When designing a Tiny House, a lot of thought is given to the heating of the house. It is sometimes forgotten how the house can be kept cool. This is at least as important. Especially now that our planet is warming up. The prediction is that we will have a dry and hot summer again […]
Happy bee flower mix offer
Sometime in March, I sowed my own Happy Bees flower mix in some of my vegetable garden boxes. I didn’t really know what else I wanted to put in, so I sowed generously — as a kind of experiment; I would see what would come out. Now I regularly walk past my house and see […]
Tiny House offers a view of nature
One of the things that makes living in my Tiny House so pleasant is that I have many windows in it that allow me to look at the surrounding greenery. That makes it no problem at all to live small; many windows gives a spacious feeling to the house. You bring the outside inside to […]
Call: more room for citizen initiatives in the housing market
I publish this message on behalf of the Tiny House Netherlands foundation. Over the past few days, we have formulated a letter to the House of Representatives of the States General with a group of leaders of civil society initiatives on the housing market. Below, you can read the message about this letter, which can […]
What would I have done differently?
I think it is the most frequently asked question when people visit my Tiny House or come to one of my lectures: “what would you do differently if you had to do it all over again, if you would design and build your house anew?” In short: very little :) But I will explain that. […]
Less is the new more
Minimalism is often seen as a way to simplify your life. Fewer belongings means less stress and more free time. It does indeed work that way. But that explanation is very focused on the “me”. Minimalism is also a dire necessity. If we want to survive as a species, we must drastically reduce our consumption, […]
Ventilation in a Tiny House
Moisture problems are common in small homes such as Tiny Houses. On average, a person produces a liter of fluid a day just by breathing and sweating. Add to that the amount of moisture released by cooking, washing and showering, and you will understand that this can cause problems in a small space. Unless you […]
Ode to Goldie Haan
My beautiful golden rooster, affectionately (and somewhat jokingly) called Goldie Haan (haan is rooster in Dutch), is no more, I fear. I’m quite sure he’s gone actually… And I am much more shook up about it than I would have expected in advance. So here I will write my farewell and ode to Goldie Haan. […]
Water – soft as velvet
In my Tiny House I only use the rainwater that falls on my roof — as long as it rains, that is. During long dry spells such as we’re experiencing right now, I fall back on jerry cans that I fill at my friends’ homes. I have lived this way for almost four years and […]
Vegetable garden next level
For years and years, I dreamt of having my own greenhouse. Ideally, a wooden greenhouse with glass windows. In a temporary residential location, however, this is less practical because of the uncertainty about when I need to move. Moreover, they are quite expensive, those gorgeous greenhouses. That’s why I have postponed that particular purchase until […]