A couple living on a 59-foot narrowboat they say cost $47,000 gave viewers a tour of their bohemian 'sanctuary.' Take a look inside.
Geoff Weiss
- Adam Lind and Lauren Coley reside on a narrowboat, or a type of boat designed to traverse the UK canal system.
- The couple has been chronicling their interior design plans and DIY renovations on TikTok.
A couple on TikTok has gained 220,000 followers chronicling the day-to-day living on their 59-foot narrowboat — or the name given to a type of vessel designed to fit the narrow passages of the UK canal system.
Adam Lind, his wife Lauren Coley, and their dog, Shanti shared a walkthrough of the boat on TikTok last week that has garnered half a million views. In addition to Coley's bathroom DIY, Lind has chronicled upgrades to the boat's exterior and their other daily life rituals.
Commenters have been largely marveling at the cozy space, while have been more skeptical and nervous about the tight corners and physics of living in a narrowboat.
"With everything on one side of the boat, do you feel that it is tilting to that side?" one asked.
"I think it would be really cool if you build a tugboat as a bed and breakfast and pulled behind your narrow," another wrote. Lind responded that they had once considered the idea.
Take a look inside the couple's floating home:
Initially resistant to the boat's 'reverse layout,' the couple has come to love it.
Lind starts the tour by saying the boat, which he told a commenter was purchased for £38,000 (or roughly $47,000), features a "reverse layout," meaning you enter through the kitchen to access the rest of the living area.
He was initially resistant to the idea, he said, but he's come to love it.
The walls are painted light blue, there's a washing machine under the kitchen counter, and copious spices and cooking products are stacked on shelves along the walls. There's also a window above the sink looking out at the water.
"I really like the separation it brings between here and the living space," Lind says. "When I'm cooking in here in the evening, it's my own little sanctuary."
Shanti rests in the couple's cozy bedroom.
A door then leads to the couple's cozy sleeping space, where viewers catch a glimpse of a narrow bed adorned with cabinets and decor.
While snug, some commenters felt the tight quarters would be untenable: "My lower back could never," one wrote.
Coley revamped the bathroom while Lind was out of town.
Right past the bedroom, behind a sliding door, is the couple's bathroom. Lind notes that it is the first room the couple has "completely renovated," and the only room where they've painted over the boat's original wood.
The bathroom features a tile wall, a compost toilet, a stone-bowl sink, and decorative hanging houseplants and crystals.
In her the bathroom DIY vlog, Lind said she built a new laundry hamper and laid new flooring by herself.
"DIY projects give me a great sense of achievement," she said, "and I think Adam should go away more often."
One non-negotiable for the couple? Enough floor space for yoga in their living room, they said.
Finally, at the front end of the boat, is Lind and Coley's "living space," a sunlit room with a turquoise couch. Lind notes that the couple has "kept everything on one side of the room to leave enough floor space for yoga."
The room also contains a cozy fireplace, a mannequin adorned with clothing, shelves of pottery and books, and even more greenery – or, as Lind puts it, "more houseplants than a garden center."
You can check out the couple's TikTok tour in full below:
Insider has reached out to Lind and Coley.
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