Couple goes round, builds cordwood home lit by colorful bottles for $35K by Kirsten Dirksen on September 27, 2026 When Danielle Williams and her partner Hassan Hall moved to Missouri in 2012, they needed shelter before winter hit, and …
He dreamed of self-feeding solar house. So he built A-frame greenhouse home by Kirsten Dirksen on September 6, 2026 Twenty years ago, Anders Solvarm put up a greenhouse just to keep the rain off a log home he was …
He built dirt-cheap homestead in off-grid village. Sharing tips 20 years on by Kirsten Dirksen on August 23, 2026 He built his off-grid straw bale home for just $15,000, including solar panels and batteries, and 20 years later he’s …
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 …
He sold roadside gas station. Then built mountain homestead to live freely by Kirsten Dirksen on July 5, 2026 Ryan grew up hunting and fishing in the Ouachita Mountains of Arkansas – food from the land, and life in …
Couple builds homestead of 12 earthen domes linked like private village by Kirsten Dirksen on April 26, 2026 Nicolette and Ian built 12 earthen domes in 12 months in the middle of the Chihuahuan desert — no construction …
5 years building private village out of free dirt for family of 6 by Kirsten Dirksen on April 12, 2026 After 5 years of traveling full-time in a tiny home, this family of 6 realized they couldn’t go back to …
Nordic homestead near Russian border: couple’s no-bank, no-phone life by Kirsten Dirksen on March 8, 2026 “I’ve only worked for pay for 3 weeks in my entire life. I’m 60.” Yet Lasse Nordlund has never stopped …
He lived on the street. Now turns raw dryland into frugal homestead by Kirsten Dirksen on March 1, 2026 After being laid off with just $6,000 in savings — and having experienced homelessness — John started over. He left …
He created prefab kit to self-build underground homes on a budget by Kirsten Dirksen on October 5, 2025 Dave has spent the past decade refining ways to build affordable underground homes. We last visited him to see his …
