They lived 3 years in a basement. Then built their dream backyard home by Kirsten Dirksen on February 10, 2026 For 3 years, Mai Tran and Le Pham lived in a 300-square-foot basement beneath the house they’d just bought in …
Couple buys whole ghost village, tells others to join & fix their own ruin by Kirsten Dirksen on February 1, 2026 On a freezing winter day in northern Spain, we arrived in Bárcena de Bureba, a ghost village in the remote, …
Military couple turns forsaken mountain ruin into off-grid family oasis by Kirsten Dirksen on January 18, 2026 After leaving Navy careers behind—Maartje (18 years) and Clemens (22 years)—this couple packed their lives into 8 suitcases, sold or …
Quitting 9-to-5 to build genius off-grid homestead, permitted & loan-free by Kirsten Dirksen on January 11, 2026 Five years ago, Mathieu Munsch walked away from the “normal” script— rent, bills, loans, a 40-hour workweek (35 in France)— …
Got factory ruin. Now builds Nordic prefab homes with industrial precision by Kirsten Dirksen on December 28, 2025 A few months ago, we visited Vipp and met its founder and owner, Jette Egelund, who gave us a full …
Earned $700/month as mayor in Silicon Valley. A backyard cottage became home by Kirsten Dirksen on December 21, 2025 When Susan Landry became mayor of Campbell, California, she took a pay cut — earning about $700 a month to …
Turning stone ruin & underground cistern into convertible home to slow down by Kirsten Dirksen on December 14, 2025 The ancient philosopher Diogenes chose to live in a giant clay pot to strip life down to its essentials. On …
Got evicted. Then he turned abandoned homestead into troll wonderland 🧌 by Kirsten Dirksen on December 7, 2025 Troll & trash artist Thomas Dambo has transformed an old farm into a whimsical homestead for his family and the …
Couple raises family in self-sufficient homestead… inside a greenhouse by Kirsten Dirksen on November 30, 2025 Sylvia, who works for the Swedish military, and Johan, an IT professional, built a family home fully enclosed in a …
Hidden caves, stone hut & food forest: stealth homestead walkthrough by Kirsten Dirksen on November 23, 2025 After years of looking for a piece of simple land—a place we could learn from rather than develop—we finally came …
