You’ll want to take a look at this video that shows how to build a sleeping loft in an off-grid workshop/tiny house in the forest. The off-grid tiny house video also shows how to inoculate oak logs with shiitake mushroom plugs for more self-reliant food. Off-grid living is all about resourcefulness, simplification, gratefulness, less dependence, more responsibility, reconnection with nature, and love of the planet. Self Reliance is fast becoming a necessary commodity again, not only for personal good but for the good of the planet and civilization.

The video starts with a view of the cozy log cabin surrounded by nature when you are brought inside to begin work on the tiny loft. The natural surroundings alone are sure to inspire and make you want to have an off-grid cabin to either live in or spend some quality time away with family and friends. The tiny house combination workshop is filled with plenty of hand tools, perfect for adding to the tiny house and building the upstairs loft. When living in a tiny house using the space to its fullest is essential, which means using the walls to store tools, having storage underneath furniture, and using shelves for maximum storage benefits.

The tiny house looks right at home surrounded by trees, and snow. The tiny house has a front-covered entrance, perfect for storing firewood and shaking off the snow before entering the cozy abode. The video shows how nothing goes to waste, such as drilling a hole in a tree with the wood spirals being used to start a fire in the cabin’s wood stove, or the snow being put into a kettle on the wood stove for water. It’s calming to watch the video as the owner cuts and drills wood for his projects without the use of loud power tools. You’ll want to watch the entire video for all the details of this off-grid loft cabin.

People go off grid for a variety of reasons. One of the most popular reasons people go off grid is to save money and to be off the main energy grid. People seem to think life will be easier, less stressful, and perhaps even make them happier. With that said going off the grid does take plenty of effort and determination, but needless to say all that fresh is sure to be good for the soul. Living off the grid is all about living a self-sufficient lifestyle, one not dependent on outside resources because you create your resources thereby reducing or eliminating your dependence on a system that could collapse at any moment. The following are some of the benefits of off-grid living.

Sustainable living. It’s about living more sustainably. Without constantly consuming resources, you will be producing more than you consume. This has the added benefit of not only providing for your family but contributing to your local community.

Renewable energy. The use of renewable energy only makes sense. Using an energy source that is not renewable doesn’t make sense in today’s world. Fossil fuels are not renewable, so it makes sense to use sources of energy that are completely renewable and can be shared.

Source: hyggehous.com