Steelworker quits at 50, builds $50K cordwood home lit by colorful bottles by Kirsten Dirksen on September 13, 2026 At 50, Jason Fine walked away from his union boilermaker job and cashed out his retirement to buy 29 acres …
He dreamed of self-feeding solar house. So he built A-frame greenhouse home by Kirsten Dirksen on September 6, 2026 Twenty years ago, Anders Solvarm put up a greenhouse just to keep the rain off a log home he was …
After NYC, she moved to village dug underground: fixing 4 caves in 15 years by Kirsten Dirksen on August 30, 2026 After growing up in Manhattan, Thea Carini landed in Bourré – a tiny French stone-mining town with dozens of homes …
He built dirt-cheap homestead in off-grid village. Sharing tips 20 years on by Kirsten Dirksen on August 23, 2026 He built his off-grid straw bale home for just $15,000, including solar panels and batteries, and 20 years later he’s …
FDR’s floating White House sank. Descendants spent 15 years restoring it by Kirsten Dirksen on August 16, 2026 The USS Potomac was FDR’s “Floating White House” — the boat where he ran the country, secretly slipped away in …
Veteran saw collapse abroad. Now builds antifragile family homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on August 10, 2026 For the past 20 years, Josh and Chiara Morris have built a 360-acre homestead in the Missouri Ozarks that today …
Visionary dad built underground home. Son restored it to former glory by Kirsten Dirksen on August 2, 2026 For decades, Conway worked mostly alone, crafting a one-of-a-kind underground home into a Missouri mountainside — no permits, no architect, …
Couple couldn’t find affordable high-end prefab, so they created their own by Kirsten Dirksen on July 27, 2026 Priced out of Madrid, architects Ignacio and Pilar bought cheap land on the outskirts instead – a steep, sloping lot …
Family wraps 2-container homestead in greenhouse to improve health & mood by Kirsten Dirksen on July 19, 2026 Anki lives inside a greenhouse. It started with two affordable prefab containers on a plot of land at the edge …
Inspired by shantyboat youtuber, they built their budget floating homes by Kirsten Dirksen on July 13, 2026 On a quiet stretch of the Tennessee River, Arthur and Steve have traded conventional life for something simpler: floating homes …
