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 a tiny house, such as a bathroom and kitchen. James’s tiny house is designed to be a spare room for a teenager, including a fold down bed and study area. Passers by have suggested that it would also be great as a writer’s retreat, or even a mobile cafe space. The tiny house will be auctioned during The Bower’s 15th Anniversary Celebrations on 20 September, 2014. I’m really excited to see how James finishes it off, and to celebrate it’s completion in September!!
Here are some photos I have shot during the build so far.
You can follow James, The Upcyclist at https://www.facebook.com/TheUpcyclist.com.au
