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Tiny home living in a food forest comes with perk of colourful converted caravan
A Wairoa tiny home and food forest transformed with a colourful caravan mural adds creativity to simple living.

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A Wairoa resident has creatively enhanced her tiny home lifestyle by transforming an old caravan with a vibrant mural from local artist Rebecca Stone. The caravan provides a cheerful view and is situated within a lush food forest cultivated by the owner on her small section.
The colourful artwork features native birds like pīwakawaka and tūī. This unique project was a runner-up in NZ Gardener’s Resene Shed of the Year competition, offering inspiration for adding personality to small spaces.
Wairoa’s Vicky White used the old caravan for storage and as a shed, but it was looking ‘a little rundown’. So she talked to a local artist. Photo: FLORENCE CHARVIN
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