Tiny House Blog

Guest Post by Max Magick

I bought my property in early May 2011. One third of an acre in a town in Pend Oreille County https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pend_Oreille_County, Washington for $13,000. I am only about 500 yards away from the beautiful Pend Oreille River, but do not have a view of the river.

I had my cabin bulit in May/June of 2011 while I was clearing the property which had an old and dirty shed on it. My builder was Joseph Birky of Birky’s Better Built Barns LLC based in Clayton, WA. Here his website: http://local.yahoo.com/info-63959343-birky-s-better-built-barns-llc-clayton I highly recommed him and his work.

The cabin is 10ft wide and 20ft long, has a 6ft porch, a 10 X 14 ft living space and two 10 X 6 ft sleeping lofts reached by custom built wood ladder. The cabin is a 2 X 6 construction, is R-21 insulated in the walls and ceilings, and is finished with cedar inside with a 3/4 inch redwood laminate flooring. The floor is insulated as well. Continue Reading »

This week’s Tiny House in a Landscape is a cabin in Washington state with pristine views of Lake Chelan, the Cascade Mountains, the Columbia River and Canada. You can relax on the deck and watch deer, grouse, hawks, volcanic haystacks, and wildflowers or stargaze when the sun goes down.

This custom built one story cabin has a loft is just under 500 sq ft. The cabin sits on 10.6 fenced acres with a one acre horse corral. This cabin is for sale if you are interested. You can read more about it and see more pictures on the Tiny House Listings website.

Pan Abode of Washington state has been selling their custom cedar homes and cabin kits for nearly 60 years. They offer a wide scope of sizes and styles including cabins that range from 120 square feet to just over 700 square feet. However, Pan Abode also sells an even tinier home they call the Mighty Cabana. These buildings do not require a permit and come in at under 200 square feet.

The Mighty Cabana is pre-cut from solid wood and is connected by a patented building system for strength and ease of construction. They can be used as a small house, a small business, a vacation home, an artist studio, pool house or storage shed. Continue Reading »

by Juliann Tallino

We weren’t looking to buy a boat, we definitely weren’t looking to buy a tugboat, we were just looking. We have a home in Port Townsend, Washington but the commute into the city for work was too much to do everyday, so at the time we were renting a house in Ballard (a neighborhood of Seattle). It was a nice house in a great neighborhood, but we really weren’t keen on being renters. When we saw the tug on craigslist we were just curious, but once we looked at the boat we realized we could stop being renters and have a place of our own in Seattle. A place on the water with a million dollar view.

The tug needed a lot of work, the decks needed to be replaced, the interior needed to be completely renovated, and the whole boat was in dire need of a coat of paint. But both my husband and I are comfortable with working in wood, so we decided it was a project we could handle. At first, my husband was worried the space would be too small for the two of us. I work at home and he thought I’d go stir crazy in such tight quarters. But when I thought about how much space I actually used in our rental house, I knew we could make it work. I think most people live in just a small part of their house, the rest of the space is taken up with storing stuff. Luckily we didn’t have a great deal of stuff. So two weeks after seeing the ad on craigslist, we bought a vintage wood tugboat, the Iver. Continue Reading »

I am excited to announce that Brittany will be offering her tiny bungalow for rent this summer. Here is what Brittany has to say:

Would you like to try on a tiny house? This summer, I am happily turning my tiny house into a tiny “tester” home for people interested in building and living tiny. I would love to host you in my bungalow this summer.

The Bayside Bungalow is located in Olympia, Washington, in a rural setting on a waterfront lot overlooking the Puget Sound.

To get the full details visit the For Rent page.

A quaint 400 square foot studio cottage that packs a big punch. What a joy it has been to have resided in this wonderful cottage the last year and a half. It has all the comforts and conveniences of a large home with the benefit of low cost of living. We had the cottage built especially with the needs of chemically senisitive individuals, thus the materials and finish products are no/low VOC’s. Couple that with excellent outdoor air quality, the wonders of coastal living such as fishing, clamming, boating the canals, lakes and the short walk to the ocean and it feels near to paradise.

This home is in a small community of four cottages and sits comfortably next to a greenbelt. It is
available for sale with an asking price of $109,000. For further information, please contact us by email at: coastalcottage21@ymail.com

I believe this is one of the Belmar Cottages which I featured about a year ago.