#the big tiny

[universitybookstore]

Want.  The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir, by tiny house pioneer, Dee Williams.  The book’s out in a new paperback from Plume.

[live-well-and-be-happy]

After A Heart Attack At 40, Normal Living Made No Sense To This Woman. What She Did Is Awesome.

After A Heart Attack At 40, Normal Living Made No Sense To This Woman. What She Did Is Awesome.

Dee Williams only owns 305 possessions. That might not seem like much… but then consider what you have simply in your kitchen cabinets. You probably well exceed that number quickly. She doesn’t own very much because she leads a very simple life in a very small house. Her home is only 84 square feet. Ten years ago she was inspired to downsize (and she took downsizing seriously). Dee had a heart…

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[boredkitty-blog]

Whose idea was it that we should all get jobs, work faster, work better, race from place to place with our brains stewing on tweets, blogs, and sound bites, on must-see movies, must-do experiences, must-have gadgets, when in the end, all any of us will have is our simple beating heart, reaching up for the connection to whoever might be in the room or leaning into our mattress as we draw our last breath. I hate to put it in such dramatic terms, but it's kinda true.

- Dee Williams, from The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir

[smallandtinyhomeideas]

"Tiny Houses With Big Ambitions" via TIME by Randy Stearns

[smallandtinyhomeideas]

Dee Williams talks about The Big Tiny | Photo courtesy of Alek Lisefski

[powerhousearena]

How did Dee Williams figure out how to have monthly bills totaling only $8 dollars a month? Find out her simple secrets at The Big Tiny launch tomorrow night. The New Yorker’s Alec Wilkinson joins Williams in conversation - you can RSVP here.

[blueriderpress]

Dee Williams building her tiny house -  it's been home for over a decade!