Homes & lifestyle ideas.

Starbucks has opened a stylish new coffee shop in Hualien City, Taiwan but there's something different about this location.

Affordable and eco-friendly housing? It may sound too good to be true, but as time goes on, there are more and more options available when it comes to eco-friendly and affordable homes.

How cool would it be to walk through a city and see these cute tiny greenhouses around? One designer created had the idea of creating these cool self-sustaining ecosystems to add to the city landscape to create buildings that are alive in a sense.

Going off the grid can mean a lot of things, but for most people, it means getting off of the electrical grid, and the other conventional grids homes are connected to.

Eco homes and cob housing are becoming more popular than ever in modern day architecture even though they are ancient homebuilding techniques.

This one bedroom boathouse cottage located in the Canadian Shield is a budget-friendly renovation.

This unique small house design has a floating wood stove and a folding wall to open up the space to the outdoors.

This 350-square-foot tiny cabin is located on the Olympic Peninsula, Washington.

Like a little rabbit burrow in the side of the hill, this-this eco-home in the Swiss village of Vals is the perfect getaway for any occasion.

When space is limited, make use of the space you have.

Where this chic cabin stands, was once a home that was practically falling apart.

Back in 2015, Kathrin and Brian Smirke of We Are In Our Element purchased an old shack in the desert for only $7,000 and turned it into an amazing vacation cottage.

Wouldn't you love the chance to stay in this geo-dome home in the desert? Owned by a great couple Kathrin and Brian Smirke, the Dome in the Desert is available for rent through Airbnb.

Cuckooz, a company who creates beautiful, design-led apartments in London’s most vibrant neighborhoods, has teamed up with the award-winning mattress company Simba to help create The Zed Rooms.

This 354 square foot prefab design is made from galvanized steel, wood and slate, located in northwestern Spain and took only five hours to erect.

This polycarbonate tiny house is an affordable vacation home in Chile.

The Whitepod located in Monthey, Switzerland is an eco-luxury hotel that features architecturally fascinating high-tech tents.

CABN are off-grid tiny homes that are entirely self-sustainable and are being placed on beautiful parcels of land all over Australia.

The NOMAD Cube is a tiny house building that can move and adapt to almost any location.

With the high costs of building a new home, there are several new housing trends that are gaining in popularity.

This adorable cottage vacation rental is located in Point Roberts, British Columbia.

This wood cabin vacation home sits nearly 3,700 feet above sea level on a scenic mountain overlook near Imingfjell, Norway.

The Redshank is a tiny house that looks hovers above the Essex marshland on steel poles that are painted red like the legs of the wading bird that is its namesake.

Some people are saving more than $400 per month on living expenses just by living in a smaller home.

This tiny house on wheels is a bespoke eco-retreat on the island of Crete, Greece.

This modern prefab home takes off-grid living to a whole new level.

A home design that's out of this world, The “Spaceship house is a small vacation home that's owned by designer Angelina Rennell’s mother, Cynthia.

Elspeth Beard quite a remarkable person not only for her achievements as an architect but for the way she lives her life with passion and drive.

When living in a smaller space, it's not only important to downsize, but it's also crucial to look at the space differently too.

This cedar clad summer cottage is like nothing you've seen before.