Small Farm Life at Two Mile Ranch » CNN http://www.smallfarmlife.com Lessons learned from 80 acres and a 6 burner stove Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:21:37 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Living small makes CNN http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2008/10/24/living-small-makes-cnn/ http://www.smallfarmlife.com/2008/10/24/living-small-makes-cnn/#comments Sat, 25 Oct 2008 01:52:02 +0000 Fritz Nordengren http://www.smallfarmlife.com/?p=298 Continue reading →]]> Bill and Sharon Kastrinos move to a small space is featured on Friday’s CNN, along with a link to accompanying “iReports” from citizen journalists about their move to smaller living.  The CNN story also makes the connection to Jay Shafer of the Tumbleweed Tiny House.  Shafer has recently been on a road show with his design.

The story does capture one essence of smaller living:

By sizing down, he says he’s living on a total of $15,000 a year. He doesn’t have to worry about not making a mortgage payment and gets to work a job that he enjoys.

“Living in a small house has allowed me to do what I love doing, which is designing more small houses,” he says.

He, too, has purged junk and other items, donating most of it to the Salvation Army and to friends. “It does feel good,” he says. “I don’t miss the extra books, the extra clothes I never wore.”

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