Meet Clare Colins, one absolutely amazing 60-something who sold her house, paid off her mortgage and got rid of nearly everything she owned to travel Australia in her Mouse House van! She spent an entire year sleeping every night her van, and then ended up purchasing a little half-acre (which she calls, “Happenstance”) in a [...]
Interviews
From Garage to Guest House: Rockridge Casita
Diana and her husband had a dilapidated cinder block garage in their Oakland, California backyard, but instead of seeing it as an eyesore, they saw it as an opportunity! They turned the space into a lovely guest house called the Rockridge Casita for both family & friends and to rent out on Airbnb. In just [...]
From Townhouse to RV to Van Life: Chad & Leanna’s Adventures
Chad and Leanna — ages 26 & 24 — got married three years ago and knew they wanted out of their oversized townhouse and into tiny life — but they didn’t realize *how* tiny. They started by gutting and renovating a 30-foot RV, but it was too difficult to travel with, so they decided to [...]
Retired Couple’s Tiny Life on a Catamaran: From Croatia Around the World
Carla and Simon lived busy lives before their paths crossed in 2015. They married in 2017, and by 2018 — a bit on a whim — they sold their home, bought a boat, and decided to spend their days sailing the seven seas! Two years later and they’re still loving their life on the water. [...]
Family Ditches $2K/Month Condo For More Family Time in RV
The Swifts were paying $2,000/month for their condo in San Diego, but when Heather and Michael decided they wanted to have more time with their son and be able to home school, Heather decided to quit her $60K/year job. This meant something had to give! Heather’s parents lived outside of the city, near her brother, [...]
River Surfer’s Awesome Sprinter Van Home
Amanda took up van life to find peace. When she first bought the Sprinter, it was completely empty and she put down a rug, tucked in some furniture, and put her mattress on the floor. But she had a friend in Montana (@dirt_bag_rigs on Instagram) who helped her take the stark interior and make it [...]
Her $3k Shed-Turned-Tiny-House in Alaska!
Meet Jodie: She spent time in the Peace Corps before moving back home to Alaska. She had to find a home on a budget and turned a shed on her parent’s property into her 10’x18′ tiny home, spending only $3,000 on the build-out! She braved the icy Alaskan weather to use the bathroom in her [...]
