Hi everyone! As many of you know already (especially if you saw my guest post over at The Wellness Warrior) we recently sold the caravan and bought a little eco-cabin. So today I wanted to show you a little clip of the place and tell you more about it.
A little background info in case you have no idea why I was living in a caravan to begin with..
We originally moved out of our home and into a caravan when we had to rush to Brisbane so that I could get chemotherapy treatment at the hospital there. For some crazy reason (I was totally out of it most of the time) we ended up living in a caravan and we absolutely loved it! So when my treatment was all done we decided to find a nice piece of land to plonk it. You can read more about our caravan adventures here, here & here.
After a while, living in the caravan was starting to feel a little pokey and it was too big to actually travel around in (something we had pondered) so we started looking for alternatives. After some investigating, Dave came across this website: www.containercabins.com.au
The Shipping Container
The ‘eco-cabin’ is really just a humble shipping container that has been given a new lease on life. The team at Container Cabins were the only people that we came across that actually make the shipping containers look like beautiful homes; were reasonably priced; and could get started right away.
Our Home
Eco-Credentials
A ridiculous amount of shipping containers exist in the world today. In fact, more than 420 million shipping containers move around the globe every year, transporting 90% of the world’s cargo. (source:www.un.org) They are generally sent to scrap yards after their glamorous life of travelling the world, at the tender age of 20. Recycling one instead of building a home from scratch (which would use up loads of natural resources) is a great way to help the planet. It also won’t rot, is completely vermin proof, totally storm proof and we can easily move it with a tow truck.
It has an extended roof made out of cold-room/freezer panels which help to insulate the cabin. We’ve added one solar panel to the roof and one battery and that is all we need for lights, TV, a fridge and the occasional computer charge-up! (Though we do have a generator as well which we use occasionally when the sun hasn’t come out to play for a while, or if we want to use the coffee machine!)
Inside the cabin
Cabin Balcony
Thanks for stopping by, I hope you enjoyed a little tour of our home!
Amanda x
I absolutely love it Mandy! It must be so cheap to run and so great for the environment, and it is so pretty 🙂 I love the wood panelling, it definitely adds to the eco feel 🙂 It must be nice to be able to step out onto your balcony without having to step down as well, great for those early mornings 🙂 Looks amazing! Great work 🙂 x Melissa
Oh thanks Melissa! Yes we do love it. Although today it was pouring with rain and our bathroom is outside so we were trying to think of ways to keep living the way we are living BUT making it a little more comfortable… haha It's been a fun adventure though. xx
Oh Amanda i LOVE it! Too cute!! xx
Can I move in …heheheheh I love this and would love to come visit one day sweetheart
I LOVE your cabin Amanda. I often dream of loosing all my 'stuff' and living simply in something like this.
I'm glad I discovered your blog Amanda (via your follow on Twitter). I like what I see and am looking forward to following.
Thanks so much for stopping by Tricia. I was inspired when I stumbled across your blog too…would love to take up the challenge of no supermarkets for a year!