Caspar Schols built his first shapeshifting house in his mother’s backyard as her writing cabin that, by sliding a room-on-rails, could convert into a place to sleep under the stars. He has since perfected his expandable home with 10 prototypes: his most recent model is robust enough to serve as a primary residence and has…
This backyard guest home is a little bit of paradise. Overlooking a private valley, with wrap around deck and stunning glasshouse dining room which looks as though it jumped out from the pages of a fantasy novel. This tiny guest house is definitely one to take notice of. Priscilla works as an interior designer and…
On a back alley in Washington DC where only a few weed trees grew between derelict cars, Andrew and Hannah Linn erected a totally compostable house of bamboo, cork, wool and wood as a healthy, and affordable, home for their growing family. “For over a century, people lived in hundreds of wooden homes in DC’s…
Rob Greenfield’s latest sustainable living project is to live in a DIY 100 ft² tiny house for two years while foraging and growing 100% of his own food in an urban area. We are thrilled to be featuring Rob on our channel, and we learned so much from him just with this one video collaboration.…
Accessory dwelling units (ADU) are small homes that can be built in the backyards of larger homes, in cities where they’ve been approved. They’re also sometimes known as carriage, coach, or laneway houses. These small homes are typically around 700-1000 square feet in size, although the size sometimes has to be calculated as a percentage…
Tiny houses are illegal in many places, sometimes because they don’t meet the minimum square footage requirement in the by-law, city planning or zoning regulations. Other times they’re not permitted because they’re on wheels, or if they’re not hooked up to a septic tank, or if the property doesn’t have a well. It’s a good…
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