Wow, another day has flown by here at the straw bale workshop at the Common Kettle Farm. We accomplished a lot even with our fearless leader Andrew Morrison being sick and only being able to check in on us every now and then. I’m physically tired but it has been a productive … Read more
Day two of the workshop at the Common Kettle Farm started early for me so I took a walk around the farm. We have been having perfect weather though by afternoon it can start feeling quite warm. The bulk of our food that we are eating is grown right here on … Read more
This week I am with Andrew Morrison of Strawbale.com in Orangevale, California at a week long straw bale workshop at Common Kettle Farm. I will be giving you daily updates of our progress as we learn and progress on this timber frame straw bale barn. Though not tiny this “barn” … Read more
by Robin Hayes Come to the beautiful Shenandoah Valley and join us as we build two tiny houses. During the three days participants may choose between at least three workstations. Station 1 will be taught by Dee Williams of PAD Tiny houses. Dee’s station will be starting with a new … Read more
A month or two ago I invited you to take part in Tammy Strobel’s photography course “Everyday Magic.” It was well received and quite a few of you signed up and learned a lot from it. Tammy contacted me the other day wondering if the Tiny House Blog readers would … Read more
Wendy just emailed this to me today so very short notice and I have not had time for Kasey to proof my post. I felt I should get this out to you anyway so if you see any errors just blame me. This workshop is being conducted on Wendy’s property … Read more
by Dan Louche Hi Kent, I wanted to let you know about a special I am having on my video subscription. During my recent workshop, when everyone sat down for lunch and started eating the room got really quiet. So to fill the void I decided to turn on some … Read more
Guest Post by Alex Pino This May 25-26, 2013 Dan Louche and I are hosting a Tiny Home Builders workshop in Alpharetta, Georgia. This location is about 30 minutes north of Atlanta so it’s easy to get to from anywhere. It’s a lecture and hands-on experience led by Dan Louche … Read more
I received a note from my friend Dee Williams about an upcoming workshop and wanted to share it with you as the time is fast approaching. I wish I could make this one personally as it would be a lot of fun and is near where my daughter lives. Here … Read more
Hey all, a belated happy new year, and here’s a brand new video mini-tour of “The Whittled Down” Caravan, which made a guest-structure appearance at our Tiny House Building Workshop in Massachusetts this past November (one of five tiny shelters, structures, houses, we had on site!). It was built by … Read more
Tumbleweed Tiny House Company has been having their biggest sale on upcoming workshops and it ends today, November 30, 2012. I sent out an email yesterday to let you know about it but decided to post it here on the Tiny House Blog just to make sure everyone had the opportunity to … Read more
An update, before I drop some info on a NEW hands-on building workshop collaboration in North Carolina (below)… We recently just completed our Relaxshacks.com Tiny House-Building Workshop two weekends ago, and it was absolutely incredible(!) to get to hang with a group of twenty-plus people for so long a time. … Read more