Tiny Lifestyle

A group of people actively working toward self-sustainability, through eco-conscious decision-making, living in tiny spaces and helping other people adopt this style of living. Tiny Lifestyle promotes the benefits of scaling our homes down: Massive cost savings from reduced or non-existing mortgages, a deeper connection with nature derived from a greater awareness of the changing elements and more time spent outdoors; increased well-being and closer relationships with the people who share your space. By sharing blogs and videos, interviews and up-to-date information on sustainable product, they aim to support people to thrive in smaller homes. Joe & Simone Woodland fell in love with living tiny when they refurbished their first campervan together 6 years ago, a Volkswagen T25. Since then, they’ve been creating bespoke campervans with beautiful wooden interiors for themselves and many happy customers as the Campervan Craftsman. Joe is a self-trained carpenter with a flair for hand-crafted interior spaces. He specialises in cabinet-making for awkward spaces - “vans don’t have straight walls!” With a background in photography and animation, he brings creativity to each of his commissions. Simone is an architect and designer, with a passion for creating functional and gorgeous tiny spaces. Her drafting and 3D modelling skills make testing out tiny building ideas quick and easy. Her long-term vision is to create affordable and socially inclusive housing through building tiny house villages across New Zealand. She runs a social enterprise called Collective Flo that creates the space for people working on social businesses (“driven by a purpose not just profit!”) to meet and support one another. Liv & Graeme Scott owned an eco-building company in the UK building tiny spaces for decades. Now they live off-grid with their two in a tiny home they built for themselves using sustainable materials. Together they run the Golden Frames Woodworking School & Living Wood Fair