The Farmhouse Edit: Mortgage-Free Homestead Living: DIY Cottage of Your Dreams! | Natalie of Home of Hollands

Simple Farmhouse Life

Lisa Bass

Home & Garden, Leisure

4.9 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2026

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

I hear from many of you who have a dream of living a homestead lifestyle on your own property out in the country. Natalie and her family had a similar dream, and they were determined to do it without taking on a mortgage. Rather than opting for an RV or tiny home, they turned a shed into the cottage of their dreams. Natalie joins me in this episode to share about the process, answer frequently asked questions, and talk through their long-term vision. I hope Natalie’s story inspires your creativity and resourcefulness as you work toward your own dreams! In this episode, we cover: What led Natalie and her family to sell their property in Texas and build a 750 sq. ft. shed home in South Carolina Making a small house work for a large family is easier than you may think Why a shed house is the perfect solution for families who dream of living on land What costs should you factor into a shed home build? These long-term options make a shed home worth the investment What it’s really like living with four young boys in a tiny house Answering the most common questions about Natalie’s shed home Logistics of moving a large family with farm animals ⁠View full show notes on the blog⁠ + ⁠watch this episode on YouTube⁠. ⁠Thank you for supporting the sponsors that make this show possible⁠! ABOUT NATALIE Natalie Holland is a believer, wife, mama to four boys, and stylist turned homemaker. Together with her husband they built a little cottage out of a shed. They work as a team with Natalie taking care of design and Jordan executing her vision. Natalie is passionate about sharing ways to create beauty in everyday life through homemaking. RESOURCES ⁠See the tour of Natalie’s shed home here⁠! ⁠Get your copy of Natalie’s cottage build and design guide⁠ Join my ⁠FREE masterclass⁠ to learn my 4-step framework for making money on YouTube Sit in my ⁠FREE masterclass⁠ to learn the secrets to becoming a full-time blogger Master the rhythm of sourdough with confidence in my ⁠Simple Sourdough course⁠ Gain the sewing knowledge and skills every homemaker needs in my ⁠Simple Sewing series⁠ Learn how you can earn a full-time income from home with my ⁠Create Your Blog Dream course⁠ Turn your content creation dreams into a profitable business with my ⁠YouTube Success Academy⁠ Keep all my favorite sourdough recipes at your fingertips in my ⁠Daily Sourdough cookbook⁠ CONNECT Natalie Holland of Home of Hollands | ⁠Website⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ Lisa Bass of Farmhouse on Boone | ⁠Blog⁠ | ⁠YouTube⁠ | ⁠Instagram⁠ | ⁠TikTok⁠ | ⁠Facebook⁠ | ⁠Pinterest⁠ Do you have a question you’d like me to answer on the podcast? A guest you’d like me to interview? Submit your questions and ideas here: ⁠bit.ly/SFLquestions⁠.

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0:00.0	Either we throw a bunch of money at rent while we build or we build this shed house and that way we can take our time.
0:05.4	We can be on our property. My husband will do some of our build and so he can be here and like oversee it.
0:11.9	And the reason we went with a shed rather than just building a small little house is if it's a shed and you don't go over 16 feet wide, you can actually have it moved off your property. So we can
0:21.6	sell it to another family. We priced out what these are selling for and we're like, okay, great,
0:26.3	so we can live for free and we can turn around and sell it for way more than what we put into it.
0:32.0	My name is Lisa, mother of eight and creator of the blog and YouTube channel Farmhouse on Boob.
0:36.4	On this podcast, I like to talk about
0:38.3	simplifying your life so you can live out your priorities. I help you learn how to cook from scratch
0:42.8	and decorate on a budget through this podcast and my courses simple sourdough in the simple sewing
0:47.9	series. I also help people reach their goals from home through my business courses, create your
0:52.7	blog dream, and YouTube Success
0:54.3	Academy. I will leave links to these resources in the show notes and description box below.
0:58.5	Now let's get into the show.
1:03.5	Welcome back to the Simple Farmhouse Life podcast. Today, I'm having on Natalie from Home of Holland
1:09.2	over on Instagram and YouTube.
1:11.8	We are going to talk about how she and her husband took a 16 by 48 foot shed and turn it into a beautiful tiny home with ample space for cooking from scratch and homeschooling their four children on property.
1:26.9	So the idea was to live mortgage-free
1:29.7	on a piece of property. So many of us want to do that, but then financially we try to figure
1:34.8	out how we could do it. Maybe we could live in an RV. Maybe we could live in a tent, just something
1:39.9	to get us out on property. She came up with a beautiful solution. I think you're going to find
1:44.6	this conversation, very interesting. Well, Natalie, thank you so much for joining us. I think a lot of
1:49.0	people are going to find your story very fascinating. A lot of people have already heard of your
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