Many people dream of downsizing into a tiny house or off-grid cabin to reduce their expenses and simplify their lives. But the process of making that dream a reality can be both tricky and expensive, ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

More so than previous years, 2020 saw the acceleration of the tendency to live greener, more sustainable, and preferably more mobile lives. Tiny houses and all manners of half-mobile living units ...

Made using an upcycled, discarded shipping container and featuring its own personal wind turbine, three solar panels and a rainwater harvesting system, the Gaia off-grid container house embodies self ...

Hell of a Surprise In 2021, Chad Cane and Rhonda Aho were given 2.5 acres of her father’s 40-acre farm, the last vestige of a ...

Some of those who choose to downsize and move into a tiny house do so out of conviction, because they want to adopt minimalism and turn to more sustainable living practices to minimize their ...

Wisconsin's Backcountry Containers recently transformed a shipping container into a tiny house. Named the Kennedy Model, the compact home includes a well-designed and open interior layout that ...

Emily takes us on a tour of her off-grid home built from containers in the woods. This multi-level home features a home gym and off-grid appliances. Key elements include: - Multiple containers used in ...

Shipping container residences can be elaborate and complex, but sometimes bringing it back to basics is the key to good living. At the request of their client, San Francisco-based architects YAMAMAR ...

Australian designer Robbie Walker assembled a pair of shipping containers into a tiny home in Victoria and showed it off on the Never Too Small (@nevertoosmall) YouTube page and the Never Too Small ...

After living off-the-grid for two years now, one couple shared their experience going solar. Located in North Idaho, Riley and Courtney (@AmbitionStrikes) installed a shipping container for their ...