Colorado Yurt Owner Michael Drummy bought 15 acres in rural, picturesque northern New Mexico – “O’Keeffe Country” it’s called because the painter Georgia O’Keeffe lived there for the second half of her life.
After buying the property outright we didn’t have the means to build anything very expensive down there. We purchased a 20’ yurt with all the bells and whistles in the spring of 2008. It feels roomy and cozy at the same time. Spending time in a yurt you are much closer to the elements and to the natural cycle of things. The yurt has withstood everything and we are absolutely thrilled with it. Read the complete post at the Colorado Yurt Company Blog.
ooooooooo and it’s RED!
I find myself really intrigued about this. Can you share with me the property purchase details? I had almost given up the thought of this as I was told that only traditional houses would be ‘allowed.’ I also, as much as red appeals, would find it hard not to paint the thing to look like just another big green bush! If you have time, I would love to have an email conversation with you, thanks so much.
Russ
B1200@aol.com
Hi Russ, you will need to go to the Colorado Yurt blog and join in the conversation http://info.coloradoyurt.com/bid/39064/High-Desert-New-Mexico-Yurt and I’m sure they will get your answers. I just posted a picture they submitted and linked to their blog, so I don’t know all the answers.
We too have land in northern NM, our 42 acres are just south of Tres Piedras. We currently have small 200 sq ft cabin started. and hope to build a larger Earthship type house in the future. Taos County has many earthships in the greater world Community. Mike Reynolds has pioneered alternative building there, so the county is receptive.
The People we bought our land from have additional properties for sale.
you can see some of our progress on my blog pages
I’m fascinated with the proportions. What are those “trees”? To me they look like green tumbleweeds, and if that yurt weren’t red I’d think it was another tumbleweed, albeit pointy. They all look like they would roll away in the next big wind!
Bonnie!
How would a yurt compare to a cedar small shed of 200 ft on dealing with wind on a ridge and snowfall? How long do they last or is it a temporary thing.
Hi everyone,
As a colorado yurt company employee, I wanted to weigh in on the conversation quickly. Cheryl: our yurts are fully engineered to meet every international building code. Our “Alpine Stout” yurt is the only yurt on the market that can handle 150 pounds per square foot of unbalanced snow. They can handle winds of up to 90 miles per hour.
I’m not sure about the land purchase back story here.
As Kent said, there is some good information on permitting on our blog info.coloradoyurt.com. Every county is different in that regard but if you’re interested give us a call (800 288 3190) and we’ll see if we have any experience in your county.
The trees are juniper, I believe.
Thanks everybody for your comments. I thought it was a pretty cool example of a tiny home sitting comfortably in a unique landscape.
-sam kigar
colorado yurt company
sam@coloradoyurt.com
try buiding a peacedome out of earthbags and plant juniper all around it to conceal and provide shade. no sense in letting the riffraff know where you are.