Micro-homesteading in WA with 10K microhome (84 sq ft) in friends' yard
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- Dee Williams used to live in a 2,000-square-foot, 3-bedroom home. Then she traveled to Guatelama (to help build a schoolhouse) and when she came home her house felt too big so built herself a home that fit. That turned out to be an 84-square-foot foot home on wheels that cost her $10,000: $5000 for the materials (mostly salvaged) and the other half for the solar panels and low-E (low thermals emissivity) windows.
She spent 3 months building her new home in Portland, Oregon, and then hitched it to her truck and parked it in the backyard of her good friends Hugh and Annie in Olympia, Washington. For the first 7 years, she moved in and out (removing the back fence), but for the past two years, her wheels haven't moved.
Annie describes their setup, half-jokingly as a "compound", which also includes a sauna (built by Dee) and until a few months ago, included Hugh's Aunt Rita who lived in "the big house" and Dee helped care for (incidentally, Dee's home is permitted as a caregiver's cottage, though Aunt Rita died this spring so now she's only allowed to "recreate" in her tiny house).
When she moved into her 7x12 foot home back in 2004, Dee got rid of not just a $1000/month mortgage, but most of her stuff. She admits it's not easy to keep things to a minimum- "creep happens"-, but it's a constant process. "I was engaged to be married and I kept the wedding announcement for decades and finally I was like I know that happened I think I can let it go in writing. After a while it's okay to let some of that stuff go and to trust that there are things that you hold inside you that are actually a lot more meaningful.. than the photo or piece of paper."
Today, Dee helps design and build tiny homes for her company PAD (Portland Alternative Dwellings) where they "encourage people to design things that fit their bodies": instead of obsessing over square footage (their designs run from 70 to 136 square feet), "all of a sudden you can let your body be the tape measure".
Portland Alternative Dwellings: padtinyhouses.com/
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Reading all the comments just wore me out. So much negativity for what to me is a positive way to live. To me this lovely person is doing what so many wish they could, live a calm and peaceful life without every day trying to figure out how to make ends meet. She can lay her head down at night knowing she built the house that is around her and used re claimed materials that would have other wise gone to the dump. Why are people carping about this? why are these people watching these videos in the first place? They would be better off looking at videos they actually have an interest in.
Ahh, your comment was a breath of fresh air after skimming through all that negativity.
judy hobday I realize that this is the case of special philosophy (world-view), but it is not a life (very crowded, poor living conditions, ).
What is the future for this lady?
I'm scared to think about it.
judy hobday Some people are just naturally negative when people aren't living exactly the way they think is normal. This is actually pretty neat, and more power to this lady for making it work for her. She seems happy, and that's all that matters.
communal living and good thing theres friends like hers in this world right.
***** To be fair, many tiny houses do have a water hook-up and appliances. She has even said in this interview that she regrets not hooking up water in the tiny house.
This woman is very cool indeed. One can learn a lot about living just listening to her
+rbagel55
The guide on composting with toilet waste is a musts see.
No I`m not trying to be gross either.
It`s just a valuable read.
Noevilea
I think only an idiot would get sqeamish. This woman is just so, likable personality wise.
I bet she is just one of those quality gals. I am 50 years old and I don't date too many woman, not any more, but she has qualities that most women don't have. Most likey she probably doesn't boyfriends any more, that is why she lives alone. Can't blame her-crazy world out there
+rbagel55 Certainly is a crazy world.
I`m aiming to leave it behind and go off the grid in around 2 years.
I love Dee. She was my neighbor for a year. What a movement you started!
I've been watching tiny house videos for two years and I keep coming back to this one. This is hands-down my favorite. The things that Dee Williams says about life, love, and stuff is profound, meaningful, and has impacted me. Thank you.
This girl is grateful for so little I LOVE HER !
total agreement keyfork tv..i feel so grateful to have come upon this today..i am thinking i will be watching this over and over
She was my favorite from the movie, "Tiny" I love her
love her attitude..and her happiness she has. :)
wow what a wise perspective on life. As I get rid of stuff I am going to remember about "what do you want to hold in your arms in the end." I am suddenly realizing that that love letter from about 20 years ago has no meaning in my life, the memory does but who cares about the paper it was written on. I really have a lot of great memories that don't need the tangible equivalent. Thank you Dee and Kirsten!!!
Holy shit I love this lady's personality :-)
You're one amazing woman. You reached that point, that time and space in your life, where you've become so comfortable with yourself, and living in your own skin, that you can set down the baggage of "things". I really enjoyed listening to your story, and hope that all roads lead you to great places.
What a wonderful wish, michaella. :)
I like her attitude. She seems to have a positive outlook on life (:
+Ashlee K - I think you're right Ashlee, folks who can live like this. without clutter and "acquisitions" seem to me to be a happier breed. This lady is very refreshing.
+Ashlee K
I like her comment " A freedom I didn't even know I was missing ".
THAT in itself is such a liberating sensation.
I`ll be making the change permanently in around 2 years.
everyone is interesting
wm c barker "Everyone is interesting" - it would appear that fans of 'Big Brother' are in agreement with you.
love the 'big brother' your implying, not my big brother Carl
shes got skills most men dont have nowdays love that positive attitude makes me wanna make me a lil log cabin
thank you for this video I thought I was going to just look at another tiny home, but I got much more of a message from this lady such a kind spirit thank you
This Lady is a one of a kind and is very handy with her hands for doing this for the first time. Her attitude is wonderful and she has found happiness and peace in her life. A simple life for a very simple sweet lady. You got to admire her for her hard work and her enthusiasm because she has pulled it off and is living the dream.
I have watched just about all of the tiny house vids, and I’ve liked pretty much all of them, but no video has grabbed my heart like this one. I totally get what this woman is saying here, she’s just genuinely honest and keeps it real.
I don’t know her and I adore her for that.
Much love from Los Angeles CA.
Dee was kind enough to let a workshop I attended tour this home. It truly is tiny, simple and beautiful. Go PAD!
This woman is more free and happy than most millionaires.
Money won't make you free with some people it only brings on troubles if they don't know how to handle the money. But in some cases, it sure would be nice because you are not in debt and your bills are easily made.
You are wrong, money allows you to be free in this materialistic world.
***** I guess you have never had a lot of money. You have only thought how it would be. Once people know you have it they come out of the woodwork wanting to borrow it and wanting you to buy them things. Even your own kids. Friends want you to pay off their mortgages, bills, cars etc. Have you ever watch how the loto changed my life. One guy won several million dollars and in a couple years he lost his home and was living in a fifth wheel home back working in the oilfields just to make it. He lost it all. So many people lose it all and become worse off than they were before. One guy was on food stamps totally broke , won the lotto and then a year later was broke again and wanted to get back on food stamps but they turned him down since he couldn't handle his own money he had. Money isn't everything. I have made a lot of money in the past and I had my first wife and second wife and even my own dad rip me off. And they got me for over a quarter million each. I had 4 businesses and was doing well back then.
R You just want to justify the fact that you don't have any money through this comment. You just do your auto therapy. in fact, when i was a child i had no toilets & was concern about food. Now, i have several bank accounts, live by the beach in a quiet place... I really appreciate life now as i never forget my past.
***** Sure you are right, I don't have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of. No money at all, broke as a church mouse lol lol. And auto therapy, well don't you think I would have to have money for that? Yea you are a genius.
So when you were a child and had no toilets maybe all that shit went to your head. Is that why your nickname is SHIT HEAD lol. And you say you have several bank accounts does that mean you are not smart enough to put them into one bank or are you avoiding paying taxes and hiding your money so your government won't tax you or put you in prison for hiding it from them. Oh and you live by the beach. That tells me you are homeless, No house just living under a bridge or living by the beach so you can shit and piss and wash in the ocean. Yea you got it made. Sounds like you are pretty worthless.
I love the fact that she has an apple air but not running water !!!
This is a real person, absolutely love her. She understands who she is and what she wants. Best thing I have watched in a while.
Aging in place. carry your memories in your heart, not in physical objects, create your space for your physical height and dimensions, this woman is not a carpenter and she was able to create this out of her own imagination. How great is that?! Friends taking care of friends! A modern-day commune.I don't like the bathroom at all. I think it could be better...... There are many high-tech composting toilets that are made. I thought she was very mesmerizing. And wow just wow!
What about your grandkids there are no memories from your mother or grandmother if they are just in your head Pfffff Age in place she has congestive heart failure climbing up to that loft? Pfffff Commune that thing that turned leaders into Tyrants? Nah I have a small house on a plot of land. I don't have free loaders in the backyard and I certainly have hard pieces of history to pass on to the generations that come after me. I like the lady but the word bum comes to mind and probably disability and food stamps paying the way
@@PaisleySzuSzu You're a despicable excuse for a human being. May the fate that you hate in others befall you. There but for the grace of god go you.
i love this person.
Wow, there sure is a lot of hate in these comments. She lives (for whatever reason) the way she wants to and she has found people who support her in that. Geez people...get a life.
Ya seems like a very nice lady
And happy
TreeHugger...you hit the nail on the head.
R Riddle you hit your head on a nail.
ohsnapiam59 she can get a life... but not mine.
I love her little house, her outlook on life, and philosophy that a person could take the one thing they love in their life to hold as they die. I have a quilt my great grandmother made for me when I would young. That may be it for me. I have a house, it is about 1100 ft. sq. on the Oregon coast, but because I care for my mother in her house in a different part of Oregon as she struggles with Alzheimer it will be a while before I come back. Reading and watching all the tiny house videos has made me much more aware of how little a person needs in their lives to be truly happy.
Im impressed! A lot of building skills. Smart and classy lady.
i love the way this lady sees life and i love her home, well done ☺
I would love to live in a tiny house some day. I think I was made for tiny house living. I also really love the way this woman views life and how she said she didn't make the house because of these certain convictions, but developed the convictions as a product of living small. I think the first time I realized that stuff didn't matter so much was when my family and I drove past a house in our community that had been burned down. I started thinking about what I'd take with me if my house ever burned or what I'd go back for. I realized besides my family and our pet (if we had one at the time) that there wasn't anyTHING in my house that I'd ever risk my life for. That was a very important moment in truly realizing where we as humans should place value in our lives.
That lady is awesome.
Awesome little home, I think it is such a shame that so many cities make rules against people who would love to live like this, but I guess it's always about the money. :(
I'm sure sanitation has something to do with it. Imagine a suburban area full of these things and none of them have proper sewage...just bags of shit lining the streets!
Oh dear, and the Quakers on the Mayflower had all those nice Porcelain toilets too!, maybe I will go and put some Compost on my Vegetable garden while I think of a solution!
Internet Tough Guy Not all of these home use compost toilets. If it was allowed people might use sewerage systems and if it was allowed people would properly use the compost. I have been to a place that uses all their human waste as compost, when done properly it doesn't stink the place out and it quite sanitary.
angelstouch92 I don't disagree with you but a person needs to be educated about how to compost properly for it to be sanitary (especially with human feces) and there in lies the problem...the majority of people on this planet are stupid as fuck. Pardon my French.
Cities and towns make rules because a $200,000 home really doesn't retain value if you can toss a transient village of campers next door, a mobile home park or a drag racing park. If you spend money on property (developed or otherwise)...you like to have a sense of value preservation. People that DO NOT spend $200,000 should not be able to erode the value by putting 25 miniature homes in a backyard of neighbor (not impugning the subject video or circumstance). It is pure economics and NOTHING to do about taking money or denying opportunities for others. If you buy a gallon of gas you should expect that it will NOT ruin your car; if you spend any money on something you value you should be able to expect someone else can't take that value away...ya know like drying fish next door in back yard, raising goats, outdoor nudist parties, etc.
Hi
Just beautiful. As you said, it fits. I have a smile on my face now, after seeing you in your own space. Shalom.
I've actually been living in a local woman's yard for the past 7 years. I eat from the garden, get milk from the goats, use rain water for cooking and cleaning and her wifi gives me internet.
When she finds out I have been back here the whole time she will be furious.
Hilarious! Never saw that coming! LOL
Waltiswicked I hope she doesn't get on TH-cam
Waltiswicked lol 😂 🤣🤣
Waltiswicked I
Waltiswicked well... yeah. any one living in my house.. I better know about it.
Inspiring. Thank you.
"What is the thing you would hold in your arms when you pass. What place is worthy of holding your dying breath..." This will live in my heart forever.
I say good for you lady just living your dream of freedom…. I admire the positive thinking and just letting go of what is not really important any more, bravo.
I feel so connected to this woman. I have day dreamed for years to live like this. I have this big problem with have to live i this bubble society tells us too... My family, boyfriend etc, all think,I am crazy. everything I own can easily fit in a two door car and I have lived that way for years. I always prefer a studio over a house....
Well, there are more of us around than you think! I'm in a similar situation. People are coming around slowly...
aviansoul Count me in too! I get frustrated though because I have a fairly big garden, but not permitted to build on the land if it's for the purposes of habitual residence so I don't understand how the woman in the video has been allowed to do this.
More counties are beginning to allow tiny houses. Try to get a variance.
yup, my loved ones think i'm crazy too. It really takes a special kind of person to appreciate this kind of life.
Kimberly Bellow ..me too..we are mimimalists..if we need a name....
Recently finished reading her memoir, thrilled to see the house. The pig on the porch, was sad when she said Rita had just died and hoping to see Doo Dee her dog still alive, but he had passed as well. Her book doesn't tell you how to build the house but her story makes you want one.
What a light she is - and her house is a fine reflection of that light !
she nailed it when she said that it could be a place to feel ok in your body...a place to be and yet still be free.
To the people complaining about her having to use some one else's water 'which they pay for'... There is a well in Olympia that is constantly flowing and free to take as much water from as you want. Many people get their water from the well, even those of us living in conventional homes.
No running water but a fancy Apple Mac Book. #priorities #toeachhisown
Wonderful house. Such a cool lady, she's hilarious and charismatic!
You plucky little world-class salvager. I REALLY admire that. I always feel that stuff has more meaning if you found it, & found a use for it, than if you bought it.
The world is a better place because of people like Dee Williams, you are the better side of humanity, keep up the good work.
...as a follower of stoic philosophy, i find her minimalist humanism so inspiring...truly a breath of fresh air...
yes!
I'm always a sucker for these hippie house tiny dwelling videos. Fascinating! I'd probably only try this as maybe a fun tree-house backyard guesthouse project or something.
MS. Dee has a very good personality . On the way she talks and see things around... It seems like she is still looking for something more wonderful than what she is having right now... :)
I love hearing people's stories about their lives and why they choose such a small living space
Hi，Dee! Your mum really loves you, as I can see from the bed clothes made by her. Good craftsmanship!
Your house looks perfect to me! When we were small, we all dreamed to have a house like this!
This is my goal in life. Along with my own grow house for food and that other good stuff. After that, I'll never have to work a shitty job ever again :)
Or you just study and get a job you love and can't get enough of.
Even if your plan becomes reality, you'd still need money and therefore a job. You'll need to pay property tax or lot fees as well as municipal taxes. You'll need money for the occasional repairs and maintenance. It's unlikely that you'd be able to grow all the food you need for a healthy diet, so you'd still need to buy some food. Surely there would be some other unforeseeable expenses, let alone all the money it's gonna take to bring this plan to life. Maybe you should consider becoming a farmer...
arthurthegreat
Plenty of people can make their living off of selling extra food crops. To me, what Jesse Williams was saying is that she wants to escape from the system more than anything. I wish to do the same thing! Even if it means working at a shitty job until I've got enough money to buy land. Unfortunately, there is no where we can go to be free of it completely, but making your love and lifestyle profitable is key.
arthurthegreat Depending on your view of life, that may not be possible. For me, 40 hours of ANYTHING is too much, no matter how much I love it. There are just so many other things I want to do.
Also, you may lack the talent for the things would love to do. You can try to be a painter but if you can't get what's in your head onto the canvas AND aren't able to make money with it on top of that - doesn't really matter that you'd love it.
Katheranne Reese YEA or He could sell some of his good stuff to pay taxes or repairs. Jesse Williams i wish to do so as well.
Bargaining will all way make money .Go to a carpenters union in 4 years build any thing
if you listen .
After that you will have bargaining skills no one can take away .
And build what you need in life with these building blocks
amazing little house. I am working to build up to something like this. I have turned the back of my truck into a mini house under a camper shell. You work with what you have. I always hear the same thing from people "You should have used this instead, you should have gotten a van, a trailer a this a that." I work two jobs, sometimes you just don't have the money to run out and buy the "Best" of the "Best" but what we have works well for us, even if you don't like it. It's fine, you aren't living in it!. I love these video's and the idea's I get, Thank you for sharing.
What a wonderful friendship! Your home is very nice and complete!
A great and expanding mind clearly doesn't need an expansive place to grow. I love what you're doing and how you go about it.
That is an amazing, beautiful house. Nice job on it.
I'd love nothing more than to fall asleep in that loft after watching a full moon pass through the clouds at night.
Ddarke11 OK.... the homes are debt free and their vehicles are debt free... I understand that part... oil and gas, for the vehicles.. where do they get the money for things like that.
Sherri Bush she never said she doesn't have a job, did she?
Michelle C I'm... not.. sure. I'm going to guess and say.. no. she doesn't.
You look like a happy camper there. Nice little home.
Thank you, Dee, for inviting us into your home. I think it is every bit as nice as just about every house I've ever been in. And the no mortgage part of it is a nice plus...
JW3HH
Love this woman! :)
love the cedar strip kayak :-)
This is on my bucketlist of something I want to build and travel around in! Great work! x
I love what she said about life, and her mother's quilt. The home/house she built is actually pretty spacious. Thanks for sharing!
I loved this video so much Dee Williams, has a great out look on life and lovely personality, she knows how to really LIVE as well as in harmony and be comfortable and just let go of things that weigh you down so you can be freed up,so you can focus on whats more important in your life
I just love Dee. Could you do an update on what she's doing now?
I am amazed at the quality of the sound and how quiet it is in the loft. What a peaceful place.
I LOVE DEE !! Met her a few years back before I built my Tiny House... Just standing inside her tiny house gave me all I needed to make the decision to build one too...
At the start I was thinking "wow, who'd have someone in their back yard like that."
By the end I knew why. I like that woman. I like her attitude and I think she's funny. I hope things worked out for her.
Nice workmanship, beautiful wood interior. However, a used travel trailer will cost less than 10K and give you more square footage, a range and fridge, multiple beds, electricity and running water with a toilet and shower.
You are completely lost in the regular society then. I am going to redo my tiny tiny house and make it just a tiny house. Minimal living, 99.9999% of people can not understand this. Every person is a hoarder, is what society has made "acceptable", that makes them normal. Why live in RV? They are not a tiny house, RVs degrade as do tiny houses, but its a house! 30+ years maintenance free, plus heating and cooling only what you need. If you think RV vs tiny house, you are missing the whole picture
I think it's about being able to make a home that is 100% personal to you.
Not only custom to our current living situation, but also it makes one not accumulate any further junk! You are free to come and go, and technically it can be left anywhere if you wish to take off on a world wide trip. I would find this more difficult to live this way with children. I have 2 heelers, and well they get their exercise daily. My friend has a friend in the military who they built one custom, and have 2 children. They spent way more than most, at $50K to have it built, but well after his time in service, they will be able to have purchased any house anywhere with the money in BAH that they have saved! Its a completely different life, and everyone wants to have that home built for them. I just think it is built on what you have available or what minimal things you need. For me, I will have running water and a toilet. If lived in an area for outhouse, that would be fine as well, but there are modern comforts that can be given up such as a bathtub, and 99.9% of space in a regular house that isn't used but 1% of its lifetime.
I think it's a safe bet she uses her friend's facilities for her hygiene needs.
to build your own home to fit your life of recycled materials seems to be much more important than buying something like a travel trailer as one person suggests. There is heart and love and knowledge of your own time and efforts. It surprises me that more people watch and listen to these videos and just don't get it.
A beautiful video...thanks for the upload. I did venture into the comments...wow, big mistake! It always stuns me how people are so insulted by others lifestyle choices. There is also a lot of assuming as to what her arrangements are with the host house! We know nothing of that and it is literally none of our business. I saw a couple of wonderful people living a life that they are working hard at...
Fantastic video. It brings me happy laughter to think about that wonderful person wrapped up in that happy little house.
What a nice lady :)
Nice little house. It looks great.Only problem with something like this is that in nearly every jurisdiction in the US, this would be illegal to live in due to residential zoning restrictions and in some areas, just building something this size even for storage would require approval and permits and is many times denied for no apparent reason. Our governments including the cities and townships have become money hungry and refuse to allow what they would consider tax squatters. They insist on collecting property taxes from each and every dwelling and zoned property. Regular aerial photography is how they enforce these codes these days. Try to put a shed up, they know!I surely hope you never run into this issue.
Could you please explain this a little more? I'm not from the US so I don't really understand the problem.
+Lainlein
they have laws in most of the us so your home looks like other homes to make the city look "beatifull" and "organized".but if a tiny home could be set up on wheels like a trailer,you could get around some laws.
😠ya that sucks. Things need to change ASAP. like the City/Gov. & State don't get enough of our $. They get almost half every yr. It's Ridiculous! It's no wonder we can't keep our head above water😔
M.H.P.= mobile home parks, get zoned for
+smithk6977 for the life that is in me I cannot understand the fairness in property tax.
Dee is an absolute inspiration to so many people across the world, proving that another way of living with this beautiful Earth is possible...Bless you, Dee X
A year ago I would have thought this was unfathomable because I was use to living in a 7000 square foot house. Now I live in a 154 square foot dorm with another person and I have plenty of space.
May have been my mistake to title it homesteading, but I think in the modern world (unlike for my great (x 6 or 7) grandparents who homesteaded a plot of land in NH.. of course, I have video of it), it can- at times- be less about simply growing your own food & more about economic self-sufficiency, frugal living, building your own home, etc. Though I know there's a bit of creative license involved with this title. Beyond semantics, I love what Dee can say about life in a sentence or two.
I am reading her biography right now! Dee Williams is a aaammaazing!! :D I recommend her book if you are interested in tiny homes and the experience of building one, its a pretty interesting read (so far!:) )
She seems like a really chill lady. Love her spirit.
Dee is such a beautiful soul!!! I love her attitude and her infinite wisdom.
very cool lady.
this is beautiful...
She seems like a great woman and she looks happy, very inspiring when people just do what they believe in and not follow the crowd!
What a creative spirit of a woman ad neighbors that you can sense, even thorough the video.
This is beautiful. My life isn't that simple yet, but I live in a 400 sq ft 1 bedroom condo and I've never been happier. All I really need now is about $900 a month for ALL my expenses. Every else I earn goes into savings. Drop out of the rat race folks. Its a miserable joke. Stop buying all the crap that you don't need and doesn't make you happy.
I will second that. My income is less than $10k a year, I managed to save about $600 dollars ( have it in coinage ), gave away about $5,500 of that income. and have lived on the rest. 860 square foot house, paid for, have the title deed in hand, only pay taxes and insurance and utilies, which are low.
I second spending less. I was trying to downsize. Then i decided its easier not to buy. So nowadays i only spent $200 on personal food and bills. Whenever i have a choice, I eat more nuts and bananas rather than products from abused animals.
I saved 60 percent of my salary and give away another 30 percent of my salary. I dont count transport as a personal expenditure but a contra against the salary as i find it necessary job expenditure to keep the job.
I like her water system. Very simple and efficient.
Extreme frugality gives financial independence that removes most stress in life. And it makes organising so much easier.
I've watched probably around 100 tiny house videos on here and I think this one is the most insightful. Thank you
I got butterflies in my stomach watching this one. Very inspirational. You gave me some great ideas for my micro-micro mini house.
this woman is a breath of fresh air! I would like to be her friend.
I am in the process of down-sizing and looking for a yard to live in myself. If i had any doubts about this decision, they are now gone!! (thanks to her!)
i wish her happiness and good health for all of her days!
thanks for making and posting these vids Kristen!!
So, she is either like 40 or 70 years old. With people this beautiful and free it's hard to tell.
Micro-homesteading in WA with 10K microhome (84 sq ft) in friends' yard
i like that,pleas are you willing to Dona to these orphans in my communities?
This design would be ideal in more integrated communities. Also might want to look at shipping container homes. Very similar and beautiful if done correct.
I love this woman and I love her friend for being so open and welcoming. They have a beautiful friendship and she lives in a way in which I've always admired. If you see this, thank you for being you and reminding me of what freedom actually is.
I went from watching hoarders to watching these tiny house videos. I really like tiny house. We lived in a camper for 6 years. Now 1400 square feet feels like an adultery. Lol.
And you are a beautiful human being! !!!! Namaste!
adulterer.....
+Melanie Willard that figures, you're from India.
I love women who wear Carhartt :) I lived several years in a 8X10 cabin, tho now upgraded to larger.
Damn this woman can build
You are wonderful. This is wonderful and inspiring. Beauty and character, inside and out.
Her home is beautiful with all the ancient woods.
It's empowering to listen to how she found materials and built her own nest. A lovely woman.
I love this, a house that you can actually finish paying off before you die! :) I live in Washington state too! :) I want to start making payments on a $10,000 home right now! :)
I seen that on extreme homes pretty neat
I need to make something like this for myself. $80,000+ for a house is ridiculous, we live in the age of computers and robots, and assembly lines, and conveyor belts, and self driving cars, and remote control helicopter delivery service, and we all still tolerate this extremely slow change in housing. It is not just extremely slow, it is not moving at all. The way we sell houses is the same as it was a long time ago, only there is more predatory lending, and we are giving people longer periods of time to pay it off. We don't want longer periods of time to pay it off, we want shorter periods of time to pay it off. We want houses to become affordable, the same way smartphones become affordable. We figure out new ways to build them with robots or whatever, and they become more affordable. Why isn't that happening with houses?
Jared Allaway Innovation is expensive. The only way to recover the money is to sell in volume like Apple.
Anthony Browning thank you for commenting! I hope we figure out ways of building houses that allow more low-income people to afford houses. I don't want new innovative ways of lending/borrowing money, I want a house, built by a robot, therefore, a cheaper house. Or a house that is simple, no bells and whistles, I will add on to it if I ever get enough money, but right now, I don't have enough money, I don't think I'm going to mutate into a thing that is capable of generating more money, in fact, it looks like humans are becoming unnecessary. Human workers are being replaced by robots all the time. I want to be able to pay a house off in a very small number of payments, before my robot replacement gets here.
Jared Allaway There is something like that, at least a step in the right direction. It is called a SIP, structurally insulated panel. It uses less wood, is better insulated and greatly reduces labor costs.
Very enlightening. If I was not married I wish I could keep you in a pumpkin in my backyard.
Daniel, you're adorable! :)
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Are you trying to make me well up? Well you did! Thank you Summer
You're welcome ;)
I used to live in a 40' trailer and loved it.
Now I live in our dream home of 4800 sq ft.
I went from compact and simple to giant with still not enough room.
I can not for the life of me figure out how to down size.
I have lots of tools that are there for all my projects that I keep dreaming up.
I keep telling my son that one day this is all going to be yours and I think inside he is probably rolling his eyes.
Keep living your dream.
Dee Williams. You are truly an inspirational woman. You make me believe that I too can build a tiny house.
What an amazing woman
An extreme minimalist
She has a nice little house. The wood looks so good! It's hard to think that she made any mistakes!
So sweet and open. Thanks
I love this concept but add say toilet, bath tub ,LED lighting, 5 star+ rating little fridge and some form of air-conditioning. I mention the former as in areas like Australia, desert states , heat is a big killer.
More solar panels , small wind turbines or even semi-underground(the building) regulates the temperature in both seasons.
Really its the way to go.
Ask ppl looking for homes, newly weds, young professionals about how unrealistic it is trying to own a house during these economic times?
You don't have to go to her extreme but something you are comfortable with?
I would love something like this but with more comfort.
Even with kids, plan ahead or even simply build additional space.
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RedThebigOne In my younger days (1970-90) I had an old '61 GMC school bus. I bought it for $100, put a battery in it and with not much fiddling, drove it 45 miles to my place. A guy who lived nearby and knew what I was doing came the next morning and gave me $200 for the motor, a Chevy 348, and transmission. I was off to a good start! I built the inside as I needed it starting with a double bed and closets in the back. From there forward I had a long counter on one side that had a 3 burner propane stove with oven and a 6 cu ft propane/electric fridge with a very cold small freezer. A sink and 3 feet of open counter space. Overhead were cupboards. Beside that was a custom made airtight wood stove with room for a whole days worth of wood. On the other side of the bus was a big comfortable armchair, table and lamp and next to that was a small table for 2 or 3. Where the drivers seat was I put a shower. It has a propane furnace but don't need it, even at -20F. The ceiling lights I converted to LED a few yrs ago and have a few others around the bus. I had 12V marine lights before. All electrical is 12V. I buried a cable and hose from my neighbor's basement for power and water. A friend made me a small hot water heater that took hours to heat but had enough hot water for a not too quick shower. There was an old outhouse on the property. That was good for me. I learned that you tend to do things very quickly when it's freezing outside. I had a 'watering' post on the far side of my one seater. I don't know how mant sq ft in that bus but it was and is, plenty big enough for 2 people. I can't use it anymore but my nephews do. My property is on a navigable river in Central Ontario, great for boating swimming and fishing. This video reminded me of how easy it is get along without several hundred or more sq ft of space that you don't really need. I wouldn't have gone 20 yrs without running water though. BTW, I paid the neighbor $25/month for water and power. My property taxes were $37/month back then.
In some countries, this would be like living in a mansion!
Just read the Big Tiny by Dee (the woman featured in this video). An excellent book. So glad to get to see her here. Thank you!
I agree with the others that, not only was the little home great, the Lady was truely wise and interesting to listen to. The video editing was great too. Thanks Kirsten.