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This tiny house in a landscape looks like it is may be in New Zealand or a European country with high rolling mountains. Maybe a shelter for a herdsman or a getaway cabin for someone in the city.

I like the different roof style that looks really neat on this small structure. A more complicated roof and different from the everyday gable we usually see, very attractive. What do you think?

This is one of the tiny houses of the Thousand Islands, which is the name of an archipelago of islands that straddle the U.S.-Canada border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario.

This photo was sent in by one of our readers and was also showcased in Christina’s post Tiny Houses on Tiny Islands. Perfect for a Tiny House in a Landscape feature. Thank you!

To close off October, I thought this picture was appropriate. The fall colors are extremely bright and the log cabin just blends into them beautifully.

I’m sure this is located back east somewhere, as the log structure is typical of that area and generally we don’t get those bright orange leaves out in the west where I live. If anyone can track down the location of this photograph, I will add it to the post.

This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape is of a neat little red house with a living roof nestled in the hills with the sun rising in the background.

I like the simplistic design of the house and the location is very peaceful and inviting. It looks to me like a European setting with the living roof, but the person who submitted the photo was not able to give a location. As usual, any ideas or suggestions are welcome in the comment section below.

This photo was taken in the autumn in the San Juan Mountains of Colorado. (Correction) This is outside of the town of Crystal – south of Marble and Redstone, about and hour and a half drive’s south of Glenwood Springs. Photograph by Bobby Douglas, thanks Rene for finding this beautiful photo.

I had the opportunity of spending a week jeeping and camping in the mountains behind Silverton, Ouray and Telluride as a teenager. We explored many mines and had the privilege of seeing this waterfall and mill/cabin when I was there.

If you ever get a chance to explore this part of the country be sure and do it.

by Kent Griswold (Tiny House Blog)

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Dave sent me the information about these photos that are on a really cool site of historical pictures called Shorpy Historic Archive.

Dugout house of homesteaders Faro and Doris Caudill with Mount Allegro in the background. Pie Town, New Mexico. The Caudills at dinner. 35mm Kodachrome transparency by Russell Lee.

Before industry and technology gave us sawmills and frame houses, this is how the average person lived in much of the world. The dugout or pit house, with sod roof, log walls and earthen floor, is among the most ancient of human dwellings — at some point in history your ancestors lived in one. Continue Reading »

This is the first weekend in October and the feel of fall is in the air, I thought this picture was appropriate for this weeks Tiny House in a Landscape.

It makes me want to take a walk down this trail and than stop and sit on one of these benches and just enjoy the peace and quiet of the setting of this little house.

The leaves are turning color and starting to fall. What a great way to spend a day!

by Kent Griswold (Tiny House Blog)

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I am a sucker for aged wood on old houses and this one is on the water and the lighting could not be better, to show off the colors.

Unfortunately, I don’t know who the photographer is or where this picture was taken as one of our readers emailed the picture to me and didn’t know either.

So if any of you can track that information down, please let me know through the comment section below. I’ll than update the post so we all know. Enjoy!

Paul Kraus from Kansas is sharing a stone cottage in Kansas for our feature this week. Here is what Paul says about this cute little cottage.

When visiting my roots, my mother informed me that my Great Grandma
built a tiny stone cottage called her “Rambler’s Rest”, constructed of
stone gathered locally and from friend and family travels around the
globe.

Thanks Paul for these great photos and sharing them with us. If you have some interesting photos that would fit into this weekly feature be sure and email them to me at tinyhouseblog(at)gmail(dot)com.

Welcome to Rambler's Rest

Ramblers Rest with Fire Pit

Rambler's Rest Profile

View from the South

by Kent Griswold (Tiny House Blog)

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Update: More photos of interior added below. Thanks Louise! Also plans are now available, go to the “Plans” link above.
This is the tiny cabin built and owned by a friend of mine.

He is extremely private, so I can’t tell you where it is located other than the inter-mountain west. It has a lovely compact kitchen and sleeping loft, with hot tub out back. The entire front has a porch for sitting and shooting the breeze. When we visit in our RV, we stay up the road a piece on national forest land, and leave him to his private, peaceful hideaway. -Louise

Cabin In the
Winter

Cabin under Construction

Cabin under Construction #2

Kitchen

Bathroom

Living room from Loft

Completed Exterior

by Kent Griswold (Tiny House Blog)

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