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Tiny Houses in Portland

by Elisabeth Demeter | Mar 19, 2016 | Rooted Living

As I mentioned in my last post, I was in the Pacific Northwest at the end of last year. One of the stops was to Portland, Oregon, which is widely known for its big Tiny House community. But when I heard that there are about 6000 Tiny Houses in that area, I was really...

Tiny House update – kitchen – bathroom – I’m finished!!

by Elisabeth Demeter | Nov 24, 2015 | Rooted Living

My tiny house project was hibernating for a while. But when I decided to put a deadline on finishing it, the motivation came back and rebooted everything! The big parts that were missing were the kitchen and the bathroom. The kitchen For the kitchen I wanted to have...

Home is where my heart is

by Elisabeth Demeter | Mar 25, 2015 | Between the Lines

I’ve been asking myself: When does a house become a home? – Well, I found the answer in an old folk song (probably from the Natives of North America, but I never verified it): I’ve been travelling a day,I’ve been travelling a year,I’ve...

(almost) running water

by Elisabeth Demeter | Feb 6, 2015 | Rooted Living

To get myself some luxury in my tiny house, the next thing on my bucket list was to build a rack for the sink. The idea was to have some kind of canister for water storage connected to a tap, the sink, and a bucket below to catch the greywater. My goal was to produce...

It’s all down the drain… or is it?

by Elisabeth Demeter | Feb 3, 2015 | Rooted Living

Since I’ve been asked some questions about the composting toilet I built, about how it works and what’s the goal of it, I decided to share some of the research I’ve been doing. Warning: I will not sugarcoat this topic, so if you don’t want to...

Tiny Houses in Portland

Tiny House update – kitchen – bathroom – I’m finished!!

Home is where my heart is

(almost) running water

It’s all down the drain… or is it?

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