From ABC News Online:
“A house in Western Australia’s south-west is being built entirely from recycled wine bottles.
Around 13,500 wine bottles will be used in the walls of the house, which owner Peter Little says will save energy.
He says by filling the bottles with water, the entire building will be insulated.”
No picture, sadly. I’m curious if he removed all the labels or not. It would be interesting to have an entire wall of the dining room made up of Grand Cru. Impress the guests. You could probably craft a suitably feminine powder room out of burgundy bottles. And in the bedroom? Wall to wall Magnums, of course.
The key, I would think, is finding the right neighborhood to build in. A few well-thrown rocks while you’re hosting a swank dinner party in your bottle barn and you’ve got yourself some serious issues. Not to mention potential litigation. But hey, at least your heating bill will be low.
[...] A house made entirely out of recycled wine bottles? I guess so. [...]
Kids! Don’t throw that in the house! Kids….! KIDS!!!
Bottle houses are not a new idea. There is one in Calico, CA – and there is a replica of this house at Knott’s Berry Farm in Buena Park, CA. There is also one in Rhyolite, NV. The insulating properties of bottles were well know a long time ago.
Given the number of empty bottles we recycle from our tasting rooms every day, I could have a new house in a couple years…!
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