Not long ago, as I pondered where I would go or what I would do if I was laid off from my job, and contemplating yet another move (depending on how you count it, I could say that I’ve moved anywhere from 4 to 11 times in the past four years), I began to research RVs.
I thought perhaps that it could be a solution for my life: having mobility, paring down my stuff even further (which I’ve written about a few times), yet having a sense of my own home. If I needed to go to another new place, maybe I could just take an organized, familiar home along with me.
Six months or so later, I know that I have a job for the coming year and am trying to convince myself to stay put. But I still think a lot about the nature of housing, my environmental footprint, and how I hope to live in the future.
After researching RV and trailer living (I now know the difference between A, B, and C Class RVs, travel trailers, fifth wheel trailers, etc), I started looking at all the other alternative types of housing. Here are some of my favorites.
1. A modern vardo, or updated gypsy van…some are beautifully crafted.
2. My favorite wheel-less options are some of the gorgeous pre-fab yurts. For more than five years now (yes, since moving to CA), I’ve fantasized about building a little compound of yurts. Don’t laugh. It could be awesome.
3. And finally, check out this ethereal earthsheltered home. It is environmentally kind, and if anyone has a thing for Hobbit living…
Related Gleanings: Tiny House Blog, which describes a lot of fun designs for living smaller.
June 25, 2009 at 12:50 pm
YES! I just drove past a place that sells Gypsy vans–used to drive by all the time, but it’s been a while. Saw one that looked like a log cabin on wheels, and thought, “wouldn’t it be great to…”
Also: hobbit houses FTW.
April 26, 2010 at 8:15 am
Who are you?!? And what did you do with Samantha? Are you a gypsy now? RV, yurt?!? Why not go for broke and get some bands used tour bus? Poison. Motley Crew. Now that John Maddens retired, maybe you could get a good deal on his palace on wheels. Although it may smell like fried chicken…