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Years ago when I was looking into sustainable and economical living, I got sucked down the YouTube rabbit hole of tiny houses. I wasn’t the only one. In 2014, Google searches for ‘tiny house’ and ‘tiny home’ started quickly increasing and reached the biggest peak so far in June 2020 during the pandemic.

I became obsessed with watching tiny home tours and tiny home build videos on Youtube and figuring out all the best arrangements, trying to understand how people could fit their entire lives and all their belongings into such small houses.

Now there are full blown TV shows about tiny homes and thousands of people online sharing their experiences with tiny living. Because of my own personal interest AND because I know so many vegans are interested in tiny homes and sustainable, alternative living, I wanted to bring Destiny of Lez Go Tiny onto the podcast to talk about ALL things tiny living.

Destiny and Brianna bought their tiny house on wheels in January 2022 and officially moved into it in April 2022. They are currently living in Portland, Oregon and plan to move their home again within the next 3 years.

As a young, Black, queer couple, finding an affordable and safe space to live was a top priority and going tiny was an important investment for them. They enjoy traveling and going tiny allows them to explore different cities while not having to worry about finding a place to live.

Lez Go Tiny was created to share their experience within the tiny movement and they plan on making resources for other BIPOC looking to go tiny.

In this episode we are talking about:

Choosing a tiny home over van life
Destiny & Brianna’s experience planning for a tiny house build
The process of finding the right tiny home builder and what the process was like
Financing options and unexpected costs associated with tiny living
Different state laws that affect where you can live in a tiny home
How tiny living can be more economical than purchasing a full sized home
Whether tiny living is worth the hype and the pros and cons of tiny houses
The most stressful part of the tiny home process in Destiny’s opinion
Vegan cooking in a tiny house kitchen and how it changed Destiny’s cooking process