The tale of one woman's radically simplified 'built-it-myself' life
Ask for a tour of Dee Williams's house, and it won't take long. The 84-square-foot space is no bigger than a parking spot.
There's no running water, no
Wi-Fi, the fridge is a cooler, and the toilet is compostable. Williams
knows how extreme this sounds. Before she downsized, she used to worry
about the mortgage on her three-bedroom home, how to outfit her kitchen
with matching appliances, and the endless string of home repairs.
But in 2003, after suffering
congestive heart failure in her early 40s, Williams decided to simplify.
She shed most of her belongings and sold her home in Portland, Oregon.
Now 51, she moved into the
miniature house in Olympia, Washington, 10 years ago. Williams describes
the self-built home on wheels in her memoir -- "The Big Tiny: A Built-It-Myself Memoir," being released today to coincide with Earth 
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