Humble Homes. Tiny House Blog | Jay Shafer | Four Lights Tiny House Company. Oprah’s “Tiny House Man Expands”: Not a Story About Weight Gain I should really start paying more attention. I didn’t even know that this new piece on Oprah’s Where Are They Now was available online until I stumbled upon a link through Alex Pino’s Tiny House Talk.
Thanks, Alex Pino. Thanks Oprah Winfrey. Microtopia is Mega-Good It was nearly two years ago when Jesper Watchmeister and his film crew caught a plane out of Stockholm to create a documentary about the international trend towards smaller, well-designed houses. I’m proud to have been one of the folks featured in the film. The piece is called Microtopia, and its production values are high. Watch the trailer for this brilliant film below: MICROTOPIA – a documentary about micro dwellings, downsizing and living off the grid. - Trailer from Eight Millimetres on Vimeo. Depending on your region, you may be able to watch the full-length film for $3.99 using the Vimeo link provided above.
Micro-House-March: Day 31 Today's Photo: Dee's Big Tiny. 14 Bright Ideas for a Better Wood Stove. The 14 finalists for the Wood Stove Design Challenge will be formally judged during a weeklong Wood Stove Decathlon at the National Mall in November, when a team of stove, air quality, and combustion experts will select the winning stove based on five criteria: emissions, efficiency, affordability, innovation, and ease of use. Throughout the challenge we'll see plenty of innovation, but its impact could be insignificant unless we—the consumers—embrace clean-burning technology in meaningful numbers. And that's less likely to happen if next-generation stoves lack compelling benefits or are simply unappealing to the end user.
Here's where you can help. We'll present a separate People's Choice award to the stove you think is the most innovative. 20 Creatively Hacked Urban Garden Shed Offices | CreativeCloud. Cottage, cabin & small country home plans. Little house on a trailer: 12 feet wide is not a tiny home. Zen and the Art of Minimalism – Part 1: Zen Philosophy — Minimal Student.
Image Credit Drue Kataoka There are a great many articles, ebooks and blogs about how exactly to be more minimalist – how to step by step, get rid of stuff. But, I thought it would be interesting to break it down and explore the background of minimalism and what, if anything, it has to do with Zen philosophy. No matter how small it may be, few people can deny that there is a ‘wave’ of minimalism happening right now. It has become such a big part of my life now that I wondered where minimalism came from. From what I had gathered, for some, it was born out of necessity, they wanted to travel, get out of debt or move house, and therefore found it on their own. For others, they discovered it from admiring the lifestyle of the many great blogs written by some very talented writers or successful people. For me, it was a combination of these, plus some good books which eventually persuaded me to change my lifestyle to a different way of living that brings me happiness.
Related Posts. Tiny House Living brought to you by Tiny r(E)volution — Tiny House living brought to you by Tiny r(E)volution. Reflective Insulation | Foil Insulation | Radiant Barrier Insulation. Unclutterer: Daily tips on how to organize your home and office. The Bunkie Co. Carrying off the art of one carry-on. Phileas Fogg had Passepartout, Bertie Wooster had Jeeves and Sir Edmund Hillary had a retinue of stalwart Sherpas. The rest of us, alas, must schlep our own bags. That's the best reason to pack light, but it's not the only one. By limiting ourselves to one carry-on, we can be off the plane and halfway to Boulevard Saint-Germain while others huddle expectantly around the luggage carousel. We don't worry that our checked bags will take an unplanned detour to Duluth or Dar es Salaam.
Packing light offers less tangible but very real benefits. It's a chance to pare down and simplify our lives, to discover what is truly essential and what is not. People routinely profess amazement bordering on disbelief that I can travel for weeks at a time with only a carry-on. Some general thoughts about the quite bearable being of lightness: -- The amount of stuff you think you need is directly related to the size of your luggage. -- Carry-on allowances vary by airline. -- Leave your hair dryer at home. Tiny House Living brought to you by Tiny r(E)volution — Tiny House living brought to you by Tiny r(E)volution.