Property Watch: A Real Life Hobbit Hole

In the woods by Camano Island State Park dwells a magical little hobbit hole, with three domes and a bonus stargazing room in the back. The unusual structure is made with SuperAdobe, a sustainable earth building technique that uses coiled sandbags and barbed wire (sometimes filled in with plaster), to create incredibly durable dome homes. Colorful clusters of these domes make up an entire hotel on an island in Iran; here, it allows a small home to support creative sculptural work like deep circular windows and curved corridors. 

The gothic arch front door leads to the largest dome, a central hub to the

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