by Lindsay Cohen | Apr 6, 2018 | house of the week, ranches, tiny homes, Unique Homes, waterfront homes
Giddy up. You don't need to be a certifiable cowboy to appreciate this gentleman's ranch about an hour outside of Santa Fe. Photos courtesy Marshall Elias Photography. The homeowners rounded up more than 1,000 acres of land in Villanueva, NM, and built a modern,...
by Catherine Sherman | Mar 6, 2018 | tiny homes, Unique Homes
Sometimes you just have to go for it. A few years ago, Dabney Tompkins and Alan Colley moved from a condo in Portland to 388 square feet in rural Oregon. Their house, a 40-foot-high fire lookout, doesn’t have a street address or a bathroom. And the nearest neighbor is...
by Catherine Sherman | Jan 22, 2018 | tiny homes, Unique Homes
Our boots sloshed around in the mud. It was a dreary Pacific Northwest day filled with slate-colored clouds and the feeling it could downpour any minute. After several “pardon mes” and “coming throughs,” we got the tripod inside and forgot about the looming storm. We...
by Catherine Sherman | Jan 21, 2018 | Best of 2016, converted homes, tiny homes, Unique Homes
Christoph Kaiser finishes his latest sketch, while Shauna Thibault chops vegetables. It’s a delicate dance in 366 square feet, but the newlyweds aren’t fazed. “There’s something about living in a small space that simplifies life,” Kaiser explains. “It quiets the mind,...
by Melissa Allison | Jan 20, 2018 | Best of 2016, tiny homes, Unique Homes
From the front, this Seattle home appears normal. But walk around to the side, and you’ll see a house that’s a sliver of its front-facing self - and measures just 4½ feet wide. It wasn’t frugality or hipness that inspired its unique construction back in 1925,...