“While one would usually say ‘clean up after yourself.’ here we are dealing with the odd situation of cleaning up before…we die.” Margareta Magnusson on döstädning, or “death cleaning” Years ago, t-shirt and bumper stickers spouted the immortal words by Malcolm Forbes, “He who dies with the most toys wins.” … Read more
“I’m glad we were living in the house before it was finished,” Eric says. “Over time, it formed to us. Our love is in the building of it.” Eric and his daughter, Natalia, enjoy the large bedroom loft in their tiny house. Tiny House Blog readers may remember Eric Jacob’s … Read more
Imagine an adorable tiny home nestled in big sky country on the wide-open, peaceful prairie. Sound appealing? Now add a handful of kind neighbors and a slew of sweet dogs. Sound even better? If you answered yes and yes, Tiny Lots on the Prairie might just be the perfect fit … Read more
After downsizing, it is definitely doable for one or two people to fit into a tiny house. But downsizing for a small family is a little more difficult. In the long run, children don’t need a lot of personal items, but both they and their parents do need space. So … Read more
It’s September in Belize, which means the azul of the Caribbean Sea is breaking small waves from an afternoon breeze that’s finally cutting through the heat that’s been a long summer in Central America for our family. We’re five people, living, working, learning and traveling around in our 1978 VW … Read more
The tiny house movement is pretty big, and growing. And, within the movement is a much smaller subset of people who actually live in tiny houses. But, and rarer still, are the families who live in tiny houses. We were thrilled to actually capture Macy Miller and Kim Kasl at … Read more
