elisabeth, Author at follow your wild heart

Free log cabins for self-dismantling are not free at all – or: My construction of a recycling hut

Almost two years ago I had the spontaneous, crazy impulse that I would like to put another Tiny House on my property, and I had to find it immediately, because after that one offer I found, there would probably never be another one like it on offer…

I had previously had my eye on another hut, but it was no longer available, so I went online to look for a second-hand hut. Basically, you can always find a wide variety of wooden huts either for free or cheaply for self-dismantling. But what these ads don’t tell you are the hidden costs involved. read more

What do we know?

As a writer, especially a rather unexperienced writer, I constantly ask myself: what the hell do I actually know that I can write about? The quote "write what you know" that I somehow strongly connect to the movie "Never been kissed" fuels this question.

House building reflection part 1

Everyone says that building a house is exhausting and costs a lot of time and money. And yet probably everyone underestimates it. And above all: it doesn't matter how small or big the house is. The cost is almost always higher.

I have a roof over my head

After the preparations and the addition of the new rooms, my house is unfortunately far from finished. After another break of about 3-4 weeks, the time had finally come: I got a roof over my head!

woundedness and trust

"How could I ever trust someone if I have been betrayed?" This is a question we all ask ourselves at some point in our lives. Either consciously or subconsciously. And from what I've observed, there are a lot of different layers to this question.

My little house is growing up

Inspired by the original building, the extension was also to be built with cross-laminated solid wood panels. But since there was not enough space to use straw-insulated walls as well, we chose thicker wood panels instead. And in this case that means 18cm thick! If you want to cut a board like that, you need a circular saw so big that at least I almost can't carry it.

Preparation for the annex

The original house I bought not quite two years ago was planned as a modular house, but only with the two original modules that could be taken apart and reassembled. Any further expansion was not planned. Accordingly, so several tasks were necessary to prepare for the addition.

Reflection: 2 years of living in my new Tiny House

Soon it will be 2 years since I moved into my new Tiny House. Actually, it's still a construction site, because I don't have a bathroom, and the planned addition is only now really getting started. Nevertheless, I'm finally taking the time to do some initial reflection on living in my new tiny house.

Tiny House Diaries – Making a house a home

I approached decorating my home the same way I approach so many other things in my life: Trial and error. I knew roughly where the bed would probably make the most sense, but that was it.

working for or against something

Many people, especially in the non-profit sector, actually associate profit with a lot of negative things. We then often automatically equate profit with exploitation. But maybe it's time to change that. And then we can still decide whether we have a "for purpose" or a "for values" or "for whatever" organization, but then at least we finally get out of the negative pendulum movement.

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