Thoreauvian simple living: unelectrified, timeless tiny home
ฝัง
- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ม.ค. 2012
- Seven years ago Diana and Michael Lorence moved to a 120-foot-square home without electricity in the coastal mountains of Northern California.
[Watch a recent related video: Thoreauvian simple living (II): Sebastian and Celine Parker's Japanese-inspired tiny studio in SF: • Handcrafted minimalist... ]
They're not back-to-the-land types- they're not growing their own food, nor raising animals-, but, like Thoreau, they were looking for a place where they could get away from the noise of society and focus on their inner lives.
For nearly 30 years they have lived in tiny houses, often in guest homes, though their current abode is the smallest and most fitting their needs. It was designed by Michael based on their experiences living in nearly 20 tiny homes across the country before finally settling here.
They don't have electricity nor any other type of alternative energy (i.e. solar power). They don't have a refrigerator so they eat a lot of vegetables, fruits, grains, and nuts.
There's also no oven, but Diana says she doesn't bake anyway and she cooks their meals with their one cast iron pot over the fire. The fire is also their source of hot water, heat, and light (in addition to candles).
The Lorences are a private couple, but recently they have begun to speak out more about their lives in hopes of showing others that options such as theirs exist.
Until now, the couple has turned down requests appear on video, not wanting to be categorized as simply another couple choosing to live in a tiny space. So I was pleasantly surprised when Diana and Michael agreed to let me visit their home with my camera.
Original story here: www.faircompanies.com/videos/v... - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
"I am perfectly happy with the entire world living exactly as it wishes, but I would live my life the way I wish."
I played this quote over and over again
I have had this very same thought many times in my life; however, it is also true that the world the way it is know is threatening the whole of all existence on Earth, which means that perhaps there should not be such levity or tolerance in her words anymore. I do not want to die, but that is not my point. My point is: the destruction of the environment for the future generations is absolutely unacceptable and evil. If the past generations had done that to us, we would not have been alive today.
That makes you a libertarian
I have been thinking about doing this by myself for a very long time. If you have any pointers on making it threw the first year.
Thank you,
Misty
@@Destruction320 You have created a fantasy reality ,,there is no wholesale destruction of the environment people like you want to control others , Judgement is Evil
The older I get, the more simple I want life to be. Possessions are less meaningful now.
I'm experiencing the same thing. When we get older we don't really care about things as much. All we want is simple life and pease.
I’m curious how old you are.
@@pygiana16 16 prob lol
Sure you’re old!
I totally agree!
Consider this is how the majority of people lived throughout history. I think what we call progress now has become a rat race to accumulate material things, and in the process we have lost a part of our souls.
This is so true. I just retired and realized during my 25 years time in corporate America I gained a lot of stuff, loss a lot of money, that's all I got to show for a quarter of a century of my life. Oh Happy to have a pension every month and realized I don't need a lot of stuff to be happy. I was blessed to find an inexpensive home. I lost one son while focused on survival in the rat race like a gerber on a wheel . Wished I had focused more on my children. May my son who died rest in God. People realize what's important. While we are working from the cradle to the grave who is rising our children?
well if you think about it, cities settled long before "progress and modernity", and it would we safe to say that population density brings more psychological pressure, economic struggles and hustle and criminality. If you don't need more than full stocks of potatoes for winter, you don't need to go to the city.
My grandparents lived very much like this in a house a bit larger and raised 11 kids, grew all their own food, raised chickens, had a couple of cows and a mule. The kids all thrived, were rarely sick, were poor by today's standards I guess but never once even thought of themselves as being poor because every other single family they knew lived exactly the same way. Woodstove and pump in the kitchen, kerosene lamps all over the place, coal burning stove in the living room, an outhouse out back, three kids to a bed, lots of homemade quilts to keep warm in the winter. I had many wonderful times as a little girl staying at their little farm, it was always an adventure.
Darlene Griffith Well said!
Your point is too true.
I think I have watched this at least 30 times over the years. Love this one!
Every so often I come back to watch this one also. It is so calming.
Me too! Definitely my favorite from KD
I love thier little house but it is guilty of my biggest pet peeve in home design. A toilet should never open into the space you store, prepare, or consume food.
Me to... I have watched it at least 10 times over the years
@@andrewdriver3318 ironically fecal transplants have been shown to promote longevity. Yes humanure composting should be done "outside" - or at least in the next room. Also how does this place pass "permits" for residential zoning? Clearly more people would live this way if the law let them. My plan is to have a "temporary fabric shelter" that I move every six months - on my own property! For example if a person has a structure that does not move then a composting toilet in said structure requires a sewage permit! A composting toilet in a shelter would not require a sewage permit. Also a "sewage permit" would require an above ground septic system for my land. So my point being that it's painfully obvious that the legal zoning ordinances are what curtail people from living this way more often than any other reason. I saw a doc on the poor in Venezuela receiving new government built housing - and their biggest complaint was having an indoor toilet in such a small apartment! Hilarious. The poor have higher standards since living in Nature relies on the free cycling of energy as sanitation.
She seems so calm and at peace with herself without all the modern trappings of life.
Yes, odd, I kept thinking, where is her laptop. haha. I truly admire them for living in a way that actually takes more time to live then it does for most of us each day.
I could only do this with internet access ;)
Probably hidden in the book shelf. lol
Corn Fed I'm 24 and don't want the modern ways. I love antique stuff.
don't be ridiculous read some history and you will see water in houses and sewerage systems have been around for centuries - hardly modern
Many summer cottages in Finland do not have utilities. Many Finns spend their summers this way. It's really a marvelous experience. 😊❤️👏
@JCSU By millionaires
😂 JCSU capitalism isn’t ‘nature’s way’ of anything
JCSU yep I’m very dumb. Waaaaaay too dumb to debate this with someone who has all the answers. Good luck to you comrade 😂
In american we dont have those.
@@marylillianharris2094 Capitalism might be nature's way. Psychopaths, sociopaths, et al, (4% of the population) always rise to the top of any society and lead the way for the rest. Even religious leaders can be altruistic sociopaths. Just something to think about :-(
I come back to this video again and again, I am so fascinated by the simplicity, beauty, esthetic, inner life and peace these people live. So very inspiring to me...
🙏
Same
Same
😬 yikes!
Me too.. I come back throughout the years. The peace she exudes is contagious.
Agreed ☕️
She is in a whole different level of consciousness
No! she eats cheese! Not conscious of the suffering of cows and the methane and co2 they produce which causes problems for the planet.
Let her eat cheese !
There are NO PERFECT PEOPLE .....
Cheese is proof of the love of the Creator
🧀 ❤️
@@sunsethunter591 I second that
@@sunsethunter591 the fact that she doesnt drive or do anything to raise her carbon footprint, i think her having a little cheese isnt a problem. You probably have more impact ob the planet more than she does.
The vibration of this home is so calming,so serene . I have lived off grid when my husband and I were young (I am 81,he has passed on ,he was 83)we were migrant workers ,picking fruits in California Washington State to Montana and wintered in The Beautiful state of Florida picking oranges 🍊. If you have a nomads soul and a free spirt life is tuned to the vibration and frequency of the Universe it sings in your soul, and saying that really who needs drugs ? You can never achieve the beauty and serenity with artificial substance. Open your soul,open your mind let the beauty and serenity of the universe wrap you in the serene peaceful love that flows like a warm spring breeze fill your soul with peace and happiness . Blessed Be my brothers and sisters .💕🦋💕🌈🐈🕊🖖👽🌹
Nice words
Betty Houk I would love to know you better.
I wanna be more like you. I am 67 today. I want to pooch fruit and be free like you where are you now? What are you doing at 81?
💛💛💛
Betty, I love you! You spoke my thoughts. I'm only at peace when I sit out by a large lake near my town, listen to the wind in the trees, watch the birds and relax to the gentle sound of water lapping at the shore. Even the water snakes know me. They peek their heads up out of the water and look at me for a few minutes, then dip back down beneath the surface and squiggle away as if they are saying hello! and stay out of this water if you know what's good for you! LOL Bless you Betty!
I think about all the things they don't have to deal with. Crappy neighbors, sitting in traffic, gas prices, genetically modified foods that are killing us, reality shows, the news, cell phone Bill's, etc. I truly admire her peaceful and content lifestyle.
@@Muonium1 🤦♀️
@@Muonium1
Read The Plant Paradox by Dr. Gundry. He explains how GMO effects health. Cutting out GMO made a big improvement in my health.
@@Muonium1
GM food is a crime against humanity & the environment.
sure eat only that and see how long you will stay healthy
@@thisbullrocks6030 Yeah, it is a bum diet for sure.
Well.. when I first started watching I this I couldn't help thinking "they're crazy". As I continued to watch, riveted, I started contrasting my life to theirs, started to feel the weight of my "things" upon me, and to recall the yearnings of my youth and how I had loved Thoreau and Emerson. By the end of the video I was thinking "maybe I'm crazy".
For someone who appreciates Thoreau and Emerson, I'm scratching my head, wondering why you would have thought they were crazy - even from the outset?
@@LiLoTech does it matter. He sees better now.
In majority we are all crazy living this smart phones. In this video,This is a normal human being should be. Full of love,full of peace,full of contentment. Learn to survive without being controlled by.
phototrope maybe, just maybe you are. Please let me know when you find out for certain. Thanks
I do want to get rid of a quarter of what I own, but I love my smart phone with my fast Internet. - This is 2020 and cannot scape reality.
Sometimes I wonder if all the technology we use is causing us to lose our way. It seems the more we embrace technology the less rational and stable we become. I think the world has gone crazy, and to live in a way that doesn't participate in that would be very peaceful.
Agreed! I'm from Jamaica and a few years ago I had the opportunity to spend the weekend in the Blue Mountain here and I just didn't want to go back to normal life! I could feel the true connection with nature and creation! I would live there, or in an area like this in a tiny home, just simple, want to do my own farming too!
The fact we find ourselves watching this life style, may say something about us. Maybe we do yearn for a more simple lifestyle like this.
Its designed that way on purpose
Daniel your comment reminds me of a favorite Emerson quote: "The machine unmakes the man." -- and it goes on to say: "Now that the machine is so perfect, the engineer is nobody." I agree that technology is changing us, little by little. We seem to enjoy a much more pampered life with it; but over time, our humanity is being eroded, one droplet at a time.
Agreed
I remember as a child visiting my great grandparents home in sault ste marie, Michigan after my grandmother inherited the home. It was exactly as they had left it with an eight burner wood burning stove, the hand water pump over the white enamel sink ,the small dark room off the kitchen with the chamber pot on the floor, the line of kerosene lamps on the wall in the living room, and all the doilies on the back and arm of the chairs and sofa.The rooms were peaceful and serene and the silence without a television was inviting with only books in a small bookcase to entertain. I felt an inner peace as if I was in a sanctuary or a church.
That sounds so absolutely beautiful. "Like a sanctuary or a church."
Sault Ste Marie is in Ontario, Canada. How does Michigan come into this?
Gloria Hanes. What happened to the house?
@@cherylT321 Turned into a Starbucks.
It's an amazing life and getting connected to nature and it's peacefulness is priceless. 😇☺
I never get bored with this video. Whenever I need to relax and be alone .. I just watch this vid ... the way the narrator and the owner of the house spoke is really make me calm down
Ani Nur Mariam 🤝🤝🤝
I feel the exact same way
Yes, beautifully filmed and narrated. The photography is exquisite and really gives the viewer an experiential effect.
I regularly visited an old uncle who lived in a small house deep in French Pyrenees mountain village of Tardets. He had no fridge no tv. He had running water and electricity though. He also had an old Labrador, Shatoor.
His house had a name. It literally translates from basques as the “one with a view”. As a matter of fact that’s all it had. He opens the wide window early every morning and there is was a nice steady green slope with grazing cows on the horizon. All cows had bells and for the rest of the day this was the sound track of life. So beautiful and memorable.
I envied this life style and still consider it brave and honorable. Yet one day I heard he died in the woods as he was hunting with his dog. He broke his leg and tried to go back to his house yet was too late to stop the bleeding. 3 days later they found him with Shatoor next to him.
I still envy this life style and am thankful and grateful for him giving me this opportunity to see the “other” life but it came with a price in the end.
Hope shatoor is with loving people
All lives have a price in the end!
I bet rather many people passed away in a similar manner in the old days. Sounds very unfortunate to a modern person, but examined objectively, actually is much more humane than living years and years growing weak, ill, lonely and losing cognitive capability, like so so many modern elders do these days. My granny was asking god to take her away already in her last years, with a smile and respect. She felt she'd done her part in this act of life already. I regret not visiting more often and spending more time together, although I went to clean there semi-regularly.
Anyways, thanks for sharing your story of your uncle and his house with the view. Be well all of you, peace.
Probably bled out instantly, Wouldn't have mattered if there were a hospital close by. The end comes when the end comes.
He’s lucky to have died that way. Compare with being full of tubes and with unfeeling medical nazis waking u every 3 hours, pumping u full of drugs. Our world is insane.
"Perfection is achieved, not when there is nothing else to add but, when there is nothing left to take away" ... How beautiful! 💖
Aristoteles
Antoine de Saint-Exupery had a very minimalist philosophy on writing and life. And it IS beautiful.
The globalists will one day haul them away to a FEMA camp.
Johnny Pastrana lmao
@@yana_2_6_0 I agree, the comment section is getting mad
"I make myself RICH by making my wants FEW." - Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau, Tolkien and people like them are such inspiring individuals who question the mass consumption and complexities that materialism bring in modern societies. One doesn't need to live in the forest to get the full understanding of the joy that simplifying oneself brings. Thank you, Diana and Kirsten for sharing. You are awe-inspiring as the pioneers of simple living from the past. ^_^ Peace be.
Juci; Agree!
Juci Shockwave you should actually read about thoreau, not just his writings. He didn't really live that life, he sort of lived off his mom. Also, he could be a cold hearted jerk ( look up his remarks about people who'd drowned)
I've learned how little we need to live and be happy, every day we are bombarded with rubbish, like buy, buy, even if we don't need it. I love this video I watch it over and over . I have started to cut back on spending and saved money, that has given me a calmer much more in control self.a big thanks.
Gily Gilly, So basically Thoreau would have been a fat kid living in his mom's basement trolling on the internet if he had been born in 2003? I always knew there was something shady about that dude. smh
I heard he went to Emerson's whenever he wanted a good steak dinner.
Sometimes when I come back to this video the comments just amaze me. This must be the most documented small house on the planet in magazines and universities. She lived there SEVEN YEARS FULL TIME - NOT performance art, just cultured people. NOT unlived in, just NEAT AND CLEAN (like every house I knew when I was a girl still was) NOT pretentious books just real books really used by real educated people. NOT shopping all the time - food dropped off ONCE A WEEK FROM LOCAL FARMERS. Honestly the way people talk you'd think nobody ever survived without modern tech or that nothing good can be real. Maybe because it's just SO REAL in a world of totally fake junk we don't know what real looks like anymore?
Why did she leave?
Pat H. I loved that part to. And it actually explains my very reason I am pursuing a minimalist lifestyle. Except I couldn’t live off grid like they do.
I come back to this video over and over, as I have for years. I do buy the idea, but not this. The perfectly white fabric on the chairs, showing no sign of use despite what we would need to clean them. The vegetables without hint of protein or other essential nutrients, even the way she looks and talks seems: staged. I want to believe it, but it is as if a woman wanted to go back in time and invented a romanticized version for the camera. Real life in a more antiquated version, was not like this. Educated or not (my husband and I both are), I cannot help but sense red flags of fakery. It isn't that such a lifestyle is impossible, I just cannot believe that it is or ever was possible quite like this.
@@NoliMeTangere1163 Interesting thoughts. Of course, a home will be spotless and dressed up for showing. But, real life is not generally so spotless nor romantic.
Katy McNiff I agree. The idea of vegetables and nothing else isn’t sustainable.
This seems like heaven to me. I often feel overwhelmed with society. This life seems so incredibly peaceful. Living as you wish not a bunch of stuff cluttering your life and mind.
Stuff is a CHOISE by the owner of the stuff.
CHOICE
I was blessed as a boy to spend time with my grandparents who live with out electricity or running water I value the time I spent with them and I’m forever thankful for the lessons shared the experiences
That's wonderful..
I had a fireplace, and I've lived in a house with an airtight woodstove and have to wonder how the walls and furniture can stay white like that. Fireplaces aren't a very efficient way to heart a home... They burn up a LOT of wood and when the fire gets low, the heat goes up the chimney.... and taper candles are expensive as well
It's a sweet video though, and the cabin is in a nice spot. Very pretty. All very poetic, but it doesn't answer any real questions
+riverlightrider This is a short video, but the house is probably the most completely documented tiny house anywhere, on websites, blogs, magazines, books, at universities etc. And it's been visited by the leading people in the tiny house movement. Practically all the real questions have been answered, and I've read a lot of it and I even went to hear this lady speak in the midwest last year. Just ask. It's interesting.
+emmyway Can you tell me where to find out more about this house? Much appreciated.
Exactly. A nice place for a retreat but not even close to reality.
This house is exquisite. It doesn't matter to me what their real story is. Its the thought of this home, the thoughtful purpose of its existence that appeals to me most. The reaction of most people to the comments is really about how they would fear of letting go of all their worldly possessions and live this simply.
You are so right! And so well said too. Thanks a lot for getting us back on track. Anyone who cares enough to read the hundreds of web pages about this house know that the real story is exactly what it appears to be, but I think you're right, what really matters is the thoughtful purpose of its existence. Bravo!
Actually, no. I have lived in tepees, yurts, small English cottages and an assortment of the usual American options. I love tiny homes, small homes, and off grid and alternative living. I especially love this 12 x 12 SF house because, let's face it, it's dreamy. The setting, the color, everything about it. But it's not 'real' as in lived in. As I posted above, Michael Anthony Lorence is supposedly a tailor who produces 52 bespoke (custom) suits a year for wealthy gentlemen, and he also produces rooms that look like this house for (dare I say pretentious) people whose whole life seems to be designed to impress people, or something. I'm not sure exactly what, but it screams pretense to some of us. We're not complaining about Mrs. Lorence as much as we're calling BS on this whole lifestyle, which is not really being lived - so much as it's an advertising gimmick. Kinda like those gorgeous staged houses in all the House Beautiful type magazines - where ALL of the pictures available on the web of this house come from. It would have been so much more if we could have been told how we ourselves could build a house like this - avoiding the code Nazis who want to make it cost 300K for starters, so we could all have houses that our great-great grandparents would have been able to build without a worry about codes or permits or the ridiculous cost of land...
watching this video makes me go and start cleaning up my place. Alas it only lasts for 10 minutes before the memory of this wonderful life fades and I am back to living in my cluttered space on my overstuffed couch eating an organic carrot! See this video has inspired my life!
🤣🤣That was awesome dude. Definitely made me laugh. As soon as I finished watching this I hauled out the Hoover and gave me carpets the go by just for good measure!
At least you got one thing right. The carrot!
This was moving poetry.
What a wise woman.
I have lived off grid for nearly 5 years now.
There is nothing so awe-inspiring than sound of silence.
I bid thee well.
The home is beautiful, but at the same time it looks rather "rich". Everything is exceptionally well made. The house speaks of comfort. That in itself is a wonderful thing.
+Ronwixziv Barreiro I agree. They said about Thoreau "He made himself rich by making his wants few." I think these people are like that. They want so little that what's left they can afford to spend time on making right. That's what i call wonderful. Great comment.
This is a beautiful look at a life lived simply and with thought and care. I really don't understand why people must feel the need to be mean spirited and critical. As someone else said, if you don't appreciate this, then move on to something that is more to your liking. I really enjoyed the video.
I agree Leigh. Let people live the way they want to live without bashing them in. Life is too short, good for these folks that they live the way the want too. I think people sometimes are jealous or afraid that they really cannot pursue the lifestyle they want, (which might not be this lifestyle but whatever that lifestyle they would like) so they settle for what they have and then they in return out of frustration or lack of dreams or courage.... attack others. Everyone has a right to dreams, and everyone has a right to attempt to journey towards those dreams. Everyone.
I agree. It's not for me at all but I am intrigued. People who find the need to put her down appear to be sad. It's just odd to be annoyed by someone else's choices.
I'm sorry, but I think you missed the point of this video. I live like this but I am anything but rich.
+Leigh Cronin For some reason most people seem to take others doing something different than what they're used to as a personal attack, instead of what it is, a person doing something different, completely unrelated to one's views.
+Babyhowdy233 Claiming such people are rich is more than a bit of a stretch. Especially since there's nothing at all about economics in this video.
Watching this was very special. I love the way this woman thinks. She lives in a mindful way...very peaceful. This is the perfect way to live...balanced...conscious...
simple yet luxurious. Thank you for sharing this beautiful place.
can we please see a sequel to this? i love this episode, what a beautiful simple life, my mind is blown at how organized yet beautiful their house is and their lifestyle, id love to see more!
I think they sold it or don't own it, and are gone now.
They have returned to living a private life. Without fanfare, or complaint, so far as I can see, and with some effort to regain their privacy. To be as sensitive and responsive as they are, and to be exposed to the low conversation that now dominates the internet - well, I am sure we have all had the thought that we should leave this domain. The difference is, they did it, and I suspect they would be happier for it. There is the second lesson, but we have to create it in ourselves rather than consume it.
@@salfrench3471 of all the youtube videos ive seen i periodically recall this one and how important it feels. indeed, the point of a message like in this video is to encourage others who feel drawn to that sort of life to begin opting-out of the new modern world chaos especially found in the new tech and new media. i been slowly decluttering and minimizing my digital life as well as my material real life things and behaviors. its not for everyone perhaps but my brain does not do well with all this attention-scattering tech. i think a lot of people are craving a simpler slower life like this. something about it just feels better and more whole. but as she says, she's perfectly happy with anyone living as they wish but she also will live as she wishes. life is magical friends.
I love that space was made for books. The usual advice for tiny space living is to get rid of your books, so I'm glad to see a tiny home that has so many.
dhgemein2 I was thinking the same!
But not a bunch of books she'll never read. Just the ones she wants.
@@davidyatesmckay Yes, very practical. I actually have a Kobo reader, but I still buy paper books, too. My main objection to e-books is that when you're done with them you can't re-sell them, trade them, or give them away. Of course, paper books are also a decorative feature when grouped together.
I am impressed by the house and lifestyle, but so much more impressed by Diana herself. She would be a very interesting and lovely person to know.
I can picture myself living this way....Beautiful indeed!!!
“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach...” ~Thoreau
I used to think a lot of Thoreau and his writings are still some the most readable things you can find. But then I realized that he died in his 40s (I'm 74), never married or had children or had to deal with aging. So what he had to say no longer speaks to me. Personally, I like Dick Proenneke a lot better. He didn't even start building his cabin until he was past 50. It was nothing like this fancy cottage. It even had a dirt (gravel, actually) floor. That's the difference between a log cabin and a log house.
Living in a trailer should be pretty simple, don't you think? They're all the rage now, only they don't call them trailers.
Why is everyone who leaves a comment attempting to talk gentile and poetic like they just fell out of the video? There are hundreds of logistic questions in answered here. I've seen a few people ask in the comments and they only get responded with a holier than thou mentality that still doesn't answer the question. This video and these comments lead people to believe that off grid living is calm peaceful and easy. It isn't. It's hard work and grueling hours of derivation. Basically survival with a sturdy structure and a warm bed. Not to take away from off grid living. I personally love it. But it ain't this.
I agree with you that off-grid living is hard work, but it IS peaceful. Best years of my life was my quiet, spiritual time living off-grid deep in the east TX woods. The hard work wasn't really that bad, either. I mean, I work harder for my boss today and not near as happy as I was then. It was worth every swing of that ax to me.
Boom.
I can see how decluttering your life, going back to a simpler way could be soo stress relieving. Keeping up with the Jones is hard work..lol
My Damn Channel Sweetie it’s ADDICTING. 😺
Manu not everyone in the U.S. Is like this. There are those of us who enjoy nature, books, etc. We have goals and hobbies other than shopping, and finding an eyeshadow that is "really me". Many others are finally realizing the stupidity of it. This is why cable companies are struggling for viewers in the U.S.
It's amazing to hear stories of people who've let go of social, family, material and capitalistic pressures and the utter relief it brings to their lives.
Their lifestyle is similar to the Amish. There are many Amish who're taken into the modern world and are completely shocked and not in a good way. When you try and look at the modern world for what it is, it is shocking, as we're so detached from the natural planet we live on. Modern technology has most certainly given us comfort, security and health (to an extent) though modern technology has also given us more problems than the benefits it can deliver. I'm in my 30's and still very lucky to have all my grandparents alive, and when they tell you life was better and easier when they were young, it tells you something, that modern technology is really just a mirage.
Oh maybe she’s Amish. Long dress and no electricity.
You live so beautifully. I haved searched for a stillness like you have found for my whole life. I'm now 58 years old, I Am single. I Am strong, and I am introvert.
Your home inspires me.
I live for and in this moment, and in that moment I wish to plan a peaceful life, like you and your husband have found.
Blessings to you both 🙏.
And much Love from the Mountain.🏔️
I too have returned to this video many times over the years, yearning for this type of life where only what is meaningful or necessary remains.
This was the first time I watched it after we sold our house in the city and moved to a small town in southern Oregon. We now live on an acreage, on the side of a gently sloping mountain, overlooking the sea. We left ugly chaos behind to go back in time to live in a beautiful paradise.
Next we will build a small cabin. For now, we live in an RV. Every day we are blessed with the amazing beauty of this special place. Yet it's not without it's challenges. It's an adjustment to be responsible for putting in your own roads, wells, septic, electricity, and build a home. There are only a few people left with the expertise to do this work and their time is in high demand, so we do most of the work ourselves. Getting supplies, tools and equipment up here is a challenge too. There is a lot to learn and do. We don't even have an address yet, so we use a PO Box in town. We hide our garbage from the bears and drive it to the dump ourselves...
I'm not trying to discourage anyone from doing it. Far from it. It's well worth it, but it does take a lot more effort and money than it looks to achieve a seemingly simpler life.
A beloved prophet of God once said that He never asked him to do anything that didn't seem impossible or too expensive. So true, but then God makes it all happen, so that load isn't on us anyway. All we have to do is declare, believe, and act. He will do the rest. Hallelujah!
What a beautiful life and perfect house for it. It does a soul well to drink-in this simplicity. Thank you for this story, well done!
Lovely
well said
Simple Full i
oo
Kkkkk
You too can "Live Simply" if you have Pockets $$$ as Deep as this Lady does....
Diana thank you for sharing and to you Kirsten for bring us this video. It speaks to me in a way I don't fully understand yet but hope to one day.
+Don Kim Interesting response. I want to explore more the idea of non-verbal communication. I think architecture has its own type of language. I'd be curious to hear more from you as you continue to explore this.
+Don Kim the simplicity makes free the soul and makes free the mind. we can have a clear thought , we are much sure of our choices and we might live much better.
Don Kim Same for me.
You're both talking drivel. Fucking Hell like.
this remind me of how we lived in somalia when i was growing up .. simple and minimal. At the time i took it for granted and thought we poor.
Poor and low income do not mean a poor quality of life.
I love her and her lovely tiny home. There seems nothing missing from her life at all. It holds the space and peace so missing in most lives. And she seems to be one of the great poets yet to be discovered! Lovely!
What an elegant woman ! Very beautiful home !
What an elegant lady.
That is exactly the word that comes to my mind too Francesco.
Yes, true beauty without being artificial. She reminds me of Audrey Hepburn in that way.
When I live simple like this, people tend to discount my living as eccentric and reclusive. I suppose that being away from all the self imposed responsibilities of acquisition of goods and living a life of simplicity is not for the majority. However, I've found I have nearly unlimited freedom to be spontaneous and do as I please every day. I have nice vehicles, lots of hobbies and many friends. There is not a one that I envy and I seem to be the go to guy for solutions to problems that they cannot handle. Everyone should be allowed the sabbatical of simple living so that it can be a choice and not a far away never felt alternative in how to live. This was forced upon me as a soldier in Vietnam. The army broke me free of my illusion that having everything was happiness. It is not. You were born with everything you need to be happy, don't clutter that happiness up by the hypnosis of advertising. We live and then we die, everyday I look forward to happily living until the end.
I know I'm a year large, but I just love this comment
Beautifully said and so spot on
Thank you for your service to this country then. And thank you for your thoughtful insights now.
I have watched this so many times over the years. It keeps me in mind of my ultimate goal to simplify and move away and downsize.
this video made me cry...and i dont even know why. i didn't realise how much i must long for this kind of lifestyle. amazing that such people exist in this world. how i envy them.
That is a very good sign.. ♡
I hope you are on your way realizing your dream life...
Do it! 🐎🐕🐈🐑🐄🐔🐓🐤🐥🐷🍎🍊🍐
I wish I had done this now I am old and cant
Wishing
@@joycedallas4262 Could U join an MO? (Multiple Occupancy) A little plot of land with your own little cabin + garden and orchid- here in Australia some people sell their share, and it's already up and running....
Love the homeowners voice, it's very relaxing, almost put me to sleep :)
I also liked her voice. But I have questions. This couple have obviously spent a lot of money on this small house. I would be interested in the answers to some of the practical questions that have already been put forward by some of the other posters.
Euterpe Kombos
the couple does not own this home nor the land which it sits. it belongs to friends who lived on the land but who have since sold it a while back. I don't know where this couple now lives, but it sure isn't there.
SHADOWBOXERBAYBEE How do you know this?
SuperTruthful
innermosthouse.blogspot.com/2012/12/acceptance_7.html
Here you go....
SuperTruthful I finally found the full story.
innermosthouse.blogspot.com/2012/08/a-house-for-homeleaving.html
I think more and more of us crave the beautiful sounds of
nature, the glow of a candle, the simplicity of cooking over a fire, the
ability to drown out a world of unpleasantness and distractions. I felt peace
just watching this video. The narrator’s voice and words were also very
soothing. I feel this woman's joy on a soul level, a complete and sublime
understanding of what nourishes the spirit.
What a beautiful, neat, clean, peaceful home. A place where you can be one with nature where we truly belong. She looks so healthy, calm, peaceful and content.
Yes she is exquisite
I read within a poet's book
A word that starred the page:
"Stone walls do not a prison make,
Nor iron bars a cage!"
Yes, that is true; and something more
You'll find, where'er you roam,
That marble floors and gilded walls
Can never make a home.
But every house where Love abides,
And Friendship is a guest,
Is surely home, and home-sweet-home:
For there the heart can rest.
Felix Bloxham
Beautiful, thank you.
I once met a boy from Nantucket...yeah, I'll just bet you know the rest of this by memory, Lord Byron.
no i don't but i'm sure you will enlighten me
A great story. What nice people. A great way to live.
Never a better time than right now for such pure, wholesome, balanced simplicity.
This is the most beautiful house I ever seen in my whole life
I could listen to her talk all day
We must remember that on TH-cam, the holder of the video cam and the storyteller tells us what they want us to know. See it as a story no different than any other story. Entertaining. A fantasy. But, whatever you do, do not think that all that we saw here is the entire story and that it is all real. The moment a story is retold, it becomes less than the full truth.
when a story is told, the truth is personal to each listener--if it's told to 10 people, it has 10 different truths.
There is only one truth. There are 10 different beliefs about what it is.
there are 7 billion+ different beliefs about the truth. No one believes exactly the same as anyone else, whether they're sister, brother, parent, friend or stranger. There is no one truth.
1) Your belief on what the truth is, has no bearing on what it actually is. 2) There are many instances where most of the 7 billion people agree on what the truth is, but even that has no bearing on what the truth is. 3) Once you recognize that truth means what actually is or was, then you can seek it. If you think belief and truth are the same thing, then there is no reason to seek truth. 4) There is only one truth.
I also live this lifestyle in Northern California. Happily alone reading and tending to my four acres in the forest at 3,600 elev. I have all the fresh water I’ll ever need. Along with a 500 gal. Propane tank. Life IS good !
Contemplative and quiet I thank God every day I decided to escape the noise of the city living . I’m staying stronger longer too.
I pray others will be brave enough to go find their dream lifestyle too 💕🏕🌲
In the apparent rustic simplicity and fabricated gentleness, frosted over with a soft californicated gushed voice, I can't help but find delight in one of her soliloquy-formatted schpiels about simplistic diet being interrupted (truth!) by a Cambell's Soup commercial, no less than Cream of Mushroom. Thank you, utube. Sublime.
I've seen this video so many times that I can't count. It brings me peace and hope to have a place to escape from so much noise from now days. To get rid of bagage, and to live with in my means, It is not as easy as it sounds.
The irony of enjoying this video so much while watching this on a computer screen.
Well we're not watching it in a book
No. But books still have a charm of their own. And they can outlast the devices that hold the digital media inside. It may be great to look at, but it's fragile.
"It's forever the first morning again and again". I want what Diana has. Nothing unnecessary for the soul who dwells in that place. Peace, serenity, beauty in things living and grown. And books, lots of lovely books! "Go placidly amid the noise and haste and remember what peace there is may be in silence".Desiderata, I very much enjoyed this. Thank you!
I'm about half way there. And it's awesome. Very minimal living cost.
Such a beautiful genuine lady. She has a very elegant peaceful way about her. Kind of refreshing.
Sure...genuine!!! Why is she wearing a period costume? Why dress like this is a play she's staging? The prim and proper bun, the long, missionary dress, give me a break, not buying this act!
cocokai You don’t have to approve of others’ ways of living and you won’t understand them if you tried. You’re shallow.
cocokai I can understand what you're saying. I thought so as well at first but then on closer inspection you can see her dress isn't period. It's a wool turtle neck dress because it's winter and she wanted to look nice because she's being filmed. Her hair looks very modern just a simple short but styled cut. Run you fingers through with a little product and go.
She's an old soul type person, very well read and educated. In today's age of aggression and frustration people like her can come across odd but we have to remember that not too terribly long ago she would have been seen as a strong woman due to her lady like manner and serenity.
But once again I can see your point and just want you to know, I'm just commenting on your comment and not judging you for it.
cocokai Aesthetics are also a form of expression, you know. And I don't recall people's manner of dress being relevant to the authenticity of their beliefs.
Kinda creepy...
This reminds me so much of the Shakers-even her long dress. I would really like to have a place like this for a weekend, but after that I would need to be around other people and city life. I do love it in a retreat sort of a way.
+Mary Anne Brown I was just going to write how Shaker/Quaker this feels! :)
Love their little house and love to listen to Diana speak! Her voice is so serene and calming!
I searched this video out because I think about it so often. After all these years this is still one of my favorite videos.
Nice, I feel the same way, when I go camping. Imagine a world with out computers and cell phones, peaceful
Hi Tony. I'm with you about computers and cellphones. I can't honestly say I'm much of a camper, but the peace I get from this video is powerful. I really feel it, and it also helps me understand more what an outdoorsman like you gets from being out in the wild. I think it's peace we're really after.
If you want a world without cell phones or computers, or even without electricity, you can have that anywhere. Just put the damn things down and turn the damn things off... or don't buy them in the first place. Writing that you want to be without computers ON a computer is rather... odd. Isn't it?
Ironic and odd and pure bullshit.
It is always such a pleasure to watch this video again and again.
Hubert BARIL me too! There is something about this way of living that fascinates me. The woman is also so elegant.
Hubert BARIL I
Me too. If I had the money to buy a small piece of land in a remote area, I would build this house, and live like this. This is my dream life, especially on days when my husband and teen have the tv and music blaring at full volume from sunup to midnite. I just crave the silence. I always secretly pray for power outages when a storm comes through, lol.
yes. it's true.
agreed. This is the life I yearn for.
A very complex and highly curated place of being. Surprisingly so for a "tiny house". What a curious woman.
"As a child I couldn't understand the pleasure that people took in things" nice to hear a kindred mind.
interesting to say the least. They should continue to follow their heart. Life is to short...
There is a Shakerlike simplicity and order to everything--the straight lines, the lack of ornamentation in the wooden shelves and furniture. It's absolutely lovely.
Thank you--the Shaker movement and style of furniture were in the back of my mind watching this, but I couldn't call the word to mind.
I love it! And the lady is so gentle and exudes peace!
The majority of Americans I know, including myself, have lived on autopilot until the virus. This couple hasn't given up modern plumbing, and probably don't chop their own wood. They have simplified their need to want things. What a beautiful, peaceful setting surrounded by established trees. Many yearn to live in harmony with nature which I think takes planning and resolve. TY.
i cannot help but sense something untold about this couple and this life decision. it's like they are not running away from the clutter of modern life, but rather from something within themeselves. the way she talks is so gentle, almost soothing, like a nun, but strangely i find it slightly disturbing... i tent to mistrust all-smiles-and-flowers kind of people, not because they might be dangerous or else, but because i feel it's disillusion that leads to these kinds of perception of life.
KEPHALLE I agree
I am very hungry for this lifestyle!
It's possible. Affordability and comfort is within your reach!
I agree with you. I have wanted this since I was a child and read Thoreau..do any children still read Thoreau? I think I am one of the people she is describing..a person who craves this but didn't realize it was possible. For years I have told my husband and son that if I picked a life other than what I have I would be Amish or live in a convent. But really what I want is this...peace to be able to hear yourself think, a life unregulated by the clock. Never hearing a cellphone ring again, or a laugh track on a sitcom. Being able to slip into the sheets at night knowing that your work for the day is done, and feeling content and relaxed...not laying there thinking so and so has probably sent me 10 texts and is going to be annoyed tomorrow that I didn't get back to them. I am so tired of this lifestyle that requires that you be not only constantly available to them, but set aside the time to read or listen to them describe every minute of their day. I don't want to read someone's blog, I don't need a tweet or text about where people are having dinner. I want to be free to just live, not have to spend all of my time keeping up with the Kardashians, and every choice that everyone I know is making every minute. The only thing that could make this house more perfect is if Gandalf stopped by for tea. When my husband retires, I am doing this...now that I know this is possible, I won't be able to get it out of my mind. To me this would be better than winning the lottery
+wmnoffaith1 you took the words right out of my mouth!
+wmnoffaith1 I don't even need to write a comment, because you've already written what I feel. We could be the same person. Hello kindred spirit. :)
lets do it !I'm rady
I have returned to watch this video over the years whenever I needed that calming sounds and voices. I wonder how the owners have been and if anything have changed to their tiny house.
I’m watching this while my room is being lit with oil lamps!😊. I love simple living... though DO like my bathing water very hot!!!
Wealthy people happy with wealthy things. I don’t think I’d really consider this ‘simple’ living but rather wealthy camping.
Notice all the books are perfectly coordinated to the decor instead of the eclectic look of a natural home library (from any era). A few times they mentioned no electricity and only a fireplace for heat and cooking (that appears designed for aesthetics instead of cooking or heating) but yet there appears to be modern running water, a modern toilet and the shower had a hot and cold tap. These unmentioned details seem simple but are really modern inventions when you consider the infrastructure that is required to source fresh water, heat it and remove the resulting waste water. Assuming there’s a septic system, but that’s the easiest part.
Those candles were fun too... none of them appears to be designed to produce adequate light or even last more than an evening. They just enhance the aesthetic of the candle holder. Aladdin lamps from the 1800s can put out the equivalent of a 60 watt bulb and can be hung from a ceiling or wall to avoid open flames starting fires. (The same goes for plain old kerosene lamps).
I think we’re meant to be in awe of this home but it just doesn’t make sense.
They may have a gravity-fed running water system and/or a solar hot water heater. I'm guessing they purchased these books as part of a pre-compiled classics collection-- I have a shelf of the Harvard Classics that looks a lot like these. As for the candles, you're right that they're not the most practical thing to use, but this couple most likely isn't actually staying up that late past sunset and probably is going for ambience. I don't see how any of this implies being rich-- living this way can be dirt cheap. It's not camping if you do it full time for the better part of a decade!
It's not expensive to live this way. Dirt cheap, in fact. From the looks of it, I'd say it was a gravity fed tap, maybe from a rainwater catchment system. The books are still readily found for a song. As for the candles, many people still use them as a heat source. But it's nice that it also produces such a beautiful ambience. This is closer to early 20th century living, and definitely not wealthy camping.
Great to see this little place again. First saw it on a survival site a couple of years ago. Funny to see how some viewers think its fake, too clean, too neat, blah blah. This place is obviously the real thing, I'd love a little camp just like it. I'm a firefighter and used to be in the service and I know real. Come visit the station and you'd say the same thing, too clean too neat they never use those trucks etc. You want to know why? Because when you're living on the edge you gotta stay organized and neat because lives depend on it. Maybe this lady's husband used to be in the service or maybe she's just neat. These people live in the real woods and that's where it matters. Get serious people.
Life was peaceful and she found it. So wonderful to leave away all the distractions. 😇
The way she talks is mesmerizing, like the way the speaks about her house is so calming
But how could that fireplace look so clean after seven years, and there are no soot marks on the white wall above it. Anyway, why heat a 12x12 room with a method that sends 70% of the heat unused up the chimney? .
The soot goes up the chimney if the fireplace is well vented. If you put a wood stove in there, it would be 125 degrees. All you'd need is some rocks to pour water on and the entire place would be a sauna. I've been in saunas about half that size with a tiny wood stove, half the size of that fire place.
When you have free time, no stress and not loaded with material burden, you can meticulously keep your house clean and keep your mind occupied. Take it as a form of meditation.
I love the books on my electronic toys! I love ordering groceries online. I love my stuff and the conveniences of my home.
“...not when there is nothing more to add, but when there is nothing left to take away.” I appreciate this quotation and that this couple shared a bit of their privacy. Thank you.
I love how neat and tidy Dianna keeps her home. A quiet lovely life.
Im not sure tiny house living is for me, but that home sure is beautiful :) Love how its apart of the woods :)
They don't mention where the couple gets their food from. They don't mention what land they are on, whether they own it, or pay someone to live there, or whether it is just wilderniss. They don't mention what doctor they see, where they buy clothes, whether there are bears around or if they need a rifle.
I'd be honored to meet those folks and visit their Tiny home. 😊
Very beautiful and peaceful love this
"They are private people" but yet on TH-cam...what did I miss here?
This woman is so serene and relaxing...
The vegetables taste like the sun and earth BUT don't forget the air we breathe which is LIFE it self beautiful video documentary thank you for sharing this God bless
Love the off grid lifestyle! Thank you for sharing
Wonderful, quiet spot in California. I appreciate that we didn’t discuss how the house was constructed but I would like to know what they do for a living.
FIRE HAZARD!!!!! HOUSE INSURANCE SHOOTS UP!!!!
I am a lucky man to live in a wooden house in the middle of a beautiful tropical forest in Brazil. I have a waterfall in the yard, birds, wild fruits and lots of nature. My son is intimate with the jungle. All of this and I am still close to the largest city in South America.
She seems like she's in tune with the graceful nature of this realm.
Really nice peaceful. With a couple of exceptions, like communication! What would happen if you got hurt? Send a squirrel with a written message tied to his tail?
What would happen if you had a cell phone and internet access in the house though? That would allow for communication in an emergency, but it would also allow the outside world into your home, as well as allowing you to live not in the moment.
Its all a question of value's. Quality vs Quantity.
Yes, the risk of injury and not being near help is real. But that's called life. You pays your dollar and takes your chances.
I saw a social experiment on TV once about a family living in a 1900's house, no mod cons. They had a phone in a locked room for emergencies. They could well have a phone, charged but switched off, stored somewhere for emergencies.
Ralph Sanchico Oh goodness, I spilled my drink reading your comment. Never mind, I had my laugh for the day. It felt good! Thank you!
Faux Manchu. My laugh for the day, too! Let's face it, though, emergencies make us "nutty."
I have a dozen or more questions for her. I really wish this had gone more in-depth about the practical realities of their lives. I appreciate the poetry of it, but the nuts and bolts about how they actually live would have been interesting as well.
+aldralee I had all the same questions you do but it's easy to get answers about this house because they have a website and a blog with a lot more information. I wrote to their facebook page with some cooking questions and one of their volunteers wrote me a very thorough response. By the way, they definitely lived there full-time for seven years.
Thanks for the heads up! I checked out their website. Interesting stuff. I wonder how different their new place will be?
+aldralee I have the same question. I check it out from time to time but it doesn't seem to be built yet. I read on their blog that she wants it to be exactly the same size as the last one because it worked perfectly, but I think maybe the outside might be different depending on where they build. Fascinating to watch!
+emmyway how do I find their pages? I would love to learn more about them.
This is a performance / experiential art piece
Somebody made it sound like they no longer live there and I would be interested in knowing what happened.... but I would also have liked to know more about what it was really like when they were living there because too much was left unanswered .
in other words, it's all an act.
@@gardensofthegods - the person who owned the land wanted it back
It's very sad to see so many distrustin, negative comments about this woman and her lifestyle. I sense a tinge of jealousy as well
@@ecclairmayo4153 yeah I think I heard that somewhere and then I did see videos about her after she had moved out of there
I briefly lived in Trinidad, a small town in Northern California, not too far from the Oregon border. My phone was broken so I rarely knew what time it was and did not check social media or communicate with others for days, sometimes weeks. It was not quite to this level but I absolutely understand the concept of “timeless time.” Life slowed down tremendously during this period. I very much appreciate that you refer to this as Thoreauvian living. It truly is.