Artist’s tiny home built inside a dumpster is ‘actually amazing’, TikTok video shows
There’s no place like home, even for London artist and architect Harrison Marshall — who lives in a dumpster.
Marshall’s ground zero isn’t your everyday city dumpster. It’s not dirty and it doesn’t come with the faint wafting smell of decaying trash. Instead, it’s craftily decorated, has plants hanging from the ceiling and sunbeams spilling onto the tiny floor.
“This actually amazing the way he’s done it up,” one viewer commented.
Called a “skip house” after the waste container it was built upon, Marshall’s went viral on TikTok after he ran into a content creator who asked how much he paid for rent.
Marshall said his goal was to find a “loophole to live in central London for next to no money,” he told Jub London, the TikTok creator who asked for a tour of his skip house.
While the artist lives inside the dumpster, it’s also meant to be a piece of art inspired by one of Marshall’s previous projects he co-founded, according to Hyperallergic.
The plot of land is sponsored by an arts charity called Antepavillion, so Marshall only pays a small monthly fee to live in the home, he said in the comment section of another video.
Inside the skip house, Marshall has the tiniest mini-fridge known to man, a hot plate, pans, a sink, plants and even a Ring doorbell at the front entrance — which is so small that guests need to crawl in.
“I’m actually surprised at how weirdly big it is,” Jub London, the TikTok creator, told Marshall.
Marshall has a portable toilet but must bathe at the gym or office, Hyperallergic reported.
The artist said he planned to live in the home for at least a year.
“I actually thought he was joking until he showed it,” one viewer said. “It’s actually really cute!”
“The most London thing about this is living in a skip but having a Ring doorbell,” another joked.
Marshall keeps his followers posted on his own TikTok as he spends more time in his tiny home.
This story was originally published March 16, 2023 at 12:18 PM with the headline "Artist’s tiny home built inside a dumpster is ‘actually amazing’, TikTok video shows."
