Fully-plumbed DIY treehouses & tree-cabin in Oregon “treesort” by Kirsten Dirksen on December 2, 2013 When Phil moved to Oregon decades ago to be near his children, he began dreaming about building a treehouse or …
Off-grid, handcrafted life on Oregon farm & workshop by Kirsten Dirksen on November 25, 2013 Brian is an “obsessive craftsman” who believes he can build most anything in his life. On his Oregon farm he …
Zen forest house: handcrafted, 11K, small home in Oregon by Kirsten Dirksen on November 11, 2013 Brian Schulz wanted to see “how small of a house I could make feel big”. Inspired by the traditional Japanese …
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 …
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) …
DIY restoration of abandoned 18th century home in Barcelona by Kirsten Dirksen on April 22, 2013 When Michele first entered his newly-rented apartment in Barcelona, it had been abandoned for 35 years so looked nothing like …
Tinkerers’ workshop: slow furniture recrafted from trash by Kirsten Dirksen on March 5, 2013 Enough crafters are using trash to make furniture that Pablo Fernández opened a store devoted to selling just that. “You …
Teardrop trailer: classic 50’s mobile micro-home renaissance by Kirsten Dirksen on February 27, 2013 Teardrop trailers first became popular in the 1930s when Scientific American and Popular Mechanics published DIY plans. The idea was …
A resistant, smooth material for better bike frames: hardwood by Kirsten Dirksen on June 11, 2012 Ken Wheeler is a fan of any type of wooden craft. He’s owned wooden sailboats, built wooden camping kitchens as …
Architect & carpenter craft tiny backyard 120-sq-ft studio by Kirsten Dirksen on April 9, 2012 When architect Sarah Deeds wanted to set up a home office, there wasn’t an extra room in the 500-square-foot one-bedroom …
