They have agreed to combine efforts, their Green Eco-friendly festival, with Ryan’s tiny house education sessions.  So the tiny house group is officially under the umbrella of the Charlotte Clean and Green Festival, which boasts a huge array of things to do.  Ryan has also arranged to have tours of a completely off the grid container home.  During the day Ryan will be teaching classes on tiny houses, running a booth on urban chickens, and running tours of the container home.

You can do all these things that Ryan is offering, plus they will have a full schedule of free classes on all sorts of green topics.  Ryan will be posting the class schedule, and they are going to be some awesome classes!  There will be 100+ booths on all sorts of green /ecofriendly items.  After the classes have ended the group will break off from the larger festival as the tiny house group and will head off to a large community garden where they will be giving a tour of the garden, the chickens, quail and an informal talk on local sustainable agriculture.  If folks still have time they will grab dinner after and talk. Get the full scoop at The Tiny Life blog.

In a Tiny House, space matters. Your choices about what you put in that space matters even more. One of the bulkier items, that we often find we simply can’t live without is seating. While we spend 8 hours of our day sleeping, we fill the rest of our day with work, leisure and socializing, a lot of which, we do sitting down. As humans, we are by nature social creatures, which mean that not only do we need seating for ourselves, but others too. Having a dinner party, meetings or game night in a Tiny House can be interesting when it comes to providing chairs for everyone. Here are a few ideas of how to balance the need for seating, while conserving space.

This chair was designed by Marina Bautier, with an integrated stool/table. While not in use it is able to be stowed within the foot print of the other. With a natural wood finish, it blends well with a Tiny House interior and one is able to double your capacity with no extra square footage.
Source: http://www.lamaisondemarina.com/

This is an interesting concept where a chair can also be a coat hanger. Designed to fold flat, you can actually hang jackets on it in the closet or just store on the hanger bar for future use. Though an interesting idea, I have yet to figure out what you do with all of your jackets when you need to use the chairs, but I might be over thinking it. It is a very simple design that can easily be done as a DIY with the right skills. http://www.philippemalouin.com/

This concept isn’t very new, but one way to make a seat count more is to have it be a double duty item. Ottomans can be used for seats, tables, footrest, and storage all in one package. They are easy to make or can be purchased in all shapes, colors and sizes.

Finally this concept is also a double duty item. With a quick flip, it changes from a chair to a table depending on your needs. Designer Aissa Logerot came up with the design to meet the needs of those living in smaller spaces. Wood finish and a sturdy, stainless steel frame make for a nice piece.
http://www.aissalogerot.com/#/projects/xy/

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I want to take a moment and extend a welcome to Ryan Mitchell who will be presenting his thoughts and experiences as he joins the Tiny House movement with his new blog The Tiny Life. Here is what Ryan says about his plans for his blog:

The Tiny Life is a resource for those seeking information on Tiny Living, Tiny Houses, etcetera. Our Localize component of our website is to allow those who are interested in these topics to connect with people locally, reguardless of where they may live.

We seek to provide more than just information on Tiny Houses, we aim to have discussions on Living life…..Tiny! So we refer to our site as a Tiny Lifestyle blog.

Ryan lives in Charlotte, NC, he has been following the Tiny House movement for almost a year now and had decided to become a part of it by launching this website! He hopes to build his Tiny House within a year, where he wants to take it with him to pursure his Doctorate in Industrial Organizational Psychology. If you have any comments, concerns etcetera, please don’t hesitate to contact him.

So bookmark Ryan’s blog and visit often. Welcome aboard Ryan!

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