Five years of living in a tiny home taught me that the biggest sacrifices had nothing to do with space or stuff

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Author Amber McDaniel sitting at small dining table
Tiny living has changed my perspective on socializing and reshaped how I connect with others.

Amber McDaniel

An interior designer critiqued my neutral living room. Her tips showed me easy tricks to make a space cozy and stylish.

Tech Insider : Business, Style
Beige couches under wood-paneled ceilings
I asked an interior designer to help me make my living room feel super cozy.

Cheyenne Lentz

I moved to Turkey to be with my long-distance boyfriend. He broke up with me 2 months later, but I love my new home.

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Kaitlyn stands in front of a Turkish flag by a river.
I moved to Turkey for love and decided to stay after our break up.

Kaitlyn McInnis

A dad turned his garage into an apartment for his daughter and her fiancé so they could save money

Tech Insider : Business, Style
A side-by-side of a garage apartment and a father and daughter in the same space.
Kaileya McGhee lives in her parents' garage.

Kaileya McGhee

America's first-time homebuyers are disappearing. That's bad news for real estate.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Style
Older person with cane pulling a

Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

By the time she turned 40, Suzie Payne had resigned herself to the fact that she would never be able to buy a home.

Forget wedding registries — many newlyweds would rather you help pay their mortgage

Tech Insider : Business, Economy
Ali and Aislyn Benjamin, posing with their dog on their wedding day.
Ali and Aislyn Benjamin, posing with their dog on their wedding day.

Rakel Blake/Rakel Blake Photography

How Chip and Joanna Gaines turned a tiny shop and real-estate company into a Magnolia empire

Tech Insider : Business
Photo of Chip and Joanna Gaines surrounded by images of how they made their net worth 4x3
Chip and Joanna Gaines turned their real-estate business into a lifestyle empire.

Cindy Ord/Getty Images; Magnolia; Target; Rachel Mendelson/Business Insider

We dreamed of owning a vacation home in the Pacific Northwest. Houses were too expensive, so we bought land and a trailer.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business
Author Sally Marks and Carol smiling with tent in background
In front of outdoor kitchen

Sally Marks

How to fix your open floor plan if it isn't practical for your life, according to interior designers

Tech Insider : Business, Style
An open concept living room with a white couch and brown table.
Business Insider spoke to interior designers about how to break up open floor plans.

Havenly

A 59-year-old downsized to a tiny home on wheels to shrink her housing costs while helping care for her parents

Tech Insider : Business
Julie Lennox and her dog Rizzo
Julie Lennox and her dog Rizzo

Courtesy of Julie Lennox

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