As featured in Dwell magazine
About Lloyd Kahn
Lloyd Kahn started building his own home in the early '60s and went on to publish books showing homeowners how they could build their own homes with their own hands. He got his start in publishing by working as the shelter editor of the
Whole Earth Catalog with Stewart Brand in the late '60s. He has since authored six highly-graphic books on homemade building, all of which are interrelated. The books, "The Shelter Library Of Building Books," include
Shelter,
Shelter II (1978),
Home Work (2004),
Builders of the Pacific Coast (2008),
Tiny Homes (2012), and
Tiny Homes on the Move (2014). Lloyd operates from Northern California studio built of recycled lumber, set in the midst of a vegetable garden, and hooked into the world via five Mac computers. You can check out videos (one with over 450,000 views) on Lloyd by doing a search on YouTube:
er, it might be a tad drafty….
here's an interesting fellow, and down a bit on the page, video
http://www.mnn.com/leaderboard/stories/richard-proenneke-the-man-who-showed-us-how-to-be-alone-in-the-wilderness
Richard Proenneke: The man who showed us how to be alone in the wilderness
For decades, Proenneke lived in a handmade cabin at Alaska's Twin Lakes; his writings and films have left a legacy
Free Historic Farmhouse
Save This Old House: North Carolina Farmhouse for Free!
A tobacco baron's grand 1910 house with original details is ready to move
By Paul Hope, This Old House magazine
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20803367,00.html
Price: $0 (must be moved)
Location: Grimesland, North Carolina
Contact: Claudia Deviney, 252-482-7455
ALSO
http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/photos/0,,20643672,00.html
Save This Old House: A North Carolina Italianate Cottage
Score a post-Civil War Italianate cottage for only a buck
Price: $1
Location: Wilson, N.C.
Contact: Kathryn Ferrari Bethune, 252-234-7694