Inspired by shantyboat youtuber, they built their budget floating homes by Kirsten Dirksen on July 13, 2026 On a quiet stretch of the Tennessee River, Arthur and Steve have traded conventional life for something simpler: floating homes …
Solo on river shantyboat: quits city to live free at edge of society by Kirsten Dirksen on June 14, 2026 Seven years ago, Martin Haseman set out to find a way to live for free in America. He tried RV …
Tall couple’s Big small home: how 1 space gets infinite configurations by Kirsten Dirksen on April 19, 2026 In Scott and Susan Burbank’s tiny house, almost everything moves — even the kitchen, just not the kitchen sink. Cabinets …
Veterans buy dirt-cheap land to build off-grid coliving homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on April 5, 2026 On 4 acres of inexpensive desert land in Arizona, Kenny Quinn—a veteran turned earth builder—helped create a radically affordable cohousing …
30 years fine-tuning micro-homestead oasis: nothing missing, little extra by Nicolás Boullosa on March 15, 2026 For nearly 30 years, David and Pearl Omick have been fine-tuning a tiny, portable home in the Sonoran Desert—an 8×16-foot …
They lived 3 years in a basement. Then built their dream backyard home by Kirsten Dirksen on February 10, 2026 For 3 years, Mai Tran and Le Pham lived in a 300-square-foot basement beneath the house they’d just bought in …
Earned $700/month as mayor in Silicon Valley. A backyard cottage became home by Kirsten Dirksen on December 21, 2025 When Susan Landry became mayor of Campbell, California, she took a pay cut — earning about $700 a month to …
Turning stone ruin & underground cistern into convertible home to slow down by Kirsten Dirksen on December 14, 2025 The ancient philosopher Diogenes chose to live in a giant clay pot to strip life down to its essentials. On …
Expandable home with loop-filtered water is indoor/outdoor game changer by Kirsten Dirksen on July 7, 2025 Experiencing MO.CA gives one the feeling of entering a new type of experiencing mobile living: it’s flexible, indoor/outdoor, and entirely …
How family of 7 lived simply in tiny stone home by the sea in Greece by Kirsten Dirksen on April 8, 2025 On the quiet Greek island of Serifos, in the once-bustling mining village of Megalo Livadi, sits a small whitewashed house …
