Meet Stephanie from Our Life With Purpose!
Homesteading, DIY, and Tiny House Living; Simplicity and minimalism with three busy tiny humans!
Welcome to Our Life With Purpose! This is the place I hope to share valuable information I have come across while raising tiny humans with special needs and diets, as well as our homesteading and DIY life in our homemade tiny home.
About Me
Hi, my name is Stephanie! I live just outside of a small historic town in WA state with my husband Michael and our three crazy kiddos. We have two girls and one boy, and they are all very busy tiny humans! We live together on a farm surrounded by woods in a tiny house that we built on my parent’s property.
I grew up here on this very property and I can’t imagine living anywhere else. I went to college in the “big city” and being a small town country girl, I could not wait to get away and come back to my very own little (or tiny in this case) house in the big woods.
My Family
My husband Michael and I were married in 2013, and were finally able to move back to the family property in 2015. We renovated a small (8’x12′) playhouse that my dad built when I was little and we moved into it, thus starting our tiny house life. At the time, this was our only housing option. No septic, no running water, but we didn’t mind because all we wanted was our own place! We didn’t have the funds to rent, nor were there really any rental/housing options at the time. They are still very limited to non existent around here.
As long as I can remember, my dream has been to build a big farmhouse on the family property. It still is, but it is taking a little longer than we anticipated. Eight years and three babies later, we still live in the same tiny house, though we have since added on a little. Altogether our house is now around 277 sq. ft.
Our Purpose
With our limited space and finances we have to get quite creative! We spend a lot of time outdoors and everything is homemade! DIY and making things from scratch are daily activities. We love essential oils and we incorporate them into our everyday life. I am a big believer in nutrition and a holistic lifestyle being key to health and wellness. With our daughter’s special needs and all our kids’ special diets, we take advantage of all the ideas we can get from Pinterest and other people’s blogs. I only hope I can help others with what I have learned and discovered along this journey!