Berkeley’s backyard tiny house helps with income, landscape by Kirsten Dirksen on October 8, 2012 Karen Chapple is a city planning professor so she knows all about the benefits of backyard cottages as urban infill …
Foldable cardboard stools & stretchable table maximize space by faircompanies on October 1, 2012 When Susana remodeled her small apartment she wanted a large space for entertaining, but she didn’t want a lofted bedroom …
First they remodeled a shotgun shack, then revamped it for $700 by Kirsten Dirksen on September 30, 2012 Three years ago, the Jordan family left their 2,500-square-foot, 4-bedroom home to move into a 1-bedroom 320-square-foot prefab. They also …
Tiny home cube: bathroom + kitchen + closet for family of 3 by Kirsten Dirksen on August 13, 2012 When designer Monica Potvin (of the design-build firm Fabrique) and her husband Markel Otaola bought a small apartment in Barcelona’s Poblenou neighborhood …
School bus becomes off-grid, transformable, tiny home by Kirsten Dirksen on July 30, 2012 As a teenager, Richard dreamed of making a home out of a vehicle. Over a decade later, he met Rachel …
Tiny matchbox apartment hides closet & bathtub in drawers by Kirsten Dirksen on July 16, 2012 Micro-apartments are common in historically dense cities like Paris and Barcelona, but architect Valentina Maini wasn’t interested in typical small …
Off-grid float cabin: retirement tiny home in BC wilderness by Kirsten Dirksen on July 2, 2012 Margy and Wayne Lutz were camping in Coastal British Columbia when they discovered their dream home: the float cabins of …
Zen apartment has shower roof opening, moving paper-walls by Kirsten Dirksen on June 18, 2012 Rui Miguel and Sonia Lopez both work in confined office buildings so they wanted a home with plenty of outdoor …
Artist couple’s 3-acre homestead on unincorporated Norcal coast by Kirsten Dirksen on May 21, 2012 There once was a Wow House- a small backyard studio that Scott Constable built for his and his wife Ene …
Space-flowing apartment: walk-thru shower & fridge-in-drawer by Kirsten Dirksen on May 14, 2012 John MacPeek has fond memories of living out of a suitcase when he first moved to Europe over 2 decades …
