Housing outside the box: The Halldorson Family Unschool Bus

Here's another a family that's given up paying rent. Plus they are unschooling their children.

Check out this page to scroll down their photo blog of how they created this step by step.

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Housing outside the box: Tiny House in Berkeley

One of my greatest pleasures is looking at and dreaming of tiny houses. It's so absolutely contradictory to the concepts of housing that I was raised on. Furthermore, so many people, all over the world live in much smaller spaces than we Americans of the suburban tribe of humanity.

Not only is this 6 room, 420 sq foot home beautiful, but I relish the mentality fit for living and maneuvering your life in and through it from day to day. It's not for everyone, but for those who can make it work, why not and at a fraction of the cost???

If you live in the San Francisco/Berkeley area, you might be interested in more photos and the open house.

Housing outside the box: The Floating House

I'm a fan of creative housing. In fact, I adore it. There's just something so incredibly endearing about thumbing one's nose at the established pre-fabbed, pipe-dream contained within four overpriced suburban walls.

Feast your eyes on this tiny floating home in a floating community in Oregon:

Part 1 - The exterior (9 minutes)
Tiny floating house exterior

Part 2 - The interior (9 minutes)
Tiny floating house interior

The lake view from the front windows and rooftop, the closeness to an untamed force of nature (water), the idea of parking your boat inside your home (one of the neighbors' set up shown in the film), the utilitarian interior... Oh the possibilities.

Check out this floating home owners' blog here for more info and photos.