The other day I showed you Mike’s Micro House which he has been building for under $3,000. Mike is also quite an inventor and is interested in solar and wind energy. He has created a simple hot water heater that I think would be useful for a tiny house or … Read more
A Look at America’s Growing “Small Living” Movement Shireen Qudosi wrote this article for the Tiny House Blog and will have a couple followup ones in the next few weeks, so stay tuned. Shireen’s bio is at the bottom of the article. In a super-sized obsessed age, we’ve now fallen … Read more
I discovered Mike’s MicroHouse on Flickr the other day and got in touch with Mike and he shared his story with me. Here it is: I have a 40 mile one way commute to work everyday of the week for a minimum of 80 miles round trip, counting those miles, … Read more
Last Friday I had the opportunity to go on a delivery with Bill Kastinos from Tortoise Shell Homes to Chanslor Guest Ranch located 1 mile north of Bodega Bay. The historic 378 acre Chanslor Ranch is known for its magnificent ocean views, horse back riding on the beach, ocean view … Read more
In mid-2008, after circumstances like job loss and not getting into grad school forced them to look at the future in a real and objective way, Keith and April Blankenship decided to stop waiting for “The Future” to live their dream of semi-retirement, simplified their lives and moved from Portland, … Read more
Sheldon Designs 4th of July Weekend Sale Sheldon Designs is offering a cabin and tiny house plan sale this 4th of July weekend. Andy Sheldon has been designing tiny houses and cabins for many years and has a large choice of designs on his website. Andy says: “Come celebrate the … Read more
Carre d’etoiles: a Tiny, Portable Prefab Cube from France Yesterday materialicious discovered the neatest prefab cube and I had the hardest time waiting until today to share it with you. The concept of the design is for a vacation getaway for resorts where you can experience a window to the sky, … Read more
Ann Holley and her husband to be (Darren Macca) with her parents (Steve and Miriam Holley) are building a tiny house called the ProtoHaus in Colorado. The tiny house is part of Ann’s graduate work at Alfred University where Ann is earning her Masters in Fine Art. Lots of friends … Read more
Last weekend KT Anderson and Dee Williams held a workshop in Portland Oregon. Tammy and Logan from Rowdy Kittens attended. Here are a few words from Tammy about the workshop. Be sure and go to her site to read the whole story and view more pictures. The class was held … Read more
Last night Michael Janzen published the latest issue of Tiny House Living which is his weekly online newsletter that covers the growing world of tiny houses. Here are a few snippets from this week’s issue: The sheddies in the UK are extremely serious about their sheds. Shed Week 2009 begins July … Read more
The single biggest roadblock to small living is, in my opinion, the excessive regulations that appear in the form of minimum-size requirements. Many of you that are reading this are likely looking for ways to live small yourself, and chances are that this is one of the reasons you haven’t … Read more
Mike from Michigan has been following the Tiny House Blog and with his natural instinct to be efficient, he wanted to build a house to put on his land. Mike has the well and septic system in on his property, but with the economy not what it had been he … Read more