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Natural Built Home was founded in 2005 as a one-stop shop for the safest and most sustainable building and finishing materials. Our mission is make sustainability accessible to everyone: homeowners, contractors, architects, and designers. We started out providing products through our website, and opened our first brick and mortar showroom in Minneapolis on Earth Day in 2006.

We continue to research and seek out the best environmentally-friendly building products, focusing on factors of sustainability, recycled content, low to no toxicity and V.O.C.'s, and locally or USA made. We value quality, durability, and affordability. Every year we bring our green building message to the masses by coordinating the interior finishes of the Eco-Experience at the Minnesota State Fair. We also participate in the Living Green Expo and speak about green building and eco-friendly products to community organizations and businesses.

We will continue to educate and encourage the use of products that are sustainable for our planet and safe for our health. Thank you to all of our dedicated customers for your continued support!

To all of you, from all of us at Natural Built Home - Thank You and Happy Shopping!

Rachel Maloney
Owner - Natural Built Home

Along with our great products, we also provide services:

Cabinetry installation
Countertop installation
Flooring installation
Design assistance
Information classes

Natural Built Home is proud to be a member of the U.S. Green Building Council.

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Natural Built Home in the News:

Best GREEN Counter Tops - September 2009

Natural Built Home Voted "Best Green Counter Tops" by Midwest Home Magazine!

Check out the September 2009 issue of Midwest Home to see the Best of the Twin Cities. They voted our Element Surfaces recycled glass counters the "Best Green Countertop" Element is locally made and the standard palette of 14-colors combines beautiful glass with color. Natural Built Home also offers custom blends of this product so you can have one-of-a-kind kitchen or vanity tops. Click HERE to learn more about this maintenance-free counter or visit our store to see this beautiful counter top in person.

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It's Ecohouse! It's new! If you're thinking you saw it all last year, think again.

By KAREN YOUSO, Star Tribune

http://www.startribune.com/lifestyle/homegarden/56358742.html?elr=KArks7PYDiaK7DUHPYDiaK7DU9PhDcULPQL7PQLanchO7DiU

Step right up, ladies and gentlemen, and see the house that you can live in for free. That's right, free.

Electric bill? Forget about it. Gas bill? It never shows up.

We're talking about a net zero house here. Energy used in the house is made by the house. Operational costs are a big, fat zero. And the beautiful fittings inside the house, they're made with Mother Nature in mind.

If you're thinking you saw it all last year, think again.

"This is the biggest and best Ecohouse so far," said Rachel Maloney, owner of Natural Built Home and veteran of the fair's past four Ecohouses.

Click Here to Read More and See the Video

KSTP Video Coverage of the NetZero House at the Fair

WCCO - Eco-Friendly House at Fair Generates Its Own Power

Got Worms?

The Riff: Got worms?

Last weekend's Living Green Expo offered more than just a guilt trip and a few one-liners.

By Chris Riemenschneider, Star Tribune

Last update: May 9, 2009 - 11:53 PM

".... In other poop news, one of the biggest attractions at the expo was the dual flush toilet set up on a pedestal by Minneapolis store Natural Built Home, with a sign that read, "Flush Me." You would've thought people were getting their free giant slot-machine pull at Caesar's Palace, judging by how many stood there waiting and watching the miracle of low-flow plumbing......"

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