Maine

Yay for Maine! Tiny Homes Count as Dwellings in the Pine Tree State

Another state has opened up its arms to the tiny house community. This time the news come from the Atlantic Coast rather than the West. Maine is the latest state to allow tiny homes and tiny homes on wheels as residences. This month, Maine Governor Janet Mills signed a new … Read more

The Exquisite Glamping Huts of Maine’s Sandy Pines Campground

by Christina Nellemann

If you ever needed a place to try out a variety of tiny living options, head up to Kennebunkport, Maine and the Sandy Pines Campground. The campground not only features Airstreams and traditional conestoga wagons, but also stargzing huts and A-frame “Hideway Huts”. Sandy Pines Campground has cottages, wagons and … Read more

Maine Tree Dwellings Even Have a Hot Tub with a View

by Christina Nellemann

Inspired by the waterway views from some newly purchased land in Maine, builders and artists Loren Francis, Ida Lennestål, Marsha Dunn and Philip Francis decided that the best structure to take advantage of the vistas would be a tree house. Seguin tree dwellings are located in Georgetown, Maine. Consequently not … Read more

Tiny Homes of Maine and the State’s New IRC Codes

by Christina Nellemann

Most people are familiar with the state of Maine for its beautiful coastline and decadent seafood. Now Maine can be famous for being the second state to adopt the IRC Tiny House Appendix V. In 2018 the state’s building codes have an addition that includes construction guidelines for tiny houses. … Read more

Tiny Houses of Maine Offer Shells, Trailers and ADU

by Christina Nellemann

Carpenter Luke Lucier began to build tiny homes on wheels, not only for their mobility, but because he felt that the THOW fits the lifestyles of Mainers. Many people in this northern state live in rural areas and can now live more affordably and sustainably with another tiny house option … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

by Kent Griswold

Rhonda Kivlin of Westwood, Massachusetts sent in this week’s Tiny House in a Landscape feature. She says: “I snapped this picture of three abandoned tiny houses while hiking near Wolfe’s Neck Farm in Freeport, Maine. Because there was a fence, I couldn’t get any closer, but I sure wanted to … Read more

Livesey’s Little Houses

by Kent Griswold

by Jay Livesey I’ve been really impressed with the Tiny Homes book by Lloyd Kahn and Tumbleweed’s DIY Book of Backyard Sheds and Tiny Houses by Jay Shafer and I wanted to tell you about my sheds. Having been in the construction business for 30 years I have become a believer in … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

by Kent Griswold

Bob Hepburn sent me a neat picture of his cabin to use in the Tiny House in a Landscape feature. Here is a little information about it from Bob. Called “My Father’s Cabin” in Casco, Maine. It’s a 12 x 16 x 15 foot affair with a nice spacious loft … Read more

1959 Chevrolet Viking Short Bus Guest Bedroom

by Kent Griswold

Kasey March who does the proofing and editing on the posts here on the Tiny House Blog made this neat find. Portland, Maine architect Will Winkelman provided this restoration on a 1959 Chevrolet Viking short bus. His client was looking for something flexible and moveable for both wilderness exploration as … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

by Kent Griswold

This week’s Tiny House in a Landscape is of a little shanty boat called the Charles Andrew. It is part of a fleet of un-powered houseboats moored in Riggs Cove in Georgetown, Maine. The Charles Andrew can sleep up to five and is accessed by a 16 foot skiff. The … Read more

The Chapman Ridge

by Kent Griswold

This house is designed and built lt by John Hilmer. It has a bell swoop at the bottom and finishes at the top with a beautiful cupola that is utilized to vent the building.

The house is made of hemlock and pine from the woods of Maine and sawn by a local sawyer in Athens, Maine.

Since it is almost only wood and nails the building releases minimal off gases. No harmful glues and plastics are used. The building is built using mostly hand tools so as to lower the carbon footprint of the builders and customer. The walls are sheathed with boards the old-fasioned way so no ply wood is used that contains harmful glue.

Bungalow In A Box

by Kent Griswold

Raoul and Vicki Hennin founded Montsweag Brook Corporation on the coast of Maine in 1998 to fulfill their creative entrepreneurial dreams. His Bungalows surprise and delight clients with a substance and scale not found in other kit designs. Before delivery on site, bungalow components are precisely crafted in the Bungalow … Read more