Many older people face the downsizing challenge. Could you live in 84 square feet with a total of 305 possessions?
“Ten years ago, Dee Williams, now 51, sold her three-bedroom bungalow in Portland, Ore., built a tiny house on a metal truck trailer and drove it to Olympia, Wash., where it came to rest in the backyard of her friends Hugh O’Neill and Annie McManus. Her ‘great room’ is too small for a couch, her upstairs is just a sleeping loft with a skylight. There’s a kitchen counter with a propane one-burner, but no oven or refrigerator. There are lights, but they run on solar power. There’s a sink and a toilet, but no running water (which means composting and no shower). Visitors to the property may be forgiven for thinking someone had taken up residence in a beautifully built pine-and-cedar tool shed out back.”
