The teeeeniest house in the world

A house for four: 270 square feet - 350 if you count the loft.

It's a Small House after all.

My Future

This SF article about living small with teenagers. Good god, can you imagine? I can, but it's more like a nightmare. I grew up in a double-wide trailer home with three...or sometimes five...siblings. Let's just say I like a little elbow room now, as an adult. I think it's important for everyone to have their space, Western Civ construct or no. How can you ensure that everyone has space in a low-space house?

What's your Contribution to Global Warming?

One of the things that small-housers can usually feel good about is using less resources. Use this calculator to find out your contribution or lack thereof...I should not have sprained my elbow reaching back there to pat, I discovered. There's always a little more we can do to go easier on the Earth.

The Cutest Little Houses in the World

In Recovery (friend) points out the Tumbleweed Houses, which my other friend Angi has shown me too.

Now those are some adorably cute houses.

IKEA

Ikea PAX planner. It helps you plan, and gives you peace. Or something. But It Worked For Us! (tm)

http://www.ikea.com/ms/en_US/rooms_ideas/pax_planner_2006/index.html

We got a quote from a local closet company for the same space, and we saved at least 75% by doing it ourselves. Granted, the pressboard is not the best-quality pressboard, but hey...it's all pressboard in the end.

Small Feral Living

Aboveground:
One-of-a-kind tree houses that really seem like home

Belowground:
Hobbit Hole

Really, where DOES the media get the impression that Pacific Northwesterners are a bunch of dirty hippies with twigs in their hair? I have no idea at all.

And I wouldn't live anywhere else.

Tips for your small life

Japanese-influenced 20 Tips for Living in Small Spaces

Apartment Therapy's 10 Tips for Small Spaces. Other interesting ideas on there too.

Oh my god, I'm reading my grandmother's magazine. Better Homes and Gardens' 20 Small House Dos and Don'ts.

I think I need to go take my Centrum now.