Tiny House In a Landscape

Windmille Cove Park Model with the Bay Window and Loft(1)

This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape is of a Park Model Home located at Windmill Cove in Central California. A park model seems to be ideal as a tiny living space for two people. My wife and I are in the process of downsizing and looking for a new … Read more

ideabox 360 Square Foot minibox

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by Jim Russell Hope all is good with you! Seems the last time we talked we were talking about the “AKTIV” house…. a simple cottage that kind of took on a life of its own. The waters have calmed since then, which is nice. The AKTIV is a great house, … Read more

Roten Small Home Retreat Update

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by Paul and Shari Roten I covered the Rotens “Ideabox” inspired Small Home back in December of 2012 and they recently sent me an update to share with you. We’ve had a crazy few months, but wanted to share some of our news! Mother’s Day was spent moving into a 29ft … Read more

Rotens “Ideabox” inspired Small Home

Paul and Shari

by Paul and Shari Roten We are the former owners of Kaizen Tile & Stone in the Seattle area, although are both originally from small towns in the Midwest of the USA. We spent years renovating others homes as well as our own cottage in West Seattle prior to starting our … Read more

ideabox’s New minibox

I covered the ideabox several years ago. It is one of my favorites. I wanted to share with you their newest design concept. Its called ‘minibox’, 200 sq ft of open space, aimed at bringing the outdoors in. Taylor Russell from ideabox shared the following information with me.

ideabox is a small home design company based in Salem, Oregon. They have homes ranging from 200 sq ft to 1250 sq ft, all prefabricated and ready to go.

It’s one thing to be small. Quite another to be so full of personality you live beyond your shell. Everything minibox is about is living big. Clever combinations of natural cedar and galvalume metal creates a confident exterior and a totally cool persona.

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