Dee Williams - an Olympia, WA resident - is an inspiration to all those who crib about small living spaces.
Williams' home, spread across just 84 square feet, features a bedroom, a small kitchen and a sitting area. And since there is no tap water or refrigerator, the Washington-based teacher composts her waste and keeps decaying items like milk and beer in a cooler under a porch. She uses solar power as an alternate means of electricity.
One mght think that life ise difficult for Williams in the tiny house after living a lavish life in a three-bedroom house in Portland, OR. Contrary to all the apprehensions, Williams in fact enjoys surviving with fewer belongings and expenses.
Williams said that the key to designing a small space without making it claustrophobic is to have varying heights and a common color scheme.
"The corncob-pipe lifestyle has worked nice for me," Williams said. "For others, it might push them beyond bending to breaking," Zillow reports.
It costed Williams $10,000 to build a cedar-clad, eco-friendly house. Since the house doesn't have enough space to keep and maintain books, she thinks of the local library as her bookshelf, and the laundromat her laundry room.
"I've grown very attached to the backyard," Williams said. "I trust the wind will come from the southwest like it does every winter. I love the spot I'm at. I don't want to move."
Williams shares her experience of constructing a tiny house in several workshops and has penned her adventurous journey in her book, "The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir."
The book details her experiences as the resident of the portable 84-square feet house in a friend's backyard. Suffering a near fatal heart attack prompted Williams to restructure her hectic lifestyle.
"My heart made me look at everything differently," LA Times reports.
"What if I sold my big house with its rats in the front yard, the mortgage, the hours of dusting, mopping, cleaning, vacuuming, painting, grass cutting, and yard pruning? How would it feel to live so light?" she writes in her new memoir.
Williams also owns Portland Alternative Dwellings, where she designs and builds tiny houses.
