alternative living spaces

CANOPY & STARS, AIR BNB, KIP HIDEAWAYS

A perfect escape from life on the road, for my boyfriend and I, would always be as straight forward as a motel with a shower, washing machine/dryer and a ceiling high enough for us to stand up straight under. An oven was an added bonus! Each year my parents [M&M] would kindly book me a stay for my birthday and as a Christmas gift. M&M would get carried away finding some classic Kiwi outhouses and self-built shacks in rural places, which of course came with the interesting hosts who created these spaces. We learnt a lot about sustainable and eco-friendly builds, as well as discovering how much we loved to stay somewhere out of reach- where stillness overpowered everything else, peace and comfort hypnotised us and memories were made to stay. The more and more we chose to stay in unique builds over motels [and the older I got with each birthday], the more we felt connected to the present moment. Little did we know, that over time it would simply become “our thing”.