Tag Archives: Tiny House
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Does downsizing have a downside? Yes! (wink)
Posted on 24 January 2017 by Frieda Bakker in Downsizing, Tiny Living.Seriously, I mean, not having clutter feels very free and downsizing is liberating. But a few years down the row there are some things that keeps rearing its ugly head, as a result of the downsizing. And it makes me laugh. It truly is because of that and it doesn’t seem to change either. I’m […]
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A Long Way Round
Posted on 4 January 2017 by Frieda Bakker in Blog, Tiny Living.I’m staring into nothing. I’m fed up with it. What do I do? It’s the summer of 2008. I’m at home, receiving sickness benefit and guidance from the Employee Insurance Agency. It’s time for Frie to be implemented again, back into society. No, no, no, no, no! I don’t want to go back to what […]
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Turning Tiny now also available in Europe
Posted on 3 January 2017 by Frieda Bakker in News, Tiny Living.Turning tiny, the American book with over 60 personal tiny house stories from TH peeps such as Jay Shafer, Andrew Morrison, Dee Williams, Andrew Odom, Darin Zaruba, and many more. Each contributor takes you on a personal journey through their story of how they turned tiny. After reading it, you have a better understanding of where […]
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Butterflies in my stomach
Posted on 9 December 2015 by Frieda Bakker in Behind the scenes, Blog, News.She looks at me with her big and beautiful eyes. My little niece. A small bundle of joy with bouncing curls on her head. Eye lashes so long, they tend to tangle up. An Elf. I’m sitting in a chair in the orangerie of my parents and she places her little hands on my belly. […]
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The Initial Phase: Minilomania (part 2)
Posted on 18 November 2015 by Frieda Bakker in Behind the scenes, Tiny Living.The continuation of part 1 (What made me want to do it?) December 2013 There it is, the plan to build my own home. My own home! On wheels. Tiny. Using mainly natural materials. All I can feel is YES. Yes! Towards the idea. Yes! To turning this into a project. Yes! To writing about […]
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The Initial Phase: What made me want to do it (part 1)
Posted on 18 November 2015 by Frieda Bakker in Behind the scenes, Tiny Living.Prior to the start of my project, I felt very clearly that I also wanted to have a website with a blog. Even well before the actual build of my own Tiny House. The reason? I came across a lot of sites, blogs and other Tiny House initiatives, but I rarely stumbled into writings on that […]
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Article in Tiny House Magazine ~ issue 33
Posted on 18 September 2015 by Frieda Bakker in My Tiny House Tour USA, News.I’m proud to announce that an article of mine is featured in Tiny House Magazine issue 33! All The Way, the personal story of how I got it into my head to go to the USA to see some Tiny Houses. All I had was some money for a plane ticket and four months to […]
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A Tiny House try out ~ My Tiny House Tour USA (4)
Posted on 1 September 2015 by Frieda Bakker in My Tiny House Tour USA.The idea: meeting people during my visit to the Tiny House Jamboree in Colorado Springs to see if I can visit them in their Tiny Houses on my way back. So… I rented a car. I had a tent in the back of the trunk and a few days ahead of the Jamboree I checked the Tiny […]
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The Tiny House Jamboree ~ My Tiny House Tour USA (3)
Posted on 17 August 2015 by Frieda Bakker in My Tiny House Tour USA.Oh my, a memorable weekend that was! The Tiny House Jamboree 2015 in Colorado Springs, USA. Three days of Tiny Houses but above all, three days with its wonderful people. Inspiration, warmth, openness, involvement. Can you imagine that, with 40.000 visitors? One huge Tiny House family. An unexpected gigantic success and if you ask me, […]
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On my way, all alone ~ My Tiny House Tour USA (2)
Posted on 4 August 2015 by Frieda Bakker in My Tiny House Tour USA.July 29 – August 3 And then the somewhat anxious part of my journey starts: all alone, in my rental car, up North to the Tiny House Jamboree. From El Paso, Texas to Santa Fe, New Mexico to Golden, Colorado via US Highway 285. Driving, driving and more driving. And camping in the wild (yep, […]
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Land… ~ My Tiny House Tour USA (1)
Posted on 3 August 2015 by Frieda Bakker in My Tiny House Tour USA.July 22 – July 28 54 hours. Fifty four hours. From door to door. A nodding head from time to time in the airplane or the bus, but more than that? No. No sleep. Next: to stumble into a bright, sunny and dry sauna filled with cacti. A hair dryer, straight into my face. And […]
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