Tiny House Blog

New Yorkers know about tiny house living even though most are apartments. It controls careless purchasing. Biking through Elmhurst Queens in New York City I came upon the cutest little house I’ve seen anywhere in the city. Manhattan likes to claim the narrowest townhouses and a couple are a bit narrower at the front, but this Elmhurst house is wedge-shaped and nearly comes to a point at the back. The side view shows the angled wall. It can’t be more than one room on the main floor but there is a basement.

-David from Astoria, New York

Angelica and her fiance Nic have recently decided to build their own tiny home, they have also decided that by helping someone else build theirs first it would give them an opportunity to prep for the real test, building their own.

Angelica and Nic would like to help someone build their tiny home and are willing to help for FREE. They live in New York City and would be willing to travel a ways to gain the experience. Nic has a lot of experience in carpentry and Angelica was previously an architecture student with experience using heavy duty machinery. They could start as early as this weekend.

If you could use their help please contact them at: [email protected] with information for them to call you and they will call you back.

Derek Diedricksen (Deek) is continuing on his ultra-tiny house tour and will be in New York City this weekend September 25-26 at the Make Magazine Maker Fair 2010. His little “Boxy Lady” will be seen by thousands of people on the highway to and from the event. Plus Deek will be showing off his tiny abode at the fair and promoting the Tiny House Movement through a sign advertising tiny house blogs such as this one.

If you are in the area and would like to see Deek’s “Boxy Lady” and visit with Deek please be sure and attend the fair. I’m excited to see this tour going on and hope you will take advantage of it and enjoy it for me. Read more at Relaxshax.com.

My email account was very busy yesterday with many of you letting me know about this article in the New York Post. I thought I better jump on it and share it with those of you who have not had a chance to read it yet.

Zaarath and Christopher Prokop bought this 175 square foot apartment in New York City for $150,000. Seems expensive to me but I know real estate is very high in NYC.

The couple lives a not so normal life at least to my way of thinking. They store most of their clothes off site at dry cleaners and at work. They also eat out, so no cooking is done in the apartment. They share their home with two cats. Here is what Zaarath has to say:

“I’m amazed we can fit two people and two cats in there,” Zaarath said. “But it’s harmonious at this point. I have friends who say they could never live with their husbands in a place this small. It’s a good thing we like each other enough to live there.”

Read the “Cozy-crazy couple makes tight all right in the city’s tiniest studio” at the New York Post.

Photo Credit Angel Chevrestt of the New York Post