Rebuilds $8K remote ruin by hand alone: best water/solar so far by Kirsten Dirksen on December 11, 2022 Outdoors enthusiast Luca Ventrella was living in a dense city in Northern Italy when, on one of his weekend hikes …
Simple living at sculptor’s homestead: 50 years building Utopia by Kirsten Dirksen on December 5, 2022 Bruce Johnson, and his wife Margie, moved to California’s remote North Coast in 1973 to rebuild the historic Fort Ross …
Villa Slow housebarn couple builds 30m2 mini-version (timelapse) by Kirsten Dirksen on November 28, 2022 When Laura Álvarez and her partner Lewis Bailey got “stuck” for months during Covid confinement at their rural retreat, the …
Churchill’s underground bunker full tour, secret room included by Kirsten Dirksen on November 20, 2022 A private WC that people thought was Churchill’s bathroom included instead a high-tech telephone boot to call the US Presidents …
Samara Backyard ADU by Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia: full review by Kirsten Dirksen on November 18, 2022 In 2015, Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia wanted a backyard house, but couldn’t find anything he liked, so he decided to …
CA artist-farmer builds $25K quiet home to savor simple life by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2022 Needing a break from roommates and social work environments, L Gilbert wanted an affordable home for one in pricey California. …
2-story wine barrel beats family’s charming redwood log house by Kirsten Dirksen on October 31, 2022 When Marianne and Richard Atkinson bought a 1250-square-foot cabin in the Santa Cruz Redwoods, they didn’t expect to stay long …
Left BBC’s Planet Earth to start dream family homestead (full tour) by Kirsten Dirksen on October 26, 2022 Over a decade ago Matt Swarbrick and his wife Jenny decided to leave behind city life to “grow cabbages and …
Homeless shepherd shares hunter-gatherer diet & survival tips by Kirsten Dirksen on October 17, 2022 For more than a decade Aaron Fletcher has lived as a nomadic shepherd, mostly out of a micro-camper pulled by …
Arctic Homestead: 10 years living off the Alaskan wilderness by Kirsten Dirksen on October 9, 2022 Jenna and David Jonas have spent most of their lives living off the land. At 17, David built a cabin …
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