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For 15 years I worked in a career that I was good at but wasn’t feeding my spirit. I knew I needed to make a change but I felt stuck in a rut of increasing expenses. What I didn’t realize for a long time was that my desire to live in a conventional home was [...]

Any time tiny houses make it onto a non-tiny house blog the comments turn to “oh, I could never do that.” When The Tiny Life Infographic that Ryan Mitchell published early this year made it to Gizmodo on Monday, September 2, 2013, the comments began pouring in. The same old objections came up in several [...]

Most of us dream of a tiny house for ourselves. I’ve always seen really little homes as a quick way to achieve more freedom. But that’s certainly not everybody. And that may or may not be you. Maybe you have a family and you’d like a cabin on wheels so you can go weekending in [...]

This past week I was at a small camping festival in rural Minnesota. The event featured several speakers throughout the week, including myself. I did two workshops. One was on beer and one was on tiny houses, two of my favorite subjects. In my tiny house workshop I mentioned my problem with the way our [...]

In a recent comment, someone asked the question: “As a skier, kayaker, biker rider, backpacker, organic vegetable gardener and food preserver, I would love to see more small homes that have folks who are living very active lives with the accoutrements that go with these lifestyles.” I thought I might take a stab at addressing [...]

Moving from a large house to a tiny space can actually improve organizational habits. When everything has less distance to travel, putting things away becomes easier. Here are five strategies that work for staying organized in compact living spaces. Laundry Management in Small Spaces 1. Put It Away Immediately The advantage of small spaces: nothing [...]