Jay’s Small Homes An InspirationPosted on | July 19, 2010 45 year-old Jay Shafer was a grocery store clerk and decided to do something else. So he designed and built a tiny, 89 square-foot house. He had no building experience and just figured it out as he went. His completed house is named Tumbleweed and is 1/10 the size of the average american home. Growing up, Shafer complained about helping out with mortgage payments and felt that the large house he lived in with his family just made them feel like they needed to fill it up with more stuff and was actually just a burden. The house soon became popular and it started his career to build more small houses, Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. “Jay’s Small Homes have a great style,” Trathen Heckman said. Heckman has been in sustainability education for 10 years. “They feel more spacious than they are.” Shafer believes that using only what he needs has been a wonderful transformation for him and has inspired others to do the same. He said that the advantages to small living are: -No mortgage or rent It’s easy to get caught up in the rat-race while trying to prove status in America. A big house means that you have more money, which is important in America. But what’s more important is taking a step back and realizing that really, it’s all just stuff. Once you put your ego aside, you can save more money being happy with the things you need and not having the stress of needing to have a higher status than your neighbors. Information obtained from http://vitality.yahoo.com/video-second-act-jay-shafer-20910192. Post by Kate Valdovinos. About SilverCensus: CommentsFollow Us
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