Here is something i have allway's thinking about alot here as i was asked to help someoe who is single design a small cabin with a few upgrades to the cabin with solar and wind add to the cabin.
So could you live i that small of space if it was design right for a single person to live out there days in peace and quiet as they get older in life
I think you can adapt to that size living easily. Look at inmates that spend years/life in prison. You can always step outside for space.
Be ready now, you won't have that chance later.
Oh, yeah. i could handle i, if I were single.
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There's a book about a person living in a 12' x 12' cabin. No electricity or running water either and it was her permanent home.
Total off the grid living. Extremely interesting. You can find it here: Amazon.com: Twelve by Twelve: A One-Room Cabin Off the Grid and Beyond the American Dream (9781577318972): William Powers: Books
I have a great uncle, who lived in his trappers cabin year round. he trapped in the winter and explored for the HBC in the summer. his cabin was 2 feet deep in the ground, and measured only 7 X 7. with a height of 5-1/2 feet.
My dad built a cabin on his homestead, that was used as such for 30+ years and it measured 12 X 16. and during hunting season it often had 5 guys in it for 2 weeks.
It wasn't until the women folk came along that an addition was built, for the bedroom.
The bedroom, btw is 10 X 16.
ETA: and yes, yes I could live in something that sized. Assuming I parred down my belongings in a serious way!
I also have a little hunting shack out in my back 40, that is 9X9. Ive only spent time hunting, as it isn't really set up for overnighting... yet. But I will.
Last edited by Sniper-T; 01-25-2012 at 09:02 PM. Reason: added information
I could for certain. There were a lot of familes that lived in the mountians here that had 4-8 kids in little buildings that size or slightly larger back in the 1800-early 1900's.
Easily without a doubt. One of my thoughts at my bol is to build a small cabin with little amenities to stay in during the hunting season. Obviously doubling as a home when the balloon goes up.
Sure I could. Not so sure that I would want to, though.
Fantastic subject.
I *think* I could do it but it would seriously force me to simplify....well.....everything.
Then again Trooper Dan lived in a pickup truck bed. That's some serious small space livin!
If you think that come SHTF you are gonna jock up in all your kit and be a death-dealing one man army, you're an idiot - izzyscout
lol! when I moved back to Canada, I had next to nothing. While I rented a place to live, I spent a couple years 'camping' and hunting out of the box on my Toyota (SR5, with a cap)! A tarp off the side for a place to sit, cook, move. and an airmatress from wheelwell to wheelwell. storage in the corners
Worked great, but to live??? kudos to TD!!!!
That would be tough!
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