Above is an earthship picture I found while searching for images on Google. It’s not at all what I imagine our home looking like (I can do without the space look. I’m a shabby chic girl), but I just love the concept of a home that is self sustainable, and an earthship is just that.

One of my more recent interests is buying some dessert property near my home. It’s a great time to buy and it’s always super cheap to buy dessert property anyways. I want Jeremy and I to have the option of retiring at 55, and that may not be as possible if we’re still chipping away at this 30 year mortgage (28.5 years now–YAYYY!) and IF we don’t have to refi at any point. Our Earthship would be more of a “hobby” of sorts for us– something we could spend weekends building– we could use extra money here and there to do different stages of building, rather than taking out a big loan– we could build it OURSELVES, and out of recycled and cheap materials– we could take 10 years to build it, if need be, because we wouldn’t be in a hurry to live in it– It would be a bonding family project! When it’s all done, whether 5 or 10 years, we could move in and have absolutely NO expenses! No electricity bills, no gas bills, no nada.

If I do it again, I want to build from the ground up– a home that is perfect for us and our needs. That’s why I was excited to hear about the House Plans from houseplansandmore.com. You can find the perfect house plan to suit your needs. An Earthship is what I had in mind for us, but if I were looking for a more traditional home I could find an endless resource for lovely homes through houseplansandmore.com!

Their site claims, “Our goal at House Plans and More is to help you find your dream home plan that incorporates every architectural design feature you need to make your new home highly functional for your lifestyle.” You can search for that perfect home by square footage, number of bed/bath rooms, price, etc., and find a variety of home building resources and helpful tools all in one convenient website organized to make your home plan search simple and easy.

Whether you are interested in house styles such as Southern Plantation, Log home plans, Santa Fe, Rustic, Cabins, or Ranch style homes, you will undoubtedly find what you are looking in Home Plans at houseplansandmore.com. If you aren’t interested in finding house plans, you can also use the site to find shed, garage, and backyard project plans! But you don’t have to take my word for it, waste no time and visit houseplansandmore.com for yourself!