that label and consider the pros and cons of building from scratch or remodeling. My wife and I have always looked for properties to remodel so this will be slanted in that direction. 

More On Shipping Container Building

Back on May 16th I wrote a post on Shipping Container Buildings
and as I was reading the local Santa Fe arts guide yesterday, Pasatiempo
 in the Santa Fe New Mexican, there was an article on the very same project.
 Sorry but Pasatiempo is a pay site, not sure about the archives.

La Santisima Trinidad Church In Arroyo Seco, N.M.

While we are on the subject of adobe churches in the Taos area

 I want to include the church in Arroyo Seco just to the north.

Ranchos De Taos Plaza

Surrounding the St. Francis de Asis Church, which I covered in the previous post, 

is the Ranchos de Taos Plaza,

 which in itself gives a history of building with adobe in New Mexico.

Here is the complete series:

The St. Francis De Asis Church,

Windows And Doors At Ranchos De Taos Plaza,

The Annual Mudding Of The St. Francis De Asis Church In Ranchos De Taos, N.M.-Part 1,

The Annual Mudding Of The St. Francis De Asis Church In Ranchos De Taos, N.M.-Part 2.

The St. Francis De Asis Church

We have been on the road again so I haven't put

 up a post in what seems like forever.

We are in the Taos area and last week we stopped in Ranchos de Taos

 to see the the San Francisco De Asis church.

More Stone Steps

I would like to continue with a post I did on Stone Steps on March 7th.

 If you happen to be thinking of installing steps 

maybe these will give you some design ideas.