The big tiny : a built-it-myself memoir / Dee Williams
- Author
- Williams, Dee (Builder)
- Published
- New York : Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]
- Physical Description
- 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
- Contents
- Happy Enough -- Southeast State Park -- The Drive -- Torsades -- A Moment of Genius While Waiting -- Tiny House Man -- Fear and Logic -- Anthropology 101 -- Dream Big, Build Small -- Blondie on the Roof -- Who Cares If I Appear Foolish? -- Hobo-A-Go-Go -- There Goes the Neighborhood -- Modern Conveniences -- Slack Line -- A Six-Inch Drop Hitch -- Keeping the Peace -- Broke Butt Mountain -- One More Thing.
- Summary
- "A personal memoir about downsizing and the author's experience building her own home and living the minimalist lifestyle"--
Diagnosed with a heart condition at age forty-one, Williams was suddenly reminded that life is short, time is precious, and she wanted to be spending hers with the people and things she truly loved. That did not include mortgage payments, constant repairs, and general time-suck of home ownership. Deciding to build an eighty-four-square-foot house was just the beginning of building a new life. An utterly seductive meditation on the benefits of slowing down, scaling back, and appreciating the truly important things in life. - Subject(s)
- Williams, Dee (Builder)—Homes and haunts—United States
- Ecological houses—United States—Design and construction
- Small houses—United States—Design and construction
- Architects and builders—United States—Biography
- Do-it-yourself work—Social aspects—United States
- Alternative lifestyles—United States
- Sustainable living—United States
- Olympia (Wash.)—Biography
- Portland (Or.)—Biography
- ISBN
- 9780399166174 (hardback)
0399166173 (hardback)
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