A Homestead Shed
This spring we needed to move all of our belongings out of a 24×36 storage shed and onto our land. While this was great motivation to get everything we owned in one place, it was also a bit daunting,...
View ArticleLess Is More: The Tiny House Movement
Welcome! If you’re looking for information about building a tiny house, or a real-life example of the tiny house movement in action, you’ve come to the right place! We live on a completely off-grid...
View ArticleA Homestead Pantry
A few weeks ago, I shared a photo of our custom pantry-in-progress on Instagram. What a flurry of excitement it generated. And it should! In my mind, a well-organized, well-stocked, and beautiful...
View ArticleBuilding a Tiny House :: Flooring
There are many cliched bits of advice you come across when building a house: – “Build a house, lose a spouse” – “Everything will take twice as long and cost twice as much” -“Don’t move in until you’ve...
View ArticleTiny House Tour :: Part One
One thing I love about blogging is receiving emails from people who are following their own radical homestead path. Frequently, the questions I receive are related to building and living in a tiny...
View ArticleThree Reasons to Build a Tiny House
Tiny houses have emerged as an extremely popular alternative to modern “McMansions,” and as a way to create shelter that is affordable, sometimes portable, and eco-friendly. We have spent the last two...
View ArticleA Homestead Shed
This spring we needed to move all of our belongings out of a 24×36 storage shed and onto our land. While this was great motivation to get everything we owned in one place, it was also a bit daunting,...
View ArticleBuilding an Outdoor Pizza Oven
One of the most exciting projects we have completed on our homestead this summer was building an outdoor pizza oven. Years ago in Oregon, my husband Brian built an amazing brick bread oven, following...
View ArticleLiving in a Tiny House with Kids
Although tiny houses are often viewed as ideal dwellings for singles or couples, there are many families living in tiny houses with kids. Ours is one of them. We have lived in a 350 square foot house...
View ArticleSpring on the Homestead
Like so many homesteaders I talk with these days, we are in the midst of our busiest season. Summer harvest days can also be full, but there is nothing like the surge of spring energy to tackle lists...
View ArticleA Homestead Shed
This spring we needed to move all of our belongings out of a 24×36 storage shed and onto our land. While this was great motivation to get everything we owned in one place, it was also a bit daunting,...
View ArticleA Homestead Pantry
A few weeks ago, I shared a photo of our custom pantry-in-progress on Instagram. What a flurry of excitement it generated. And it should! In my mind, a well-organized, well-stocked, and beautiful...
View ArticleBuilding a Tiny House :: Flooring
There are many cliched bits of advice you come across when building a house: – “Build a house, lose a spouse” – “Everything will take twice as long and cost twice as much” -“Don’t move in until you’ve...
View ArticleThree Reasons to Build a Tiny House
Tiny houses have emerged as an extremely popular alternative to modern “McMansions,” and as a way to create shelter that is affordable, sometimes portable, and eco-friendly. We have spent the last two...
View ArticleBuilding an Outdoor Pizza Oven
One of the most exciting projects we have completed on our homestead this summer was building an outdoor pizza oven. Years ago in Oregon, my husband Brian built an amazing brick bread oven, following...
View ArticleBuilding an Off the Grid Tiny House
Beginning in Winter of 2013, my husband Brian and I began the process of building an off the grid tiny house on our homestead, from scratch. While the infrastructure creation process is far from over...
View ArticleSpring on the Homestead
Like so many homesteaders I talk with these days, we are in the midst of our busiest season. Summer harvest days can also be full, but there is nothing like the surge of spring energy to tackle lists...
View ArticleA Homestead Shed
This spring we needed to move all of our belongings out of a 24×36 storage shed and onto our land. While this was great motivation to get everything we owned in one place, it was also a bit daunting,...
View ArticleA Homestead Pantry
A few weeks ago, I shared a photo of our custom pantry-in-progress on Instagram. What a flurry of excitement it generated. And it should! In my mind, a well-organized, well-stocked, and beautiful...
View ArticleBuilding a Tiny House :: Flooring
There are many cliched bits of advice you come across when building a house: – “Build a house, lose a spouse” – “Everything will take twice as long and cost twice as much” -“Don’t move in until you’ve...
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