There’s a subject in many of the posts I write about that is present but not always called out by name. The subject is money. Time and again, we read stories about people editing their lives, not just because they want.
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Tiny houses are, to borrow a hopefully soon-to-be-retired expression, trending. I believe this trendingness is attributable to their role as the architectural embodiment of our collective exhaustion with too much physical, financial and psychic overhead. They provide just what a.
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A reader sent me this Airbnb listing featuring three identical tiny cabins available to rent out. Located in the roaring metropolis of Sunnuhlíð, Iceland, these tiny houses look like the perfect place to read, use as a launching pad for.
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I’ve covered more than my fair share of compact, mobile homes. More often than not, the mobility is expressed on pavement, whether the home is affixed to a bicycle, a truck chassis or being towed around by an automobile. Very.
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As I brought up a few weeks ago, there is a real need for more small, inexpensive vacation homes, ideally ones that are easily accessed by city-dwellers. City life can be a real grind. Without some sort of retreat, it.
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One of the bigger questions about downsizing and living with less concerns how it affects one’s romantic life. Many otherwise compatible people might find themselves at odds when one party wants to shack up in 200 sq ft or less..
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Who knew that Sweden has had tiny house colonies for that last 100 years? Apparently many Swedes knew, but this unimformed American did not. These aren’t “tiny houses” in the modern sense of the term. There are no trailers or composting.
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Make fun of Portland all you want, but few American cities (probably none) are showing more creativity with their zoning in order to provide affordable, transit friendly housing options. Their liberal policy about setting up tiny houses in backyards as ADUs is particularly unique..
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Have you ever had the desire to escape it all? Maybe hole up in the woods or on the side of a mountain. But perhaps the traditional twig hut or cave is a bit too spartan for your liking. Maybe.
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It’s a funny contradiction that the information age–so brimming with raw creative material–is often the assassin of creativity. It’s as if our consciousness has so much data coming in, we have lost the capacity (or time) to put it out..
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