Small Barn Built-In Style

In Oakland, California, two designers transformed a 100-year-old barn into a cozy home of their own. Three years ago, Otto and Tolya wanted to start doing more of our own work, so they quit their jobs at big architectural firms and started their own office,  the Stonorov Workshop. they decided their first … Read more

Sonoma Shanty Workshop

*** No Longer Offered *** A couple of months ago I approached Stephen Marshall of Little House on the Trailer about designing a simple house plan that would be affordable for everyone that I could sell for a low price on the Tiny House Blog. Stephen and I came up … Read more

Clayton i-house

The i-house has been in the news a lot lately. Though not considered a tiny house starting at 773 square feet, it is a step in the right direction and getting people to think smaller is the right way to go. MSN had a great article about it and below … Read more

Tiny House Living Issue #6

Michael Janzen’s current issue of Tiny House Living is hot off the press. This week’s issue of Tiny House Living features the tiny houses at Real Goods, recent news stories from the Small House Society and a video by SHS co-founder Gregory Johnson. Also included is news of Jay Shafer’s newest Tumbleweed Tiny House, the one he’ll … Read more

Off Grid Solar System

Walt Barrett from China Depot and the Micro-House builder featured in a previous post is now offering off the grid electric systems designed just for tiny houses. There are three different packages that range from a 10 watt system, a 20 watt system and a 40 watt system. They range … Read more

Real Goods Tiny Houses

I am very lucky to be living in Northern California where there is a lot of tiny house activities going on. Besides, Jay with Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, Bill with Tortoise Shell Homes and Stephen with Little House on the Trailer, I am just 45 minutes from Hopland and the … Read more