Debt/car-free tiny house couple: simple living + resilience by Kirsten Dirksen on November 3, 2013 Seven years ago, Tammy Strobel was unhappy, but she wasn’t ready to make changes to her life. “I was in …
Way of Tea: celebrating the art of craft focusing on "now" by Kirsten Dirksen on October 28, 2013 It’s often translated as “tea ceremony”, but Chado, Chanoyu or the “Way of Tea”, is neither a ceremony nor a …
Oregon “teens + dad” team build barge home and workshop by Kirsten Dirksen on October 21, 2013 Eddie Ebel wanted his family to be self-sufficient so he began designing a home and teaching his kids to build …
Micro-homesteading in WA with 10K microhome in friends’ yard by Kirsten Dirksen on October 12, 2013 Dee Williams used to live in a 2,000-square-foot, 3-bedroom home. Then she traveled to Guatelama (to help build a schoolhouse) …
Off-grid self-reliance & survivalism in Australia’s outback by Kirsten Dirksen on October 7, 2013 When he was a teen, Link Knight saw his uncle go bankrupt and vowed to stay out of debt. Years …
Portable home delivered as furniture, tailored as smartphone by Kirsten Dirksen on October 1, 2013 Architect Camino Alonso wanted to create a small, portable, prefab home, but she didn’t want it to feel like a …
Debt-free boat tiny home for family of 3 on Portland island by Kirsten Dirksen on September 21, 2013 Jane and Tony had lived on a sailboat when they were child-free and loved it, so when their landlord raised …
Shop-in-a-box: container workshop deploys hardware anywhere by Kirsten Dirksen on September 16, 2013 Luke Iseman is a creator: he’s invented automated gardening assistants, built a bike taxi company and designed kilns for Kenyan …
School bus renovated as bachelor’s off-grid tiny home by Kirsten Dirksen on September 9, 2013 Max spent his first ten years living in a tiny log cabin and falling for small spaces. He’s spent the …
America’s 1st tiny house hotel had to be in dense Portland by Kirsten Dirksen on September 1, 2013 Deb Delman and Kol Peterson love tiny homes: she’s spent the past couple decades living in a converted garage, a …
