Jay Nelson's Very Cute, Very Tiny, Copper Clad Suzuki Camper...

Camper Vans don't get much smaller or more cute than this copper clad over ply custom built 4WD Suzuki camper.
The delightfully quirky little 'bed on wheels' is another from the imaginative mind of Jay Nelson, featured here and seen on Lloyd's Blog recently.
Those who know Lloyd's books published by Shelter Publications on living in small spaces will be familiar with Jay's work and also Foster Huntington whose Suzuki SJ 410 the tiny structure sits on.
If you can dream it you can do it...

Lina's Gorgeous Little 'Lucky Penny' House In Portland...

Lina Menard lives in her very cute, wonderfully wooden, little one hundred square foot 'Lucky Penny' house in a Tiny House Community in Portland Oregon.
This warm and inviting little home is not only a visual delight. Have a look here at Lloyd's Shelter Blog, it's full of good ideas too...

The Remarkably Simple Life Of Dan Price The Hobbit Man...

My friend Dan Price The Hobbit Man and the author of Moonlight Chronicles, recently sent me some new images of what he's been up to down on the two beautiful acre meadow where he's lived for the last twenty four years.
Dan featured here a while ago and more recently on The Shelter Blog.
He's been living on less than $5,000 a year for a long time now and remains an inspiration to all who wish to get the hell out of the rat race.
Dan does it differently to most but the important thing is that he does it his way.
The Hobbit Man is being true to himself...

For Some, Life Begins When They're A Golden Oldie...

Russian photojournalist Vladimir Yakovlev has traveled much of the world searching for older people who've discovered new found hobbies and activities for his Age of Happiness series.
Vladimir hopes to change people's usual perception of life after retirement and promote positive aging.
There's the eighty six year old competitive ice skater, our very own Lloyd Kahn who started skateboarding at sixty five, a seventy eight year old lady skydiver, the sixty one year old osteoporosis sufferer who pole dances, the ninety two year old ballet dancer, the seventy eight year old card magician, the eighty six year old gymnast, the seventy five year old aikido experts and the seventy three year old
flexible man.
They dreamt it and they're doing it...

Bobby Heffelfinger Created This Beautiful Mobile Art Studio...

Lloyd Kahn featured this simple and beautiful mobile art studio on The Shelter Blog recently.
Built by Bobby Heffelfinger in California's West Marin County on a Ford F.350 truck using mostly recycled materials, it's used by a landscape painter as a go almost anywhere studio.
It could be a wonderful little home on wheels...

The Hatchling. A Very Cute Little Teardrop Camper...

Peter Pavlowich's Casual Turtle Campers feature in Lloyd Kahn's latest book, Tiny Homes On The Move and he's just completed creating his latest little teardrop camper, The Hatchling.
There's more about it here.
I think it's gorgeous...

A Disused 1926 Melbourne Streetcar Becomes A Wonderful Living Space...

Longing for their familiar Gypsy styled living, Peter and Donna Thomas found an old 1926 Melbourne Streetcar, cut it in half and took it home to California's Sierra Foothills.
Their story's here on The Shelter Blog.
From a dream to a reality with
a Streetcar named Desire perhaps...

Quirky Micro House Designer And Artist Jay Nelson Builds A Gorgeous 200 Square Foot Rustic House In Hawaii...

Quirky and fun designer and artist Jay Nelson is well known for his amazing creative and functional micro homes on wheels, up trees
and on the water.
Much of his work has been featured in Lloyd Kahn's Tiny Houses Book and The Shelter Blog, Tiny House Talk and other specialist on-line publications as well as here at TFT.
The thirty four year old Jay who lives in San Francisco has just completed this gorgeous wooden two hundred square foot house at Haena on Hawaii's Kauai Island.
This tiny rustic house is BIG and beautiful...