Comments on: Jay Shafer’s New Small House Book

By: Revisiting (again) unique, small-home design | Home Owner Nut

Revisiting (again) unique, small-home design | Home Owner Nut — Fri, 08 Jul 2011 01:43:00 +0000

[...] Shafer’s Tiny House Blog is currently selling Jay’s The Small House Book, 197 pages. The book features a portfolio of [...]

By: Nurudeen Binuyo

Nurudeen Binuyo — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 05:43:46 +0000

An access to Jay’s book would be excellent to learn from; as this movement is indeed a breakthrough.
More than this however, I wish I could get on the train with Jay if he wouldn’t mind having me as an apprentice.
For me, this new approach makes a whole lot of sense and it is worth the “tiny, little” spending.

By: Test Post | Tiny House Journal

Test Post | Tiny House Journal — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 22:33:18 +0000

[...] The Small House Book by Jay Shafer See and read more here…Or [...]

By: M. Troy

M. Troy — Fri, 10 Apr 2009 01:09:33 +0000

I bought the “pamphlets”. After this post I’m going to buy the book. Soon, I’ll be purchasing plans for the Fencl. In about a year I hope to have those books on the shelf in my little house. It’s MY choice. Plans, books, a house that suits me, easy upkeep, and low utilities for under $30k. If I were to focus on this “high” price I wouldn’t notice the untold $10′s of thousands the banks alone would be making off me. Yes, I choose VALUE. Hmm, maybe I’m the one ripping off Mr. Shafer.

By: Donna F

Donna F — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 05:58:35 +0000

In regards to Jay’s book and it’s hefty price…

Perhaps we could convince our local libraries to buy a copy of it, then we could all just go check it out and read it for free…but not at the same time! =-)

By: Randy

Randy — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 12:56:57 +0000

A tip of the hat to Jay regarding his new book. I understand it represents an enormous contribution of time and energy to the movement we all love – small houses, but … there’s that big old but … $36.95, in these economic times, is just not a wise book to price ratio. I support Jay’s work wish him well and would otherwise buy his book to illustrate my support, but times are hard and my funds are limited and, respectfully, I just cannot justify that price.

By: New Tiny House Book from Jay Shafer

New Tiny House Book from Jay Shafer — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 22:33:45 +0000

[...] The book is available starting April exclusively on the Tiny House Blog. [...]

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 18:49:09 +0000

Jay is an artist at heart and loves to photoshop and spends hours perfecting it. I agree about the floating home, I hope you can swim!

By: EJ

EJ — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 17:20:05 +0000

I actually returned Jay previous “book” as it was a series of over priced booklets with no new information.

Interesting perspective on photo-shopping. I see it as lying or at least stretching the truth, others may see it as being creative. While some people might love the cover “cool house on the lake” I wonder about wind, access, utilities, why no way to walk around the house etc. Practical things. To me it becomes a silly, intellectual exercise in who can fool around most convincingly with image manipulation.

By: Kent

Kent — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 14:16:32 +0000

Hi Lellewynn – thank you for your kind words and I’m glad you enjoy the blog. I enjoy publishing it and finding people who are living the tiny house lifestyle. I have met some really cool people along the way and plan to meet more in the future.

It’s good to have all angles and opinions and I appreciate JD stepping in and saying what he thinks. We may not agree on everything but hopefully in the long run a good discussion will help the tiny house movement grow…Kent