Off-Grid Living

Here’s a tiny house with a whole 30 acres of land, located about a half-hour from Santa Fe, New Mexico. The 400-square-foot home is completely off-grid, with solar power, a water tank, and a wood-burning stove to keep the home warm! The barn-style house has an open floor plan with a loft bedroom, kitchen area, [...]

This is an off-grid tiny house with two boat lifts and two docks on 6.62 acres in Carrabelle, Florida. The little cabin was built in 2005. It features a solar power system, on-demand hot water, a mini-split air conditioner, water catchment system, composting toilet, full kitchen, multi-functional living room/bedroom, and elevated views from the deck [...]

Here’s another example of an awesome couple who found themselves trapped in the 9 to 5 grind and wanted something more — and so they jumped on the skoolie bandwagon, cultivated remote work opportunities, and have been bus living since September 2019. Shelby says bus life has significantly improved her mental health, which is so [...]

While plenty of people living in skoolies go the DIY route, if pulling out the power tools isn’t in your wheelhouse, there are companies that do bus conversions! Paved to Pines is one such company. Based in Canada, Paved to Pines was started by two college buddies who began by simply converting a bus for [...]

Chad and Paul were living in New York working typical corporate jobs but wanted more out of life. So they began transitioning their work to be remote-friendly, and then decided they ought to do something with their newfound freedom. While one of them really wanted to live on a sailboat, they settled on van life [...]

Shane and Allison were no strangers to tiny living when they decided to renovate a bus — they had spent four years as traveling musicians in an RV, but when they started seeing skoolies on Instagram, they had to have one! “Honestly, it’s way cooler [than an RV]” Shane says. They outfitted the interior without [...]