The Cob Mahal

The Cob Mahal The Cob Mahal is a labor of love. My wife and I are building our own dream house in East Texas using natural building techniques.

Memorial Day weekend, three years ago, we reached one of the biggest milestones in the Cob Mahal build: raising 100 raft...
05/25/2026

Memorial Day weekend, three years ago, we reached one of the biggest milestones in the Cob Mahal build: raising 100 rafters to begin forming our roof.
This chapter tells the story of that long, exhausting, unforgettable weekend.
We hope you enjoy this part of the journey, learn from our mistakes, and share in our success. 🙏

Over Memorial Day weekend 2023, we attempted one of the biggest mil...

This was a bad day at the Cob Mahal. Fortunately, it was followed by a very good day. Our next Chapter of the Cob Mahal ...
03/21/2026

This was a bad day at the Cob Mahal. Fortunately, it was followed by a very good day. Our next Chapter of the Cob Mahal series will be up on YouTube tomorrow! Please follow our channel to tune in!

Everything changed in seconds.We had just lifted and set the roof beams when the structure failed and collapsed. Four posts racked and fell, and everything w...

Here’s how we made our upstairs walls out of recycled bottles!
09/13/2025

Here’s how we made our upstairs walls out of recycled bottles!

In this short, we show how we built the bottle walls for the upstairs of our Cob Mahal natural home in Texarkana, Texas. These colorful walls are made betwee...

Flashback Friday to Nov 2022, when we raised the posts for the Cob Mahal! Subscribe to catch the full video, which drops...
06/27/2025

Flashback Friday to Nov 2022, when we raised the posts for the Cob Mahal! Subscribe to catch the full video, which drops on Sunday!

One wrong move, and this cypress post could’ve crushed everything—including us.Watch as we wrangle one of the heaviest timbers yet with nothing but grit, tea...

Flashback Friday to 9/12/2022: Putting up the final outer post!
06/21/2025

Flashback Friday to 9/12/2022: Putting up the final outer post!

September 12, 2022 was a big day for us at the Cob Mahal. We put up the final outer circle post, meaning that we could start putting beams on top of these po...

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