Young couple self-builds dream natural home learning by doing by Kirsten Dirksen on March 3, 2024 When Nil and Olivia found an affordable plot in picturesque Garrotxa, Catalonia, they quickly bought it and began to build …
NJ retiree builds off-grid Wood Tower homestead in remote Andes by Kirsten Dirksen on October 8, 2023 Wendy Green had spent most of her life in suburban New Jersey long days as a yoga teacher, so when …
Home alone in Gotham: when all you can afford is tiny dwellings by Kirsten Dirksen on September 17, 2023 How prohibitive is it to live solo in NYC today vs. 20 years ago? As remote work & high prices …
Handcrafted minimalist studio inspired by Japanese & shaker design by Kirsten Dirksen on August 6, 2023 When Sebastian and Celine Parker bought their San Francisco home, they needed to turn the space above the garage into …
Finding a purpose in today’s world: Elias from “Märzengrund” by Nicolás Boullosa on January 15, 2023 Some people turn away from the doctrines of a profit-oriented society and decide to live a simpler life in tune …
Simplicity: lives dedicated to focusing on the fundamentals by Nicolás Boullosa on May 18, 2022 “Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, …
Life high in the mountains, primitivism & simple living by Nicolás Boullosa on November 3, 2021 In 1905, a 24-year-old artist who had decided to leave Barcelona for Paris at the turn of the century in …
4x Quonset home-studio: 40 years of artistic simple living by Kirsten Dirksen on July 26, 2021 In the desert of Joshua Tree, Bobby Furst’s home/studio/compound is an artistic wonderland built from 4 Quonset huts, 3 Airstream …
Our definition of “home,” place, & belonging (documentary) by Kirsten Dirksen on May 16, 2021 Wanting to examine the meaning of home in a reference point for Western Civilization, our family of 5 boarded a …
Jack Kerouac’s boarding-house now co-living for creatives by Kirsten Dirksen on November 7, 2020 In 1953 Jack Kerouac stayed here for part of the spring, but when Sara McEre bought the former 19th-century boarding …