Tiny home - One of a kind greenhouse conversion

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Created to inspire a new approach to modern living, art and architecture. Featured is an eco-friendly, recycled greenhouse home built on the Big Island of Hawaii. This unique living space features three-bedrooms, a full kitchen, and separate bathhouse. Live in spacious comfort while just steps away from your culinary garden treats. Practicing the principals of minimalism, smaller carbon footprint, recycling and the tiny home movement while still enjoying the comforts of modern living in a new way.

[@pippilongstocking9634]

Thank you very much for sharing your home. I pray that whenever you move to your life is filled with blessings and is more abundant than you ever imagined.

[@anitahamlin2411]

You must have some really special plans for the future to leave such a beautiful space.

[@gloriaiarango]

This is an amazing idea taking into account that your land would it be "Agricultural land" with very low taxes on property. My respects to you sir. You just gave me an idea when I move to hotter climates. Thank you.

[@carmenmariacortesmarin2664]

Sorry you have to leave this place. It's just beautiful.

[@xxymena1973]

What a great place! You did such a good job: the backsplash, the shower, bathroom. I love it!

[@xXIronPeachesXx]

Oh thats gorgeous! Much roomier than a shed and comes around to the same price. Love that you have a second insulating layer with the greenhouse walls that keep your living space cozy!

[@topazfire974]

I love this house I am in love with your house this is exactly what I was talking about, I've been wanting something like this for quite some time, a great way on saving you money and a great way to feed yourself and your family. I don't know why someone has not thought of this before.

[@marip6291]

Very Awesome! You are the first to ever come close to MY dream home.... when I was about 3; my Dad took me to meet a friend of his who was a commercial Horticultral nursery... I knew right then that I wanted to live inside of a greenhouse... I know it is hard to let go of the things that hold your heart; and this has been a wonderful showcase for your talent... but, now you will be able to do something else...something more.... and I am excited to see what will be next; if this is just your springboard.... You are very gifted... Please keep sharing your gift.. You can help many with it..... and, yes, I agree, the volume needs to improve... I often mute the volume on some videos ( I get more out of it without the bantor); but I couldn't get yours turned up high enough, and I really wanted to hear everything you had to say.....Thanks for the video, anyway....Shalom.

[@indigoblue9342]

People are commenting on the filming - I found no problem with it at all. The whole thing is inspiring and informative - thanks for sharing!

[@MsSherryjh]

Thank you for posting that. You did a great job. Sorry you have to leave a place you love.

[@ShadowMoonFarms]

There was nothing wrong with the camera work and they moved slowly and evenly. Honestly don't know what's the matter with people always complaining. Place looks really nice and fun. Thanks for sharing.

[@oriraykai3610]

Easiest way is just to create an RV parking spot inside a green house. That way you can stay warm on those extended cloudy patterns.

[@yesican2012]

That's what I plan to do, but instead of a RV, the greenhouse will be over a shed to home structure. Too old to worry about leaks & frozen pipes. Woodburning stove will keep things warm when there's no Sun.

[@benjaminpadgett7]

Rvs don't hold up in Humidity

[@settedesign7]

This is amazing, such innovation, the perfect color walls too, integrates right into the environment. You will always know you created it.

[@MissEmmyluv]

Love this build I could see myself actually living in this great place

[@catherinegrace2366]

I love everything about it! Recycling - mad respect!

[@joemanly9519]

Problem is housing codes in most states don't allow for innovation. That being said incredible home love it

[@xXthechameleonXxog]

theyonly allow it because people go along with it lol It all stops when people say you know what fuck these commies this is the land of the free i do what i want so do my neighbors etc and if try to stop us U better hope ya gotta More man and firepower but sadly most people are too muchof sheep to even speak freely not to mention act freely

[@AGM-ts5bb]

So sad that there is so much bureaucracy. I understand safety, and it I would rather have my neighbour housed in a way they could afford, rather than homeless.

[@scottmichaels1764]

@@xXthechameleonXxog They do have "More man and firepower".

[@Hello-sd2jm]

I've been looking for this exact kind of inversion-a greenhouse made into a home with the indoor garden all around it. Yours exceeded my expectations! Thank you for the valuable construction details. Simply love it!!!

[@Westview77]

So beautifully created! Thanks for taking the time to share a video before you had to go 🙏

[@Bigglesworth9]

You really created a beautiful space, I appreciate so much, the fact that you recycled and retrofitted so many things. The kitchen is my favorite. 💗

[@angelshanafelter6089]

I could live and die happily there. If I lived there, I truly would never leave my house! ☺

[@carinal3768]

you did a great job with the backsplash dude

[@brownworld2605]

Thanks. I kinda whipped this one out. All the corners were square so it was pretty easy. All granite counter cutoffs/trash. The masterpiece was in my main house and it was one of the nicest things I’ve ever done. Hope the new owners appreciate it.

[@simonpannett8810]

Love the concept of Living with a Passive Solar Greenhouse!! Reducing temperature variability for both Humans and Plants!

[@deirdredear]

This is so fantastic I love it ! Good work

[@Reciprocity_Soils]

Wonderfully bright idea. Thanks for sharing this ingenious plan for converting the greenhouse into a home. Peace and health on your next adventures.

[@ladymechanic7533]

Thanks for sharing your Greenhouse conversion! You are right, there is not much out there on this, but if you have any links to other such projects, I would really appreciate any leads!

[@brownworld2605]

Sorry, I haven’t seen any. But when I was a greenhouse contractor I did work on a greenhouse home conversion that was magnificent. It had indoor bamboo gardens, ponds, 30’+ ceiling, amazing tile work, loft. It was beautiful!! I really wish I would have taken a video tour.

[@pecosriverrat]

So much fun staying there! Beautiful place, atmosphere & abundant aloha. The shower was the best!!! 🌸

[@pennygiller2377]

What a fantastic idea! Makes me want to place a small greenhouse on the deck to sit in and grow plants.

[@shaynenbock3473]

Work of art - love how art/nature connection and re-using materials. Thank you for sharing!

[@dede8250]

My sister lived on the Big Island and converted half of her flower packing shed which was attached to her greenhouse into a living space. She lived there for years.

[@RPB-1]

It's like paradise! Very cool👍

[@TheQueenOfDreams]

I hear the coqui frogs and my heart smiles. ☺️ I know they are “invasive,” but also so tranquilizing and endearing…

[@ThestuffthatSaralikes]

I just want to live some where I can live with only 3 outer walls. Have my garden *rightthere* … Bring the indoors- out and outdoors- in!! Yep, that shower is just *chefs kiss* Amazing. Your mosaics are just beautiful. They seem as if they’ve been there forever- somehow before the house. They just fit so well with the surroundings and environment. I’m positively head over heels in love with this home and the concept! Sorry you have to leave.

[@loreneknight9755]

What a lively space!! My best to you in your next adventure.

[@whatyouseenow411]

Great idea in the right location! I live in Texas and to live in something like this would be impossible!

[@trudymccann3671]

Love it, lived on the Big Island for three months 1995, simply wonderful. Thank you for sharing your creative conversion. Love the Granite Backsplash, the Setback of the Slab, the immediate garden area, Sweet! Good luck with your new adventure. You brought back many memories. God Bless.

[@jeevapillay2581]

Why are you leaving so much behind and what a beautiful home. I like everything but loneliness that I felt watching this video.

[@freiundglucklich1741]

Really nice, It is a dream of mine and many other people I guess to live with an attached greenhouse

[@user-oi6hm5ke2n]

Beautiful green home 🏠🏡, much Love n Aloha to you Brada, from Honolulu Hawaii Aloha

[@marianlincoln9008]

My whole LIFE I've ALWAYS wanted to live in a Greenhouse with the plants as the room dividers except for the bathroom and the bedrooms. otherwise open airy and growing.

[@MariaChelidoni]

The house is beautiful! Very inspiring. Just a note only: the way the camera moves is tyring (especially for people who get dizzy easily ).

[@marcela6802]

Agreed. Got dizzy too

[@startpage717]

Agree. They must be a friend or something. Unfortunate as the property seems to be really beautiful...

[@brownworld2605]

Thanks for suggestions. It was a spur of the moment video on a phone. Agree with everything you said and I’m not one to love being in front of the camera.

[@joedonzi9552]

@@brownworld2605 Hi I liked your video hugely , I am in Florida , building codes are a headache here but I will contact a few suppliers of green houses to see what is possible for a livable structure ? Hope you will make another video assembling a 30 X 50 or larger greenhouse. Thanks for sharing , joey d.

[@annwithaplan9766]

@@brownworld2605 - I hope you will be able to do something similar at your new location! Good job there.

[@rickyting5414]

Thank you for sharing, I've been looking for any ideas something like this years ago. Nice built

[@avagrego3195]

Cute, well done.

[@lindyk42]

This is really cool

[@entune85]

Thank you so much for sharing! The three foot set back is a new idea I can use for other situations as well!

[@AwakenedSon]

I love the concept and I would love to live in a greenhouse. A tip for the camera-person: try to focus on one area which includes multiple aspects instead of moving back and for to each; this creates quite a sickening motion-sickness effect which is off-putting. I assume you wanted to film everything in a continuous shot to work around editing, but it's well worth using multiple shots and angles with transitions in between to reduce the amount of movement. Thank you for the tour.

[@itsmiz6737]

Thank you for the tour! It's a wonderful, real-life (Hawaii & tropical) example for adapting a greenhouse - major idea gathering. 💡 The comments/discussion also gave some great food for for thought. Mahalo ~

[@Davett53]

2023,...Very Cool!.........Great idea. I love the mosaics, and the floor plan.

[@erroleabrown4317]

Actually i think the green house living is excellent, you have a beautiful friendly set up with the earth, again take care.

[@janejarve]

Wow! I never would have thought you could convert a greenhouse into a house! Ingenious, but I don't suppose this idea would take off in Ireland, considering our weather! ☺

[@shaynenbock3473]

I think it would work probably would have to switch things up to keep the warmth in and wow the beautiful views you would have.

[@BLwestofd]

I've seen some videos on KZbin where people are encasing their homes in green houses in Scandinavia. If they could do it you should be able to as well.

[@janejarve]

@@BLwestofd Thanks for the information! ☘️

[@janejarve]

@@shaynenbock3473 Thanks Shaynen. ☘️

[@Westview77]

I was thinking the same! But an external glasshouse 'shell ' should work. The nature house inside the geodesic dome in Sweden is a good inspiration. But our planning laws in Ireland might be a problem..

[@robertmdaniels]

This is something I was dreaming about since I was in my teens. Great job! Love it! Bob

[@pamelanaylor6283]

Absolutely Beautiful! So many wonderfully inspiring things to take away from this place ... thank you for sharing!

[@crochetingaroundnewzealand]

I love this. Excellent

[@christinemendonca5255]

Very unique, I love the outdoor toilet and bath. Thanks for sharing. May God bless u with your other home.

[@mary-annnstednielsen5300]

It is beautiful 🙏🏻

[@Babylon2060]

I wouldn't be able to move out of a home like that lol

[@liveinagreenhouse]

It's not a home; it's a temporary guest house.

[@StarkeyatRingo]

It makes me smile, I love it and I want it!

[@chadness7058]

Perfect! Really really like it! Thanks for sharing!

[@OfftoShambala]

Truly my dream home 👩‍🌾

[@jackiepayne1902]

I LOVE it!

[@sharynlikantor]

So unique!

[@julianpoh]

It’s really nice how the living spaces spill out onto the garden plots. All under one soaring roof. Must have felt amazing when walking through. A few bamboo blinds here and there to screen for framing and privacy will have felt great. It’ll lit up with some large paper lamps

[@josima11]

Great ideas for my property in the Great Smoky Mountains which is also a rain forest.

[@ruthpeet2350]

Why would you ever leave this place. So Beautiful.

[@studioaga734]

I could definitely live like that❣️

[@jalieeen]

That is really neat!! Such a creative way to use a space. Thanks for sharing!

[@theoccasionalvideo]

Hope you enjoy your new home.

[@wolfie3599]

That was an amazing idea

[@v.g.4817]

You made it really beautiful, you have very good taste, aesthetic eyes and capable hands. I wish you prosperity in everything you do. 😇🤗🤩🤞✌👏❤

[@user-hv1fm4ug7e]

Love your outlay of the place..

[@jaditelady173mary4]

Love that shower. I like the bathroom separated. I wonder about the heat being too much in the summertime.

[@brownworld2605]

Not a problem where this is located. It rarely goes above 90* F in the summer here. Even when it does all the screens allow heat to escape easily.

[@closetcleaner]

Hurricane was my first thought as I started watching this video. Glad you mentioned it.

[@SuzanneDesign]

Love the concept & execution ❤️

[@stevesamoffgridsmallholdin5378]

Great video well done different & creative 🙂

[@zgl4372]

Is nice but the cameraman turning makes it bit dizzying to watch

[@menthamelissa5094]

very special. very beautiful. 🧡

[@mayyang4756]

Love it. The shower is my favorite.

[@elizabethclaiborne6461]

Really nice! But a Hawian rainforest is climate friendly for a house with screen walls, where I am people die off heat exhaustion half the year. And it can freeze in winter. You need walls and central air. But, must have been a beautiful place to live!

[@goodingwashington6099]

Have you looked up earthships? There are architectures that keep you cool in summer and warm during winter. With the invent of electricity humans have taken shortcuts.

[@liveinagreenhouse]

@Elizabeth Claiborne You are correct. If you actually want to live fulltime in a greenhouse it has to be in a house inside the greenhouse. There are a handful of greenhouse-enclosed homes in Europe and mine is the only one in the United States.

[@sshaw4429]

What a great home!

[@yoopermann7942]

that a cool set up for that type of climate , i dont think that would handle a usda zone 4 climate area or the building codes ... this is what i been thinking of living in a green house/ building a small house in a green house

[@bigjeffsb]

You can build a live in greenhouse in any climate zone, basically a low tech "earthship" As for code Best to do it on land with no codes but I have seen so very tricky "sunrooms" all to code

[@yoopermann7942]

@@bigjeffsb i`m still researching how to do this, i`m thinking just build a small house an put a green house up around the house

[@bigjeffsb]

@@yoopermann7942 I have done some research & helped build a bunch of camps, cabins & greenhouses. With a 4 month grow season your best choice will be a passive greenhouse, rocket mass heater Hybrid with a lot of thermal Mass. Double insulated north wall, Insulated east & west walls (with air vents), full greenhouse South Wall, sunken in 3 ft, Vertical Glass*(very important)* with skylights. This will give you a 12-month growing season with the least amount of work

[@yoopermann7942]

@@bigjeffsb thank you,the building codes are tough here in the area i am currently living, i ust might have to relocate as this would be a possabilty for me to think about

[@kmsand5905]

@yoopermann there are KZbin videos of homes in Sweden where homes were surrounded by a greenhouse, even a coffee shop. It is very possible.

[@freiundglucklich1741]

I Appricade that you shared that with us :) Thanks and good luck on your journey

[@lizfdez193]

It's gorgeous. I love it

[@normisgarden8353]

Very clever temporary set up. Great idea for temporary stay or airbnb. Love the bathroom set up, the steps the floors especially the shower (inside outside concept). Nice!😊

[@HikikomoriGirlHound]

Omg! Omg! I always wanted a greenhouse kitchen. I think its beautiful good job papi!!!!!

[@CATherine001]

I really love your green house-green home. Love the walk path, retaining wall and bathroom/shower. What I can see that might be uncomfortable for others is the see through bamboo privacy screen, I would swap it out with cedar shingles for more privacy. Also some shelves and hooks in shower for changing clothes and towels. Really minor fixes! Best I have seen thus far ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@lorilawrence-ham4866]

I was wondering about the fact that they are in a rainforest, there are snakes, spiders and iguana's...around the bottom of the showers appeared to have a couple inch open gap where the walls would normally meet the floor...imagine a snake slithering in and up your leg while you shower!!! thats a SOLID HELL NAW from me... I did see there was screens around the whole top so there would be no flies/mosquitos ect which is a great thought, thats also why I wondered about the bottom being open like this...maybe it isn't as open as it seems, I hope not....but it appears to be .

[@brownworld2605]

@@lorilawrence-ham4866 luckily, in Hawaii we have no snakes, spiders or iguanas. The bottom was open so it could be hosed out and ventilate. In the tropics wet wood in contact with the ground is sure to rot quickly.

[@brownworld2605]

The shower was quite private with plywood wall going up about 4’8”. The a double layer of bamboo above that. There was no line of sight from neighbors etc and just generally in a really private part of property. There was the potential if you really tried but you would have to be intentionally trying not just casually passing by. All the guests I had loved it.

[@CATherine001]

@@brownworld2605 I believe you. Personally I like a little more privacy.

[@jekalambert9412]

@@lorilawrence-ham4866 Cedar is not widely available in Hawaii.

[@SparkledOctopi]

This video was super helpful 💪 thank you 🤗

[@jadakerek6880]

Thanks for sharing! Love it.

[@christiandreamer8728]

I love it!,,,

[@Tinastiny]

Beautiful ❤

[@ygrittesnow1701]

Awesome relatively low cost build. Not being the creative construction type I would have gotten a small camper and put it in the one side for myself. Odd I stumbled onto this. Was think of something very similar.

[@Jenoveryonder]

I wanna live there!

[@susanshaver912]

What a wonderful place to live! Wouldn't work here in our Upper Peninsula of Michigan climate!

[@michaelnurse9089]

There is another video of a cold climate house in a green house where it works. Cost is at the other end of the spectrum though...

[@phylliswangwe708]

@@michaelnurse9089 Please share the link i see it

[@jeweloftheisle498]

Beautiful

[@arthurcronin7588]

Love it

[@MsTeaRex]

That's awesome, very pretty

[@elwoodbluesmorris2120]

I am looking to do an outside toilet and shower area for a tiny home we are building in our garden, this was a really cool idea, thank you for sharing.

[@nikhatjehanfarooqui5432]

Very beautiful

[@BushImports]

That is really nice, thanks man.

[@ateenayeung9065]

So beautiful design

[@sashanealand8315]

cool im on the big island too building from a much smaller steel tube greenhouse that is 6x13 into a workshop

[@cherokeejames.nocomment.b1112]

Sunlight is awesome