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Tiny House in a Landscape

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Andrew from Australia sent me this photo that has been artistically enhanced by a friend. The little house is called a “Shed with a Twist” and is exactly that. The Shed has power and running water, with a telephone line that was run but not connected. The shed is approx … Read more

Cathy Johnson’s Artist Shed/Mini-Office

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Following is a guest post from Derek Diedricksen of Relaxshax blog.

Cathy (Kate) Johnson is one of the people who kindly emailed me some pictures of her own tiny house/shed/cabin/fort/shack creation- which I’ll include in my book through The Lyons Press- due out Fall 2011. We’re still accepting photo submissions, ideas, and general words of tiny house wisdom for this book which will be LOADED with tiny house designs! kidcedar@gmail.com

We recently posted a few shedworking/tiny house photos and sketches from artist/tiny house author Cathy (Kate) Johnson on this very blog, and now having emailed back and forth with her many times, here’s a little more of what has transpired, informationally- as well as a couple more of her really cool sketches and watercolors….

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Amish Built Hunting Cabin

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Rhonda just brought this to my attention and I thought I’d better get it out there in case someone wants it. Amish Built Playhouse/ Hunting cabin – $3500 (New Albany) Playhouse Amish built, could be used as a hunting cabin or shed or art studio. 15 feet long 8 feet … Read more

For Sale – Custom made Western Saloon Building

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FOR SALE – Custom made Western Saloon building (8’ x 16’) – $4500

An 8’ x 16’ custom-built Western Saloon building, complete with a front porch and metal roof. The porch railing encloses the entire front porch and is removable on both sides, as well as the front center section. The building was built in December 2008 and is in like-new condition. It has been stored on a trailer and only used to store household items. It has 2×4 side walls 16” on center with aspenite (OSB) sheathing covered with cedar clapboard siding. The roof is 2×4 rafters with aspenite sheathing and covered with blue metal roofing.

There are no windows, but they can be easily added. The floor is made of ¾” plywood with 2×8 floor joists 16” on center. This building will make an excellent storage unit, work shop, or play house. Finish the inside and add electricity, etc., and you have an external office, tiny house, or great hunting camp. $4500.

Shipping Information: I will deliver this unit to the buyer’s location if desired. Delivery is free within a 300 mile radius of Mesa, AZ. Beyond the 300 miles, the cost will be 40 cents per mile. Delivery arrangements can be finalized once payment (including additional mileage if required) has been received.

Due to the size and type of item, delivery is available in the U.S.A. ONLY!!!
Contact: Scott Noble, scott_l_noble@hotmail.com
Be sure and  mention you heard about it on the Tiny House Blog

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4th of July Sale on Sonoma Shanty Plans

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Happy 4th of July! I am excited to put the Sonoma Shanty Plans, based on a 120 square foot, 8′ x 15′ simple structure, designed for a tiny house, studio, home office or shed on Sale for this 4th of July week for $22 versus the usual $37. So if … Read more

The Ultimate Shed Tiny House

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Steve Hathaway let me know about this great article called the Ultimate Shed featured in the July/August edition of Family Handyman magazine. This shed/garage is 16 x 20 and around 320 square feet. You would of course need to insulate and finish it take to make a living space out of the shed it would provide, but seems like an interesting starting point for a tiny house. Also, the availability of the the plans is a plus, even if that only takes a would-be DIY builder as far as the structure.

I also like the idea, in general, of converting outbuildings to livable spaces.

Actual photo of completed shed, more photos of the construction in the print magazine.

The basic plans are offered for free at the website as pdf files and you can download them. I’ve put a couple of screen shots of the plans below so you can get an idea what they are like. Since this shed is 320 square feet you will need to check your local requirements before building it. I think it has great possibilities and I’m sure there are many more shed/garage options out there. Please share them with me as you find them and I’ll make this a new tiny house category. I was able to check out the magazine article yesterday and if you are serious about building this shed I would recommend buying it as they detail the construction of the building with photos and descriptions that are not available on the internet. Well worth the $4 you will pay for the magazine. Here is the online magazine link.

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Free Shed in Northern California

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Jenine who has built her own tiny house regularly scours Craigslist and found this Free Shed in Lake County in Northern California. I thought I would put it out in case anyone in the area would like to put it to use as a tiny house. I have another post … Read more

Newfield, New York Tiny House

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Carolyn from New York alerted me to this 14′ x 16′ shed/tiny house available for only $3,000 in Newfield, New York. Located just outside of outside of Ithaca, NY, it looks like it is most likely insulated as it is sheet rocked and since it is so cold in that … Read more

Building a Shed – Fine Homebuilding

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I am in the process of creating a small photo ebook to go along with the Sonoma Shanty plans and one of the resources I found to help in your construction education is located on the Fine Homebulding site called “How to Build a Shed.” This is an excellent video … Read more

Denmark Tiny House Conversion

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Chris recently emailed me about a shed conversion his dad made in Denmark and he wanted to share pictures and tell us more about it: My dad in Denmark recently converted a shed he originally built for his tools into a ‘real’ tiny house, complete with insulation and electricity. No plumbing … Read more