Tentsile tree tents: floating treehouses mimic spider webs by Kirsten Dirksen on April 16, 2013 Treehouse architect Alex Shirley-Smith wanted to create a portable treehouse, a kind of ready-made, floating shelter that could be assembled …
ThinBike: full-sized foldable bike folds flat in small space by Kirsten Dirksen on April 16, 2012 There are foldable bikes that bend in half, hinge around triangles, disassemble for a suitcase or even fold into an …
WorldHaus: a stackable, solar-powered kit home under $1,000 by Kirsten Dirksen on February 21, 2011 WorldHaus is a kit home that can be put together by a family in less than a week. And that …
Land of tiny home people: Northern CA’s Small House Movement by Kirsten Dirksen on February 18, 2011 There’s an area of about 60 square miles north of San Francisco where housing prices average about a half million …
Liveaboard life: self-sufficient with solar, sails, VHF radio by Kirsten Dirksen on February 9, 2011 When Teresa Carey is sailing she knows just where all her energy comes from and where it’s going. “My solar …
Liveaboard life: minimalism in a tiny home at sea by Kirsten Dirksen on February 4, 2011 When Teresa Carey lost most of her possessions in a house fire years ago, she felt liberated. “I didn’t miss …
Apartment in-a-suitcase: tiny flat + 2 trunks of furniture by Kirsten Dirksen on December 29, 2010 In 1996, Barcelona architects Eva Prats and Ricardo Flores were hired to convert an old community laundry into a penthouse. …
Living small: how to choose an RV by BioDieselHauling on December 22, 2010 I live in an RV. It’s funny, I don’t really even think of it as a “lifestyle”. I guess maybe …
A modular, marine-inspired, 12 Volt powered tiny space by Kirsten Dirksen on November 8, 2010 Miquel Parera has a background designing boats so when he moved on-land to build a tiny living space, he drew …
Space saving furniture: storage bed and indoor bike rack by Kirsten Dirksen on November 2, 2010 Urban living, especially in a place like Manhattan where home size is nearly half the national average, often means being …
