HARDING RESIDENCE, Tuscon, AZ. Julie Harding's builder made the cobalt blue tiles for the living room fireplace, and the sabino wood armoire is from Nogales. Ceiling fans throughout the house help keep utility bills low. Harding's home has conventional heating, but her utility bills are much less than her neighbors', owing to the insulative value of the two-foot-thick plastered straw bale walls.

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