California DIY, shipping container tiny home and a cargo trailer bedroom

Lulu is a single mom who'd gone back to school and didn't have the time or interest in working full-time to pay for rent. So when she had to move out of her more conventional home, she decided to move herself and her daughter into a shipping container.
With no building experience, Lulu spent just one month cutting windows and a door and installing insulation and a basic kitchen (complete with propane-powered campstove and on-demand water heater). 
Then she and her daughter moved into the 8 by 20 foot square foot home, fitting a bed, couch, bookshelf and kitchen cabinets into the 160 square foot box.
When Lulu decided they needed a bit more space, she went from shipping to trucking waste and began to build their bedroom on a used flatbed trailer.
"It's really mostly built like a shed. It's a nice looking shed, but it's really an 8 by 16 shed with windows in it."
Using only recycled building materials- including used floorboards, windows, cabinets, doors, bathtub, toilet and sinks- she built the entire thing for about $4,000 (trailer included).

Original story here: http://www.faircompanies.com/videos/v...

Music credit: "I Am a Man Who Will Fight for Your Honor" by Chris Zabriskie (http://chriszabriskie.com/)

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[deathbyzza420]

I want to be a part of this generation of people. Only fools fall for a mortgage. The hardest part will be working two jobs to raise the capital. After you do it, you're free..

[statzboyer]

what about the land? does she own it? rent it? is it her friend's land? please tell us about the land.

[kde439]

Fantastic vid. Fantastic woman! I enjoy this vid enough to have watched it 4 times.

[pt7700]

I bet that this woman can beat some of the architects and interior decorators out there charging lots of money from the riches. If she,s a graduate and if she applies in any building contruction comapany which makes apartments or exotic natural villas etc. she can be easily hired and paid handsomely if she professionally promote herself and realizes her talent of managing things from scratch. After some profesional training and grooming she can deliver.

[Dig Woods]

the beautiful honesty,we are leasing our lives on Earth we may have use of things but ultimately we must return them,so lets be simple and dignified in our living,to nourish and be nourished,to be upon our blessed Mother Earth,thankyou

[Julian Passive Works]

Looks like home. To solve the overheating issue add a shade sail above the container. Or, since metal conducts heat very well make a solar hot water heater out of your roof. One homesteading Aussie built a solar array over the container to block the heat and make electricity.

[TheOnlyKateslate]

I would like to know that, and the source of the water. Does she have electricity?  I love this idea, but there are lots of things to work out.

[Muxxyy]

it's easy to live in a shipping container if you live in a place with no winter. us northerrn folks can't really get away with it :(

[jolovesminnis]

Say what needs saying, do what needs doing, cause we're only here for a little while! Nice, nice place!

[Lilly Leal Carothers]

I love it!!!!

[Jody Mead]

But ya, what about the land?