A loft home inside a 1914 water tower🗼

Published 6 days ago • 1 min read

Alternative living — a 1914 water-tower loft, a hanging sphere, a hard-side truck camper, and four more homes in unlikely places.

🗼 They Put a Loft Inside a 1914 Water Tower
A 27-meter tower in the Netherlands, with a 120-square-meter loft built into the old basin.

🔮 Luna, the Sphere That Hangs in the Trees
The newest sphere at Free Spirit Spheres, suspended in the trees near Qualicum Bay on Vancouver Island.

🏘️ Three Homes Left at Canoe Bay Village
Turnkey lakefront homes in the Wisconsin woods — three are available right now, including the last one on Mallard Lake, with no HOA and no property taxes.
Sponsored by Canoe Bay Village

🛻 The 830-Pound Hard-Side Truck Camper
Hand-riveted aluminum out of Bellingham, and 830 pounds dry.

📦 A Container Cabin at Old Man’s Cave
A shipping container turned cabin, a short walk from the Hocking Hills trailhead.

🌾 Grain Bin Cabins on a Montana Farm
Round steel shells on a working farm, fitted out as overnight rooms.

🏡 They Moved Into the Backyard and Rented Out the House
A 400-square-foot Seattle cottage built from reclaimed materials, with a Murphy bed that turns the living room into a bedroom.

"The house shelters daydreaming."
~ Gaston Bachelard

Thanks for being here. I appreciate you 🙏
Alex

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