{"id":58496,"date":"2017-06-20T21:20:08","date_gmt":"2017-06-20T14:20:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/less-is-more-how-one-family-fell-for-small-scale-living\/"},"modified":"2017-06-20T21:36:44","modified_gmt":"2017-06-20T14:36:44","slug":"less-is-more-how-one-family-fell-for-small-scale-living","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/less-is-more-how-one-family-fell-for-small-scale-living\/","title":{"rendered":"Less is more: how one family fell for small-scale living"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nBuilt-in sofas that double as beds; a mattress under the eaves; and a miniature bath. How one family fell for small-scale livingOn a sabbatical year in France, Jessica Helgerson and her husband fantasised that their storage unit would burn down. \u201cWe couldn\u2019t remember a single thing we owned that we cared about,\u201d says Helgerson, a designer. When they moved back to the US, the couple bought a small piece of land on Sauvie Island, 15 minutes north of where they were living in Portland, Oregon.The plan was to transform a dilapidated, one-storey cottage into a make-do bolthole for weekend getaways. Berry-picking and hikes to the beach were the main attractions of an island the size of Manhattan, but with a population of just 1,000. But weekend visits turned into a permanent move when the couple and their two children fell for small-scale living. Continue reading…
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