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    Our house at Crystal Waters Eco Village

    Oct 20, 2014 6 minutes
    Words by Morag Gamble photos by SEED International

    Our kids love the bright orange and yellow house we’ve built: of course – they helped design it, and chose the colours! Ecovillage homes don’t have to be in muted tones of forest green and mission brown.

    Nature abounds with colour and beauty, and our permaculture garden is filled with these. These are reflected by bold splashes of colour on the walls that bring a fun, happy, positive feeling to the spaces in and around our home, and reflect a lively glow into our rooms, making a great living and learning space.

    We’ve been building our house at Crystal Waters Eco Village, near Maleny in Queensland, for just over a decade.

    OWNER BUILDERS

    We are owner builders and have almost finished. You know the story – just need a few trims here and there, a pergola, a small set of steps at the back door …

    Owner building with family and friends halved our costs. In the

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