Some say that they don't notice the homeless living by garbage dumpsters, so one California artist decided to create a functional home, complete with kitchen, toilet and shower, out of a New York City dumpster that he believes could actually go undetected as a home. It's one of the tiniest mobile homes you might find (yes it is on wheels). It's smaller even than some of the 150-square-foot houses that have gained notoriety.
AOL Real Estate first reported on Gregory Kloehn in September 2011, but others, as seen in the video above, are just taking notice now. It was "a challenge to see if I could make a home that would go undetected in the city," Kloehn, said on HGTV, "People would just walk by. It is in this gray zone of legal housing, illegal homes."
"I was trying to deconstruct what a home can be," he says in the video we first ran, "how you can turn different objects into a home." Since Kloehn constructed his home, tiny homes as a means of alternative living seem only to have gained more notice and inspired more designers. After all, sustainable living, with efficiency and minimal upkeep are all desirable in a home. But living in a dumpster? That gives recycling and repurposing a whole new meaning.
The home has a functional toilet and an outdoor shower that use a six-gallon tank of stored water. The kitchen area comes complete with minibar, stovetop, and an optional outdoor barbecue that runs off of a five-gallon tank of propane.
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