Kristie Wolfe turns 1950s fire lookout into offgrid shelter by Kirsten Dirksen on November 17, 2019 When Kristie Wolfe saw a fire lookout tower advertised for sale on private land, she knew she had found her …
Tiny boat home packs sunroom & dock in remote kayakers’ lake by Kirsten Dirksen on October 13, 2019 To reach the Iloft floating cabin, you drive five hours north from Montreal to Quebec’s third-largest lake and then kayak …
$700 mechanical micro-A-frame blends with Montana wilderness by Kirsten Dirksen on August 4, 2019 When Alla Ponomareva and her husband Garrett Hohn found Derek “Deek” Diedricksen’s plans to build a transforming A-frame cabin for …
A custom van to make the case for seasonal West Coast nomadism by Kirsten Dirksen on July 1, 2019 Eric Kennedy was tired of paying San Francisco rent and he wanted to travel more, so he bought a 4×4 …
Retired engineer builds transforming, offgrid, stealth campervan by Kirsten Dirksen on March 10, 2019 With two years and $20,000, retired winery engineer Dave Orton turned a Ford Transit into a completely off-grid van home …
Forsaken Joshua Tree hut becomes off-grid folly for stargazing by Kirsten Dirksen on February 24, 2019 When Malek Alqadi and Hillary Flur first drove down the dirt road in Joshua Tree and saw the collapsing homestead …
Vina Lustado’s home-office using 2 tiny houses in “L” + deck by Kirsten Dirksen on August 27, 2018 When Vina Lustado moved into the 140-square-foot home on wheels she and her husband Cliff had built (for $40,000) in …
Couple’s own Paris-Dakar using Land Rover transformer-camper by Kirsten Dirksen on May 20, 2018 Brice grew up in Morocco overlanding across Africa in 4x4s and 6x6s. When he met his wife Irina they organized …
Vertical lake-cabin with collapsible rooms, roof deck for 10K by Kirsten Dirksen on December 31, 2017 William Yudchitz and his son Daniel had already built one modern cabin on their land in far north Wisconsin, but …
Aussie couple builds off-grid mobile home with 2 containers by Kirsten Dirksen on June 5, 2016 Paul Chambers had began building a home out of two shipping containers as a project, but when his wife got …
