Synopses & Reviews
Living small frees up the mind, the wallet, and the soul. As economic uncertainties loom large, and the evidence mounts that humans are responsible for much of global warming, the new trend is beginning to seem old: new subdivisions filled with McMansions, the friend of a friend's childless brother who just added on a third bedroom. Many of us have suffered the consequences of an inflated mortgage, an unmanageable construction project, or a house simply too large to keep clean. Will our dream home always be a celebration of excess and a drain on our lives?
Some wise people buck the trend. They build, remodel, redecorate, or just rethink their needs--prudently and calmly constructing a joyful, sane life around themselves. They think, sometimes literally, outside the box, and they live close, warm, and simple, applying spiritual and social solutions to their material desires. Pockets of people all over America are realizing the benefits of scaling down. They are designing a new dream, one that reunites extended families, makes space for friends, and emphasizes home life over home maintenance.
Little House on a Small Planet is a guidebook to this movement, and an invitation to join. Author Shay Salomon offers fourteen basic principles for the design and habitation of efficient, high-density homes. These principles outline the invisible supports of a happy home, set within the context of a future, more caring society. With floor plans, photographs, advice, and anecdotes, this book asks, and answers, What fills a home when the excess is cut away, and how do we get there from here?
Review
"Anyone who sleeps indoors and cares about the world will find something of interest inside."--Carol Venolia, Eco-architect,
Natural Home & Garden columnist, and EcoDwelling faculty member at New College of California
"I cannot recommend this book highly enough. For anyone who has ever dreamed of getting off the mortgage rat race and creating not just a house, but a cozy nest that fits--this is the book! Every page is an inspiration, filled with real-life stories and lessons learned on creating better, more affordable, sustainable, and very personalized housing. There is something here that will fit nearly every lifestyle. For those who want to live in a better way: Read this book!"--Janet Luhrs, author of The Simple Living Guide and Simple Loving, and publisher of Simple Living Oasis
"Salomon offers the savviest plan I've read for figuring out what house you really need. . . . her questions have forced me to rethink so much." --Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press
Little House on a Small Planet is the emergency users guide needed by humanity at this moment of global environmental crisis.”Gregory Paul Johnson, President of the Small House Society
The photographs alone are worth the price of this book. . . . [The] writing is clear, enjoyable, and inspiring.”Jack Challem, the Nutrition Reporter” and the best-selling author of Syndrome X
Synopsis
A guidebook to planning, building, renovating, and inhabiting an eco-friendly small house.to get more information on how to live simply visit: www.littlehouseonasmallplanet.com
Synopsis
Shay Salomon is a carpenter who has built several tiny houses, a construction manager, and a workshop leader. She and Nigel Valdez visited more than a hundred homes while researching this book.
Synopsis
The essential guidebook to planning, building, renovating, and inhabiting an ecofriendly small houseI cannot recommend this book highly enough. For anyone who has ever dreamed of getting off the mortgage rat race and creating not just a house, but a cozy nest that fitsthis is the book! Every page is an inspiration. . . . There is something here that will fit nearly every lifestyle.”
Janet Luhrs, author of The Simple Living Guide
Salomon offers the savviest plan Ive read for figuring out what house you really need. . . . Her questions have forced me to rethink so much.”
Marta Salij, Detroit Free Press
Little House on a Small Planet is the emergency users guide needed by humanity at this moment of global environmental crisis.”
Gregory Paul Johnson, President of the Small House Society
The photographs alone are worth the price of this book. . . . [The] writing is clear, enjoyable, and inspiring.”
Jack Challem, best-selling author of Syndrome X
Little House on a Small Planet is a guidebook and an invitation. With floor plans, photographs, advice, and anecdotes, this unique book asks and answers, What fills a home when the excess is cut away, and how do we get there from here?”
Youll discover how to:
Build, remodel, redecorate, or just rethink your needs
Think, sometimes literally, outside the box
Live close and simple
Apply spiritual and social solutions to your material desires