bad rubbish bins,. good trash solution

Why our tiny house has no rubbish bins (and how we ditched them)

If you’ve watched our videos, you’ll know that there’s no traditional rubbish bin in our kitchen. In fact, there’s no bin anywhere in the house. And I haven’t done the usual “take out the trash” routine in over four years!

Instead, we built two little chutes into the kitchen counter — one for rubbish, one for recycling — that drop straight down into the wheelie bins underneath. Open the lid, in it goes, done. No smell, no wasted bench space, no bin to squeeze around in a small room.

In the new video I have a bit of fun showing you how they work, how we made them, and give an honest four-year verdict — including the bits I still haven’t finished off properly (there’s always something!). Full video below. 😃👇


Our Top 5 interior design principles

Tips and Tricks: the Design Principles that we used for our semi-trailer home

To get the most out of your limited space in a tiny house, it pays to examine some specific design principles that will help you maximise the perception of your space. On the journey in building our semi-trailer tiny home, we focused on these main concepts. While our space is unique, there are many design principles that can apply to any tiny house or other small space. Let’s have a look at our Top 5!!