How he quit 9-to-5 to build genius off-grid homestead, permitted & loan-free by Kirsten Dirksen on January 11, 2026 Five years ago, Mathieu Munsch walked away from the “normal” script— rent, bills, loans, a 40-hour workweek (35 in France)— …
Got factory ruin. Now builds Nordic prefab homes with industrial precision by Kirsten Dirksen on December 28, 2025 A few months ago, we visited Vipp and met its founder and owner, Jette Egelund, who gave us a full …
Earned $700/month as mayor in Silicon Valley. A backyard cottage became home by Kirsten Dirksen on December 21, 2025 When Susan Landry became mayor of Campbell, California, she took a pay cut — earning about $700 a month to …
Turning stone ruin & underground cistern into convertible home to slow down by Kirsten Dirksen on December 14, 2025 The ancient philosopher Diogenes chose to live in a giant clay pot to strip life down to its essentials. On …
Got evicted. Then he turned abandoned homestead into troll wonderland 🧌 by Kirsten Dirksen on December 7, 2025 Troll & trash artist Thomas Dambo has transformed an old farm into a whimsical homestead for his family and the …
Couple raises family in self-sufficient homestead… inside a greenhouse by Kirsten Dirksen on November 30, 2025 Sylvia, who works for the Swedish military, and Johan, an IT professional, built a family home fully enclosed in a …
CA couple gets 3.5-acre hermit homestead in Spain for $25K by Kirsten Dirksen on November 23, 2025 After years of looking for a piece of simple land—a place we could learn from rather than develop—we finally came …
Was told ‘You can’t build underground.’ Got dream buried dome fully permitted by Kirsten Dirksen on November 16, 2025 Brad was told, “You can’t build underground.” He proved them wrong, self-building the buried dome he had envisioned & getting …
20 years building underground maze of natural-light tunnel homes by Kirsten Dirksen on November 9, 2025 Twenty years ago, Zach and Allison Anderson began digging into a hillside on their property in Grass Valley, California, to …
Turning suburban backyard into Bronze Age paradise: year-round food & natural lake by Kirsten Dirksen on November 2, 2025 On an ordinary suburban lot in Sebastopol, California, Erik Ohlsen and his family grow nearly everything they eat—fruits, vegetables, nuts, …
