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The big tiny a built-it-myself memoir

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. De...

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Main Author: Williams, Dee (Builder)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), [2014]
Subjects:
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.
Memoirs.
Summary: 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.
Physical Description: 288 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
ISBN: 9780399166174 (hardback)
0399166173 (hardback)
Author Notes: Dee Williams is a teacher and sustainability advocate. She is the co-owner of Portland Alternative Dwellings (www.padtinyhouses.com), where she leads workshops focused on tiny houses, green building, and community design. Her story has been featured on Good Morning America and NBC Nightly News , and on NPR, PBS, MSNBC, CNN, and CBC. She has also been profiled or featured in hundreds of online blogs and articles, and in print media including Time, The New York Times , and Der Spiegel. Williams lives in Olympia, Washington, with an overly ambitious Australian shepherd, in the shadow of the house of dear friends.

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