Ever thought about packing up your belongings and jumping in the car to pursue your dreams? If so, you’ll feel truly inspired by Natasha Lawyer and Brett Bashaw! The pair met in a cafe in Seattle in 2013 and married six months later. Having lived in a Volkswagen van, an apartment with a pink carpet and a vintage airstream they decided to pursue their shared passion for pottery and dream of living in a small house in the woods. In 2014 Natasha and Brett packed up their belongings and moved to Vermont, USA where they bought eleven acres of land. They spent their first winter transforming a tiny home (measuring 166 sq. ft / 15.4 sq. m) and building a potting shed, bath house (112 sq. ft / 10.4 sq. m), pottery studio (392 sq. ft /36 sq. m) and chicken coup and christened their new home the ‘
Why Vermont?
We’d always imagined living in a little cabin in the woods and doing that in Seattle was impossible. Seattle is such a boomtown with all the tech companies moving in and it just got too expensive and overwhelming and full of people (and the traffic and transit system are both terrible). We’d travelled through Vermont when we took a six-month trip across North America and it felt so woodsy and open and reminded me a lot of where I grew up in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. So, we made a plan and started to figure out logistics.
Did you buy the property before you moved?
When we sold the airstream and packed up everything we owned into our pickup truck to move to Vermont, we had no idea where we would end up. We’d booked an Airbnb for a few weeks but we had no plans after that.
That is so brave! How did you find the property?
The property we ended up buying was among the first we saw. Eleven acres with a big meadow and acres and acres of maple trees. It just felt so green and open and woodsy and gorgeous. It’s such an amazing place to be.
The washroom |
The Potting shed |
The Pottery Studio |
Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us Natasha – what an incredibly inspiring move! I love your pottery too!
To find out what Natasha and Brett are up to at the homestead on a regular basis, you can find them on Instagram at
Where have you always dreamed of living? Or perhaps you’re already in your ‘forever home’?
Niki
PS
Photography courtesy if
Ever thought about packing up your belongings and jumping in the car to pursue your dreams? If so, you’ll feel truly inspired by Natasha Lawyer and Brett Bashaw! The pair met in a cafe in Seattle in 2013 and married six months later. Having lived in a Volkswagen van, an apartment with a pink carpet and a vintage airstream they decided to pursue their shared passion for pottery and dream of living in a small house in the woods. In 2014 Natasha and Brett packed up their belongings and moved to Vermont, USA where they bought eleven acres of land. They spent their first winter transforming a tiny home (measuring 166 sq. ft / 15.4 sq. m) and building a potting shed, bath house (112 sq. ft / 10.4 sq. m), pottery studio (392 sq. ft /36 sq. m) and chicken coup and christened their new home the ‘
Why Vermont?
We’d always imagined living in a little cabin in the woods and doing that in Seattle was impossible. Seattle is such a boomtown with all the tech companies moving in and it just got too expensive and overwhelming and full of people (and the traffic and transit system are both terrible). We’d travelled through Vermont when we took a six-month trip across North America and it felt so woodsy and open and reminded me a lot of where I grew up in the Canadian Rocky Mountains. So, we made a plan and started to figure out logistics.
Did you buy the property before you moved?
When we sold the airstream and packed up everything we owned into our pickup truck to move to Vermont, we had no idea where we would end up. We’d booked an Airbnb for a few weeks but we had no plans after that.
That is so brave! How did you find the property?
The property we ended up buying was among the first we saw. Eleven acres with a big meadow and acres and acres of maple trees. It just felt so green and open and woodsy and gorgeous. It’s such an amazing place to be.
The washroom |
The Potting shed |
The Pottery Studio |
Thank you so much for taking the time to chat with us Natasha – what an incredibly inspiring move! I love your pottery too!
To find out what Natasha and Brett are up to at the homestead on a regular basis, you can find them on Instagram at
Where have you always dreamed of living? Or perhaps you’re already in your ‘forever home’?
Niki
PS
Photography courtesy if