Side-door container 2nd life as WA’s ski town outdoorsy home by Kirsten Dirksen on November 12, 2017 Shiah Lints was tired of life in a 2500 converted farmhouse, so he bought a side door shipping container to …
Bill Lilly uses containers to rebuild a burnt Oxford MS home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 30, 2017 Since Hurricane Katrina, Mississippi builder Bill Lilly had been drafting ideas for building on the foundations of disaster so when …
Family adventures inspired North Sister, a high-end tiny home by Kirsten Dirksen on October 1, 2017 Spud and MaryEsther Hooley have spent four decades in tiny homes, including a converted caboose in Idaho, a trapping cabin …
A modular system to redesign our context, furniture to bikes by Kirsten Dirksen on September 17, 2017 Grid Beam is a kind of LEGO, or Erector Set, for grownups who want to build real things. Its creators, …
Vocational builder designs futuristic RV after property loss by Kirsten Dirksen on September 10, 2017 When Joe Weissbeck lost his property in 2009, he began converting a rundown RV- purchased for $350- into a one-of-a-kind …
Family builds 6 tiny homes for hotel on old Portland parking by Kirsten Dirksen on September 3, 2017 After 7 years living in an RV, Pam and Bruce Westra wanted to continue tiny space exploration in their new …
Barcelona’s dark flat gets brighter using kaleidoscopic core by Kirsten Dirksen on August 28, 2017 When designer Mike Davies purchased a small flat in Barcelona’s Sant Antoni neighborhood it was filled with tiny, dark rooms. …
A Dust Bowl chicken coop became Aldo Leopold’s beloved house by Kirsten Dirksen on August 21, 2017 In 1935, Aldo Leopold bought a worn out farm along the Wisconsin River. Taking up residence in a former chicken …
Portland’s 359 skinny house follows the sun like a sunflower by Kirsten Dirksen on August 13, 2017 Ben Kaiser’s 359 house can be rotated by just one person- or two kids- pushing a bar and walking around …
Seattle architect builds simple tiny home inspired by own bio by Kirsten Dirksen on August 8, 2017 Architect George Suyama wonders if his early years in a Japanese American internment camp led to his love for simplicity. …
