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Earthen Dome with European Soaking Tub 8

Earthen Dome with European Soaking Tub

This cob structure sits at the Saoirse Learning Center, where the owner wants others to learn and experience tiny and alternative living styles: Offering professionally conducted workshops and wellness retreats along with unique accommodation options, Jen and her crew are on a mission to help more people free themselves from the stresses of the modern [...]

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Beep Beep Birdhouse DIY Truck Bed Home 2

Beep Beep Birdhouse: Climber’s DIY Truck Bed Home

Liz & Brandon love climbing and both had some experience with tiny living. They decided as a couple to find a tiny rig that could allow them more time to climb and better access to the best spots. While they debated with 4-wheel-drive vans, those were expensive! So instead, they found a truck and built [...]

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They Saved For Retirement & Learned to Weld This Van 3

They Saved For Retirement & Learned to Weld This Van

Greg & Jess have been living #vanlife for more than three years now — two of which, they lived in a professionally-built rig. But they ended up tackling a DIY build to see if they wanted to convert vans for a living. While their van looks awesome (especially the welded steel cabinets), the experience taught [...]

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Four Years of Eco-Friendly Vanlife 2

Four Years of Eco-Friendly Vanlife

This is one awesome woman! She has been living solo van life now for four years — just because she wanted to. Which is the best reason. Her travels are funded by selling essential oils, which she was doing pre-van-life and translated well to life on the road. Her only complaint about living in a [...]

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Nikki & Emmaus Make 6 Figures While Van-Lifing

Van Life Couple Earning Six Figure Income

While plenty of people choose to go tiny to save money, Nikki & Emmaus just wanted the adventure! The entrepreneurial couple manages to make 6 figures a year from a variety of businesses, books, and passive income sources. As such, they had their gorgeous van built for them by Off Grid Adventure Vans and the [...]

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Couple’s Sleepy Hollow Cottage Life

While many people would be put off by the thought of living in a cottage near a Sleepy Hollow, NY cemetery, Lindsay and Jonas thought it was fate. The international couple (Swedish & American) were nearly homeless, trying to find a roof over their heads and a spot to put down roots. When they moved [...]

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Parents & Daughters in their Bougie Bus

Parents & Daughters in their Bougie Bus

It took two years of weekend-warrior-ing, but at long last this military family has an amazing school bus conversion to call home! The husband is Active Duty Coast Guard, and as a mechanic was certain he could fix any mechanical issues that come up with the vehicle. But constructing the interior (where nothing is square), [...]

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