Mortgage-free tiny home on a housekeeper’s salary by Kirsten Dirksen on February 26, 2012 Johnny Sanphillippo has never made more than $20,000 per year (he works as a housekeeper, as well as, a gardener …
Airstream-inspired apartments as affordable tiny homes by Kirsten Dirksen on February 19, 2012 Patrick Kennedy is a housing developer who likes to build small. His vision is to build the housing equivalent of the …
Redwood salvaged from city fences as tiny shedworking 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 …
Vehicles as housing: 27-sq-ft bike home + rowboat shelter by Kirsten Dirksen on February 6, 2012 “I don’t know if I could have a car without a bed in it.” San Francisco artist Jay Nelson has …
Thoreauvian simple living: unelectrified, timeless tiny home by Kirsten Dirksen on January 9, 2012 Seven years ago Diana and Michael Lorence moved to a 12-foot-square home without electricity in the coastal mountains of Northern …
Country caravans as tiny, Bohemian shelters in rural France by Kirsten Dirksen on January 8, 2012 Country caravans, or according to those at Roulotte de Campagne, “Bohemian-style caravans” are back in style. “There’s a fresh craze …
Upscale Bay Area home made from salvaged car roofs & windows 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 …
Tiny, portable, prefab cube shelters in medieval French town by Kirsten Dirksen on December 1, 2011 They’re just 3 meters (9.8 feet) by 3 meters and just about as high. They’d make great tiny homes, but …
California shipping container tiny home & cargo trailer room by Kirsten Dirksen on November 26, 2011 Lulu is a single mom who’d gone back to school and didn’t have the time or interest in working full-time …
Tiny Origami apartment in Manhattan unfolds into 4 rooms by Kirsten Dirksen on November 6, 2011 In 2005, third-grade-teacher Eric Schneider bought an apartment in Manhattan as big as he could afford. He paid $235,000 for …
