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Colorado’s Tiny House Movement, Communities and Resources Galore

The tiny house movement in Colorado is booming. Despite limited legal parking opportunities for tiny homes on wheels. But that is changing in a big way, thanks to community developers and local advocates. Their efforts have been aided by all the positive press about the last few years’ exuberant festivals, … Read more

Happy Camper Wives Live Full-Time in a T@B Camper

by Christina Nellemann

If you think that downsizing into 200 square feet is a challenge, how about squeezing two people and two dogs into an 182 inch camper? After working 50+ hour weeks and commuting more than three hours a day in San Francisco, Jessi and Valerie of Happy Camper Wives had enough … Read more

Collapsible bowtop wagon on Instructables

by Christina Nellemann

Instructables contributor and tiny house enthusiast, ganeshruskin, built and actually lived in an 8×4 foot collapsible bowtop wagon. His design is reminiscent of both a European vardo and a western sheep wagon. The plans and instructions are available on the the Instructables website.

Eric’s “McMansion” of Tiny Houses on its Way to Oregon

by Christina Nellemann

Some Tiny House Blog readers may remember E ric John Jacobs and his “McMansion” of tiny houses that was built with the help from wood shop class students at a Reno, Nev. high school. The “McMansion” is nearly completed and Eric is now parking his new home on a five acre farm near Applegate, Oregon.

Tiny House in a Landscape

by Kent Griswold

Val sent in this week’s Tiny House in a Landscape photo. She describes the location for us. It sits on a small rise, surrounded by the big trees, but at the edge is cut below that grade, a parking lot and commercial building. The other side is a fast moving … Read more

Marcia’s Soo Line Caboose

by Christina Nellemann

Marcia Weber lives full-time in a Soo Line train caboose that was built in 1909. She purchased the caboose with her husband at the Tunerville Station in Whippany, New Jersey in 1975 from an ad in the Wall Street Journal that simply said “wooden cabooses for sale.”