Month: February 2010

Gene’s Wildwood Cottage Shop

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Gene sent me some pictures from his Wildwood Cottage Shop based in Indiana. He is considering building a tiny house on wheels but has not made a final decision. What do you think of his structures? I personally think they are really cool!

Gene says: “These are some of the structures I have built in the past four years. I only finished the first one on the inside, thought I was never going to sell it and when I did I didn`t make wages. I`m a 66 year old one man and wandering whether to hire some help or just relax. Gene Wallen, from Indiana.” Gene’s website is down for some unknown reason but you can contact him via email at genewallen@yahoo.com.

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Tiny House in a Landscape

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The Andes are the world’s longest continental mountain range. They lie as a continuous chain of highland along the western coast of South America. Stone ruins lost for centuries have only recently come to light. Ancient civilizations such as the Chachapoyas “Cloud People” have left but a few clues to … Read more

Mackydoo Tiny House for Sale

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***Sold*** My name is Scott Stewart and having built site built structures and small portable storage buildings over the last ten years or so I have built a few small portable cabins but over the last couple of years have really concentrated more on park model type of builds.

Located in the Ozarks of north central Arkansas park model and cabins are a better fit for my market area but I have really been interested in the smaller tiny houses and have been leaning more to that style.

I have recently found time to start a tiny house on wheels and wanted to offer it for sale before it’s done to allow possible buyers to make some decisions during the build to give it more of a custom fit such as exterior color, flooring, etc.

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The Swamp Hut

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Nuno sent me this cool link to a Swamp Hut featured in Dwell. Though this is really glorified camping, I think as a design it has potential for a tiny house. If you add insulation they would make a perfect tiny house compound.

The Swamp Hut comfortably sleeps four in the two sleeping huts. “It’s glorified camping,” Moskow says, however, they follow standard backpacking rules of “pack in, pack out,” bringing with them their own supply of water and nonperishable foods and carrying out their trash at the end of a trip.

The Completed Swamp Hut

The structure covers 580 square feet. Moskow and Linn prefabricated the 12-foot-high trusses and carried them–along with the additional two-by-fours, galvanized-steel connectors, and aluminum and fiberglass roof panels–to the site, which could only be accessed on foot by following a 500-foot circuitous path through the wooded site.

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Walla Walla Bungalow for Sale

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Chelsey from Walla Walla, Washington contacted me about a small house she had spotted for sale in her home town. Having lived in that area for two years during my college days and communicating with Chelsey, we discovered that we both had graduated from Walla Walla University located in College … Read more

Insuring Your Tiny House on Wheels

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Tarsha Downing who is building a tiny house and keeps us updated on facebook and also her personal blog is coming right along with her build. As Tarsha invests more and more into her home she was wondering what other owners with tiny houses on wheels have done for insurance? … Read more