Simple Living

When Alaska experienced an economic downturn there were lots of lost jobs and homes. In 2010 the opportunity came for this couple to buy a plot of land outside of Fairbanks. So they did. Since they had a small land payment they decided to start building their own tiny home of about 264 sq. ft. (12×16) little [...]

An interesting video report by WLOS News 13 on the current tiny house movement in Asheville. The story features 22-year-old Ruby Beg who is a college senior building a 144 sq. ft. tiny house on wheels with her boyfriend, Landon. It’s taking them about $14,000 in materials and about a year of labor on their [...]

The Adopt a $20k house program is a charitable project by Rural Studio which is a part of the College of Architecture, Design and Construction at Auburn University. In the past, I’ve featured some of Rural Studio’s work before. In fact, it’s one of my favorite stories which dates back to July 2, 2010 and it’s titled [...]

This Prefab ZeroHouse is a guest post by Pamela Putnam Introducing zeroHouse, a small, prefabricated building that can easily be shipped and quickly erected. It is completely self-sufficient and incredibly comfortable. Most notably you can live here without having any external utilities connected or even waste disposal connections! It’s fully self sufficient. Let’s go on a tour… Enter [...]

This 700 sq. ft. double-studio apartment in Barcelona is like nothing you have ever seen before because it’s designed to be shared by strangers if you wanted to. In fact, even two couples would be able to use the space. That’s the potential for 4 people in a 700 sq. ft. space. That’s one 700 sq. ft. [...]

This 16×26 country cabin was built for a client by Kanga Room Systems in Texas. This little cabin offers about 416 sq. ft. of space without including the upstairs sleeping loft. As soon as you approach the cabin you can see the classic covered front porch for relaxing. Go inside and you’ll find everything you [...]