New york apartment went viral. And derek diedrickson. He hosts tiny yellow house on youtube, and hes the author of humble homes and shacks. And he teaches for the tumble weeds tiny house company. And david saxman, why some are not happy about it. But i want to note, if this is your first time watching u. We do things differently here to get diverse on the program. We use a variety of technologies, including skype, and its not always technologically perfect, but it allows us to reach a lot of people. So elise, what made your decision to go small . It wasnt going small, but i didnt want to go broke. I have lived in new york for ten years, and i came to new york to be a writer and i wanted to frida trymanhattan. When i walked in, i was shocked. But it was 90 square feet. And the woman who lived there had stuff everywhere, but i signed up for one year, and something happened in that one year. I got rid of a lot of my belongings because i had to fit in that apartment. A lot had to go into s
More about it, and the reality starts to sink in. This is not a new phenomenon. This is a 1920s house on wheels. And check this out, this is a washington d. C. 140foot squarefoot house. And looking cheesy there, but our Community Says well, you have a lot of truck . But wheres the bathroom . Were going to find out. Since 1970, the average house size has doubled remains but for some, bigger is not better. I guess that the aspect of a small house is freedom. The world gets a lot bigger when youre living small because i can afford to do a lot more things in terms of cash and time. The whole world is now my living room. The living Small Movement doesnt stop at tiny houses. Microapartments are popping up in many areas from seattle to new york city. But concerns over zoning. Downsizing, is the American Dream changing with the idea that less is more . Or is bigger better . Joining me, elise, an author and organizer, and she became quite famous after a video of her living in her 90 square foot
Starts to sink in. This is not a new phenomenon. This is a 1920s house on wheels. And check this out, this is a washington d. C. 140foot squarefoot house. And looking cheesy there, but our Community Says well, you have a lot of freedom in the back of your truck . But wheres the bathroom . Were going to find out. Since 1970, the average house size has doubled remains but for some, bigger is not better. I guess that the aspect of a small house is freedom. The world gets a lot bigger when youre living small because i can afford to do a lot more things in terms of cash and time. The whole world is now my living room. The living Small Movement doesnt stop at tiny houses. Microapartments are popping up in many areas from seattle to new york city. But concerns over zoning. Downsizing, is the American Dream changing with the idea that less is more . Or is bigger better . Joining me, elise, an author and organizer, and she became quite famous after a video of her living in her 90 square foot ne
Community said its a very charmer concept and they learn more about it, and the reality starts to sink in. This is not a new phenomenon. This is a 1920s house on wheels. And check this out, this is a washington d. C. 140foot squarefoot house. And looking cheesy there, but our Community Says well, you have a lot of truck . But wheres the bathroom . Were going to find out. Since 1970, the average house size has doubled remains but for some, bigger is not better. I guess that the aspect of a small house is freedom. The world gets a lot bigger when youre living small because i can afford to do a lot more things in terms of cash and time. The whole world is now my living room. The living Small Movement doesnt stop at tiny houses. Microapartments are popping up in many areas from seattle to new york city. But concerns over zoning. Downsizing, is the American Dream changing with the idea that less is more . Or is bigger better . Joining me, elise, an author and organizer, and she became quite
More about it, and the reality starts to sink in. This is not a new phenomenon. This is a 1920s house on wheels. And check this out, this is a washington d. C. 140foot squarefoot house. And looking cheesy there, but our Community Says well, you have a lot of truck . But wheres the bathroom . Were going to find out. Since 1970, the average house size has doubled remains but for some, bigger is not better. I guess that the aspect of a small house is freedom. The world gets a lot bigger when youre living small because i can afford to do a lot more things in terms of cash and time. The whole world is now my living room. The living Small Movement doesnt stop at tiny houses. Microapartments are popping up in many areas from seattle to new york city. But concerns over zoning. Downsizing, is the American Dream changing with the idea that less is more . Or is bigger better . Joining me, elise, an author and organizer, and she became quite famous after a video of her living in her 90 square foot