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Pedal-powered Shanty Boat 14 Jan 2012 | 03:42 am
The 18’6″ x 6′ Escargot is a pedal-powered boat designed by Phil Thiel. I absolutely love the idea of this small, easy-to-build shanty boat as a house. The minimalist design is beautifully simple. Fu...
A-Frame House Inspiration 14 Oct 2011 | 06:19 am
The A-frame house is a minimalist structure with such a steep roofline that it efficiently sheds snowfall. These houses were widely popularized after WWII as a symbol of the modern vacation cabin. Her...
Experimental Living on Indy Island 13 Sep 2011 | 12:24 am
Photo from Stephen Simonetto This tiny island was featured on my blog last year when nobody was living there, but now I have photos from the current resident, Katherine Ball. Her six-week residency ...
7 Lessons Learned from Living on the Road 24 Aug 2011 | 12:11 am
For five months my partner and I have been on a perpetual vacation, living off-the-grid in our Toyota 4Runner as modern vagabonds of the American West. That’s right, we said goodbye to the house, ditc...
The Tiny House Movement is Growing… 18 Aug 2011 | 12:18 am
A year ago I was just settling in to calling it a “movement” and before that it was just my weird obsession. Now it’s in the New Yorker: The rise of the tiny-house movement. Creative downsizing is tak...
Vardo Truck Camper 8 Jul 2011 | 03:44 am
An email arrived reminding me that tomorrow is the last day the Vardo plans will be on sale from Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. This got me daydreaming about building a DIY truck camper on top of my f...
Abandoned Adobe House in Arizona 3 Jun 2011 | 12:25 am
This isn’t a story — it’s a sketch of a story. We were traveling through Arizona and spotted this abandoned house in Portal, Arizona. What makes this mystery so compelling is a grave marker for Edwar...
Our Dining Nook 12 Feb 2011 | 07:26 am
Hmm, it’s probably about time to share where we’re at in our house renovations. The inside of our home is a work in progress. If I turned the camera in different directions it would still be a mess. B...
Renovating an Old Trailer for under $1,200 13 Jan 2011 | 09:05 pm
I’m touched by Nicolettes’s story. She found an abandoned structure and with no money and no tools she managed to build herself a tiny house out of trash and scraps and donated supplies. In total it t...
The Living Kitchen 7 Jan 2011 | 01:52 pm
This “living kitchen” concept has got my attention. There’s beauty in its practical simplicity. See it in use. I particularly like that the food scraps go directly down into the vermicomposter which,...
