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WATCH: 96-Square-Foot Tiny Home Handbuilt Inside Century-Old Sheep Barn

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.26.2012

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Kirsten Dirksen

The only real shelter on the property was an old sheep barn, leftover from when the property was homesteaded a century ago, so he decided to build a small shack inside the structure as a home.

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WATCH: A Man With 5 Tiny Homes in His Backyard: Micro-Architecture as Punk Rock

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 12.04.2011

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Kirsten Dirksen

2011-10-04-Screenshot20111004at12.38.52PM.jpg He builds small and he works with a micro-budget. His Gottagiddaway AKA "$100 homeless hut" was built for about that.

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Finding God And Community In Simple Dwellings

Michael Rossmann, SJ | Posted 11.23.2011

Read More: Christianity, Bible, God, Relationships, Materialism, Scripture Commentary, Non-Materialism, David Brooks, Simple Living, Simple Life, Haimish, Religion News
Michael Rossmann, SJ

The nicer places felt colder. Rather than getting to know the other guests through communal dinners and the staff through informal encounters, they sat at separate tables and were served by waiters who kept their distance.

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Tiny Handmade Home Built with a Little Help from the Internet

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 07.27.2011

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Kirsten Dirksen

Using the Internet as their guide, one month -- and a lot of sawing, sanding and shellacking -- later, they had their first home, dubbed Homemade Spaceship.

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Unplug And Recharge: The Secrets Of A Simple Life

Margalit Ward | Posted 11.17.2011

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Margalit Ward

The benefits of creating a simpler life can help reduce the stress you experience each day and support you in living a happier and healthier life. Here are a few suggestions on how to begin experiencing greater ease and simplicity in your life.

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Happiness Research Ranks Commuting Low: My Car-free Commute (VIDEO)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 11.17.2011

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Kirsten Dirksen

The rewards associated with longer commutes -- a bigger house, a higher salary or better schools -- don't fully compensate for the sacrifices we end up making by working so far from home.

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Simple Life Manhattan: A 90-Square-Foot Microstudio (Video)

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Manhattan, Small Apartment, Small Space, New York, Downsizing, Home Size, New York City, Simplicity, Simple Life, Tiny Apartment, Tiny Home, Downshifting, NY Real Estate, New York News
Kirsten Dirksen

While the average American is still living relatively large, there is a growing group of Tiny House People who are choosing to live in trailers, RVs, yurts, boats and very small houses.

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LifeEditing: Cut Space, Possessions, Media, Friends and Be Happier

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 11.17.2011

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Kirsten Dirksen

If the 20th century was about supersizing our food, stuff, cars and homes, the 21st century is about editing our lives back to a more more satisfying simplicity.

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Simplifying Life: Toss Out, Look Out, Live Out

Roger Fransecky | Posted 11.17.2011

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Roger Fransecky

We are all victims of more and more lint, some liabilities, and the "little murders" of daily life, and we often have to cut through all of that to get work done.

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Coping With Chaos: Radical Acceptance

Delia Lloyd | Posted 11.17.2011

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Delia Lloyd

Clarity is about figuring out what you need and what you want as a writer and paring down your obligations and responsibilities so that you can really zero in on what's important.

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The Sacred Space Of The Shared Heart

William Horden | Posted 11.17.2011

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William Horden

This isn't about what we should eat. That's a matter of personal conscience. What it's about is this: Honoring. Honoring the lives of the animals and plants that die so that we can live.

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America's Post-Fast Food Era and Europe's Old-Skoolers

Kirsten Dirksen | Posted 05.25.2011

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Kirsten Dirksen

My Belgian friend, Veerle, asked in an e-mail last week, "Don't you think America is preparing for a post-fastfood period, whereas Europe is slowly entering the fastfood period?"

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Will A Vow Of Poverty Fill The Void In My Soul?

Jim Luce | Posted 11.17.2011

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Jim Luce

As I approach my fiftieth birthday, I am feeling incomplete. Part of me - my soul? - is still missing. In secular terms, I think I am not yet in tou...

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