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“The Tiny” in Junkies Magazine

February 11, 2015 aliciafox portrait tags: downsize, eco magazine australia, eco photographer australia, ethical building australia, green building australia, junkies magazine, recycled builder, sustainable housing australia, the bower marrickville, the tiny house movement australia, tiny house, tiny house australia, tiny house sydney, tiny houses in australia, tiny houses in sydney, upcycled 0 comments
My fiancĂ© James (Yes, he proposed!!!! 🙂 ) has an unmoving love of turning other people’s rubbish into beautiful, usable things. His latest major upcyling project was to build this “Tiny”.   Inspired by the Tiny House Movement, James (AKA The Upcyclist) wanted to build a comfortable and beautiful living space for someone who wants to downsize their life. Overwhelmed by consumerism and overconsumption, there is a growing trend amongst Australian’s to declutter and simplify life. This “Tiny” was built as a studio/bedroom/study, to be used in addition to an existing dwelling, much like an additional bedroom, but on wheels (which means it is mobile and doesn’t need require council approval in most parts of Australia).   James built it with 98% recycled materials. Most of these came from The Bower in Marrickville, and the rest came from other recycling yards and donations by tiny house enthusiasts.   The building gained the attention of the press, proving to be very interesting to the public. Chanel 7 news, most major newspapers and many upcycling blogs have reported on the Tiny. It is even gained attention in The UK, India, Italy and Russia. Every time we google it, we find more articles, […] Read More

The Upcyclist & The Tiny House

August 23, 2014 aliciafox Eco Photography tags: addison road, addison road centre, alternative building sydney, eco builder, eco builder sydney, eco building, eco lifestyle sydney, inner west sydney, james galletly, james galletly builder, james galletly tiny house, james tiny house, marrickville, marrickville community centre, marrickville tiny house, sydney eco builder, the bower, the bower marrickville, the bower reuse and repair centre, the bower tiny house, the upcyclist, tiny house, tiny house builder, tiny house nsw, tiny house sydney, tiny houses, tiny houses australia, up cycle 0 comments
My partner James, AKA The Upcyclist, is building a Tiny House out of recycled materials, in collaboration with The Bower Reuse and Repair Centre in Marrickville, Sydney.   The Tiny House movement, which has been growing throughout the USA for years, is emerging here in Australia.  It is a response to high housing costs and a lifestyle of overconsumption, which can often lead to debt and dissatisfaction.  The idea is to downsize your possessions in order to increase your quality of life, or as James puts it: Less House, More Life.  Imagine a life without debt, in which your cost of living is so low that you can work less and have more free time to do the things that you are passionate about.   This tiny house is a pilot project, a way of testing the interest in this concept amongst Sydneysiders.  So far there has been much interest, not only passers by in Marrickville, but also The Sydney Morning Herald and other TV and print media outlets (details to follow).  You can see the SMH article and a video including James and other local tiny housers HERE.   The Upcyclist tiny house doesn’t contain all the usual inclusions of […] Read More