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Sustainable Living in Very Small Homes

Jan Kenney has always been drawn to little spaces: the lesser of two bedrooms in a shared two-bedroom place, the economy of carrying everything she needed on cross-country bike trips. So when she heard about a house so small she could tow it to a new location with an SUV, she was ready to jump. Soon she expects to be the proud owner of the Mobile Hermitage, a stately domicile with a peaked roof, a front porch, a sleeping loft and most of the other comforts of home — all in 140 square feet. "I'm very much into sustainability, the idea of being able to have the smallest footprint possible ... Read More