Modal is a backyard home to rent-out or dwell-in anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on August 1, 2021 Can backyard homes provide income & housing? A year after Salt Lake City allowed owners to put tiny homes in …
4x Quonset home-studio: 40 years of artistic simple living by Kirsten Dirksen on July 26, 2021 In the desert of Joshua Tree, Bobby Furst’s home/studio/compound is an artistic wonderland built from 4 Quonset huts, 3 Airstream …
Off-grid container home uses pulleys to lower/raise bed & deck by Kirsten Dirksen on July 19, 2021 Vojtěch Valda’s shipping container house runs on wind, solar, and pulleys. He and his carpenter brother converted the 20-foot (6 …
Finds cave home ruin on a cliff, restores it on a budget by Kirsten Dirksen on July 10, 2021 Julien Cohen’s first home was carved into the side of a hill in La Roque Gageac, a troglodytic village stacked …
Young couple downsizes, pays off $125K debt, buys home by Kirsten Dirksen on July 3, 2021 Four years ago, Marek and Ko Bush were $125,000 in debt, then they downsized into a tiny home, paid off …
Built treehouse annex, then became their live-work respite by Kirsten Dirksen on June 25, 2021 Dustin Feider’s prefab system assembles sturdy treehouses with minimum impact. After making models for clients such as The Doors’ guitarist, …
Couple fits clever barnhouse & Quonset hut on skinny lot in MN by Kirsten Dirksen on June 18, 2021 On a small and affordable Minneapolis lot, Jean and Joe built a barn-style house to maximize the vertical on their …
Made FarmBot home-kit. Now helps NASA on farming by Kirsten Dirksen on June 12, 2021 In 2014, Rory Aronson launched FarmBot, a farming robot built on open-source principles. It wasn’t long before they were noticed …
Bought dark fixer-upper. Turned it into dream home (before/after) by Kirsten Dirksen on June 6, 2021 Three years ago, we embarked on a family project. We found a derelict (and affordable) country home located in a …
Full home unfolds in 1-hour, kitchen & bathroom included by Kirsten Dirksen on May 28, 2021 The Boxabl Casita is a $49,000 home that begins as an easily-transportable 8-foot wide box and unfolds into 375-square-feet of …