It’s the time year again. Flowers are blooming; birds are chirping. And tiny house celebrations are commencing. Long gone are the days of 1-2 scattered festivals per year. Enthusiasts can now choose from a delightful slew of events, stretching from coast to coast. Each one provides attendees with the opportunity … Read more
Anyone who has watched HGTV’s “Tiny House Hunters” has seen Randy Jones’s Incredible Tiny Homes. Several of his designs have been featured as a buyer’s option while on their tiny house hunt. What you may not know is how diverse these designs can be and that you can purchase their … Read more
Several eclectic and cozy designs are now available for rent from the Live a Little Chatt. company in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Located at the base of Lookout Mountain, the tiny houses are available for rent on Airbnb and give a interesting look into some new designs. Live a Little Chatt. offers several … Read more
Alex Sumerall of This Cob House recently received his natural building training, but already his Tennessee company also offers plans, guides, workshops, consultations, crew training and books on the natural building technique. Cob is an earthen building material that is made from hand formed loaves of clay, sand, straw, and … Read more
I get requests to share small homes on the Tiny House Blog from time to time. Not everyone can downsize to the extreme tiny houses on wheels and it is nice to see options of smaller homes as well. Dwayne Jones recently sent me one and I wanted to share … Read more
On a recent camping trip to the Gatlinburg, TN area my wife and I were driving around literally searching out tiny houses and tiny cabins. Certainly I can’t be the only one that does this. Alas, if you have ever visited the Gatlinburg or Pigeon Forge areas you will know … Read more
Day two of Deek’s Tiny House Workshop was extremely busy with lots going on. We started out the morning with a demonstration on how to make wooden shakes the old fashioned way by hand. We than continued to work on our different projects. Chairs were completed and the tree house … Read more
Here are a few photos of the first day of Deek’s workshop at the Tiny Happy Homes location in Collierville, Tennessee. One of the largest workshops ever with over 50 participants and several structures being set up. We are having nearly perfect weather with the temperatures in the high seventies. … Read more
Michael and I knew that we wanted something smaller, but even more so, we knew that we wanted our own land. Michael was raised on cattle ranches down in Alabama and Mississippi. He has many head of cattle that he wants to bring up to where we currently live. We … Read more
This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape is the Baxter Cabin (sometimes called the Jenkins Cabin after Chandler Jenkins, its last owner), located just off the Maddron Bald Trail in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park of Cocke County, Tennessee, in the southeastern United States. The cabin was built in … Read more
