Salvaged tiny homestudios: tin can sides, paper bag wallpaper by Kirsten Dirksen on December 16, 2013 On a standard-sized lot in Portland, Oregon, self-taught builders Jeff and Brad built two tiny cottages using mostly salvaged materials. …
Log cabin simplicity: recrafting pioneer tiny homes in Iowa by Kirsten Dirksen on January 22, 2013 In 2007, Paul Cutting was finishing college and a bit lost: “nowhere closer to figuring out the purpose of my …
Trash is a perception: reclaimed tiny shelters & art in SFO by Kirsten Dirksen on January 7, 2013 Pablo Picasso used garage stuff from his Parisian neighborhood to create his art: an old bike became “Bull’s Head”, a …
Texas home built from reclaimed cattle bones & other salvage by Kirsten Dirksen on December 30, 2012 Dan Phillips believes in building homes with recycled and local materials, but he goes far beyond scrap wood. He’s used …
Salvaged boat trailer as mobile home-office: $300 + labor by Kirsten Dirksen on August 30, 2012 Jenine Alexander likes to built tiny structures on wheels. And she loves to find her building materials in the dump …
Good old city-fence redwood becomes tiny cottage studio by Kirsten Dirksen on February 9, 2012 When San Francisco artist and builder Jay Nelson sees someone tearing down a redwood fence in his neighborhood he asks …
Berkeley car-clad modern home: small outside, spacious inside by Kirsten Dirksen on December 11, 2011 When architect Karl Wanaselja built his home in Berkeley, California the junkyard became his urban forest for materials. For months …
