Created legendary Napa restaurant, then regenerated a farm by Kirsten Dirksen on September 10, 2012 In 1978 Don and Sally Schmitt opened a restaurant in a former french laundry in a tiny Napa Valley town. …
Non-possession: seeking intense simplicity and the good life by Kirsten Dirksen on September 3, 2012 Peter Lawrence has few possessions. He can fit nearly everything he owns in a suitcase. He is nearly camping in …
Tiny home cube: bathroom + kitchen + closet for family of 3 by Kirsten Dirksen on August 13, 2012 When designer Monica Potvin (of the design-build firm Fabrique) and her husband Markel Otaola bought a small apartment in Barcelona’s Poblenou neighborhood …
School bus becomes off-grid, transformable, tiny home by Kirsten Dirksen on July 30, 2012 As a teenager, Richard dreamed of making a home out of a vehicle. Over a decade later, he met Rachel …
Tiny matchbox apartment hides closet & bathtub in drawers by Kirsten Dirksen on July 16, 2012 Micro-apartments are common in historically dense cities like Paris and Barcelona, but architect Valentina Maini wasn’t interested in typical small …
Off-grid float cabin: retirement tiny home in BC wilderness by Kirsten Dirksen on July 2, 2012 Margy and Wayne Lutz were camping in Coastal British Columbia when they discovered their dream home: the float cabins of …
Zen apartment has shower roof opening, moving paper-walls by Kirsten Dirksen on June 18, 2012 Rui Miguel and Sonia Lopez both work in confined office buildings so they wanted a home with plenty of outdoor …
Frodo’s simple living: Hobbit Holes, tiny homes, shedworking by Kirsten Dirksen on June 4, 2012 “In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit. Not a nasty, dirty, wet hole, filled with the ends …
Making longboards, furniture, sculptures from wood scraps by Kirsten Dirksen on May 22, 2012 Scott Constable is a craftsman who designs utilitarian objects like furniture skateboards and handcrafted homes to the more esoteric, such …
Artist couple’s 3-acre homestead on unincorporated Norcal coast by Kirsten Dirksen on May 21, 2012 There once was a Wow House- a small backyard studio that Scott Constable built for his and his wife Ene …
