Most tiny homes built today look brand-spanking new but this home is nothing like that. It was built to look like it has been around for ages and that makes it amazing. Murphy & Co, a company from Minnesota helped with the concept and construction of this unique 860 square foot home near Minnetonka lake…
Would You Pay Just $8,720 For This Charming Log Cabin From The UK?
Simply Log Cabins designed this amazing Bertsch Utah log cabin. Based in the United Kingdom this little cabin is the perfect add on for your backyard or an amazing forest retreat. A lot of people enjoy having their own little cabin, a sort of home away from home. A place where they can escape the…
Engineer ditches London life for off-grid cottage in the wilderness – and he couldn’t be happier
Abandoning the city life and living off-grind has been a growing movement in the United States and it looks like this movement is also spreading in the United Kingdom. The poster boy and trendsetter for the off-grid life in the UK is Kris Harbour who left London to live in a $6000 cabin in the…
This Flat Pack Off-Grid Home Can Be Dropped And Assembled Anywhere For Just $45k
The architects over at Leckie Studio Architecture & Design from Vancouver, Canada have designed an amazing flat pack home that is off-grid and that can be assembled just like a piece of Ikea furniture. Anyone who has ever wanted a tiny home would fall in love with this design right away. The model is called…
If that’s not the best ‘end of the world’ vehicle, then what is?
This is a vehicle built to help you survive the Apocalypse! Not many vehicles can survive the apocalypse, but if you ever watched Top Gear the boys on the show try almost everything to destroy a Toyota Hilux in several episodes. No matter what they did to it, it just kept coming back. It has…
New technology from Germany converts plastic into Diesel
There is a huge amount of plastic floating in the seas and oceans. Many regions suffocate on the stuff and animals eat and die in great numbers. Isn’t there something we can do about this plastic ? A company near Dresden, Germany has designed a machine that can actually save the world from suffocating from…
Architect Designs Incredible House Out Of Shipping Containers, And The Interior Is As Good As The Exterior
I don’t think that living in a shipping container in the middle of the desert is most people’s idea of fun, but just wait until you see what James Whitaker managed to create. This amazing 200-square meter house is made from several joined shipping containers that are set at different angles. This arrangement creates the…
What happens when two professionals become cottage people
Derek Shapton “We’d rather cut our hands off than drive through traffic up to the cottage.” This is what this couple would say to each other when the subject of purchase came up “We’re not cottage people,” they’d say. “We don’t have the time.” Yannick usually has 12 hour workdays on the set of CBC’s…
The Most Romantic Natural Attractions Around The World
To honor Earth Day, an online dating company asked us to share five romantic destinations that will connect you with nature. For us the best place for experiencing romance is to get away from the crowds and go to a secluded place with your partner and spouse. To help you with some ideas here are…
Woman Living Fully Off-Grid for 2 Years in a Tiny Yurt
This woman has been living 2 years in this small Mongolian Yurt she got from Groovy Yurts. She uses candles for light instead of electricity and has a small woodstove for heating and cooking. The water she uses she hauls over a nearby spring. The only thing she needs power for is her phone which…