Don lives on a 35-foot vintage Chris Craft boat he keeps in a boathouse in Tampa, FL. He takes it out fishing on occasion, but it usually stays tied up in the boathouse he rents. As best as I can recall it looks something like this:
He told me at one time he calculated that he's actually living in a little over 300 square feet. Everything is ultra-compact. His "library" is one small shelf over his bed. His kitchen has a 2-burner stove and a mini-fridge, and is so small you can't turn around without bumping into yourself. Bake a cake? Ha! A cupcake, maybe.
It looks rather quaint, but that wears off in about 30 minutes. Then it's just small. He has a hibachi grill rigged up to hang over the stern of his boat. If he wants a steak and a glass of wine he brings home one steak and one bottle of wine and cooks it and eats/drinks it all right then. No leftovers. And his bathroom....yikes! Not a place you want to be if you're claustrophobic, for sure. There's not even enough room in there to turn the page. *wink*
I know I'll never match Don's level of compact living, nor do I really want to. Still, it's fun (not sure what K thinks of all this) to look at every thing you have and decide whether it's worth keeping or not. I've come to realize if something has been in storage or in the back of a closet for years, and has never been missed, never even crossed your mind, it's probably time for it to go. Easier said than done, though.
Someday I may break down and build us another home, but something small and easily maintained. Trouble is, around here most cities don't allow building new, small homes. They zone for McMansions, no doubt because they bring in lots of property tax revenue. I'll admit it's a bit awkward talking to clients about building them a new 5,000 or 6,000 sq ft home and they ask, "Where do you live?" and I reply, "in a very modest apartment". They look at me like I just arrived on planet Earth.
Hmmm....wonder what Planning and Zoning would think of a yert?
S
