Backyard treehouse: a perched home for escape, introspection by Kirsten Dirksen on March 16, 2015 Michelle and Bill built their backyard treehouse for their autistic daughter Frida, but she never liked it as much as …
Life on the road: converted budget eurovan as trip home by Kirsten Dirksen on March 9, 2015 At 25 years old, Robin Raindropcatcher had never owned a car and didn’t have a driver’s license, but he dreamed …
Former New Mexico ranch as off-grid conservation easement by Kirsten Dirksen on February 23, 2015 JJ and Fred Milder were looking for their dream home- they’d spent most of their married life in Boston-, but …
Shared tiny space: how 4 people could live/work in 700 sq ft by Kirsten Dirksen on February 2, 2015 Having lived in cities like London and Barcelona, where rents and turnover are high, Mike Davies of Studio P10 wanted …
Oldest US mall blends old/modern with 225-sq-ft micro lofts by Kirsten Dirksen on January 26, 2015 The Providence Arcade is nearly 2 centuries old, but when Evan Granoff bought it was considered one of the city’s …
Access to tools to help craft your self reliance by Kirsten Dirksen on January 18, 2015 “We are as gods and might as well get good at it,” wrote Stewart Brand in the first Whole Earth …
Eichler homes rediscovery: when suburban was modern-livable by Kirsten Dirksen on January 12, 2015 Real estate developer Joseph Eichler brought high-end modern design to affordable tract homes. In the 1950s, ‘60s and ‘70s his …
Studies architecture, decides to restore Airstreams instead by Kirsten Dirksen on January 5, 2015 When a 26-year-old Matthew Hofman launched his own architecture firm, he bought a 1978 Airstream trailer and redesigned it to …
Iowa couple pick CA landscape with tiny homeoffice on wheels by Kirsten Dirksen on December 29, 2014 Alek Lisefski was tired of paying rent in high-end towns like Santa Monica and Boulder so he decided to build …
Building your own Hawaii minimal house for a vacation’s cost by Kirsten Dirksen on December 22, 2014 Kristie Wolfe spent $5000 to build herself a tiny home on wheels in her hometown of Pocatello, Idaho. It started …
