Kent Griswold

Idaho Dugout House

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Tom Farrens of Pocatello, Idaho contacted me about re-built (in progress) dugout house at the Historic Chesterfield Townsite in Chesterfield Idaho and shared a bit about them and a couple of photographs. The Townsite, located along the Oregon Trail was settled in late 1800’s is now a historic site and … Read more

Tiny House Network Analysis

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Jeff Hemsley of Mobile Cottage recently ran an analysis of the tiny house network. He says: I am doing network analysis as a topic of study and decided to take a quick look at the tiny house network. It turns out, not surprisingly, that the Tiny House Blog is a … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

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Colorado Yurt Owner Michael Drummy bought 15 acres in rural, picturesque northern New Mexico – “O’Keeffe Country” it’s called because the painter Georgia O’Keeffe lived there for the second half of her life. After buying the property outright we didn’t have the means to build anything very expensive down there. … Read more

Contemporary Prairie Schooner

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Libby Reinish and Tristan Chambers contacted me about a project they are working on and wanted to share with you.

My partner and I are building a bow-top gypsy wagon and documenting our progress on www.whittleddown.com. This is our first tiny house, and we will be moving into it in one month, when we depart our home in Santa Fe, NM and begin a cross-country move to New England. We plan to live in the wagon for the remaining warm months of the year, and haven’t entirely ruled out retrofitting it for winter living later. The wagon is based on a gypsy wagon design, but we like to think of it as a contemporary take on the prairie schooner.

Our gypsy wagon design meets our three main goals: 1) To build a home for just over what we currently pay for a month’s rent ($1500 total), 2) To build a portable home that can be towed by my Hyundai Elantra, which has a 1,000 lb tow rating, and 3) To find a design that provides all our basic needs (food prep, sleep, electricity, toilet) in a small space.

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Book Giveaway this Holiday Weekend

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Kerri, over at Living Large, is offering a book giveaway this weekend. Many tiny house lovers also like to simplify their lives in other ways. Raising your own chickens and having the ultimate control over your food is a great way to save money and live a more sustainable life. … Read more

Deeks Hickshaw for Sale

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Derek (Deek) Diedricksen of Tiny Yellow House fame is selling his Hickshaw to raise some money for some of his other projects. You can view the craigslist ad here. I have also done a screen capture of it below. To really view the hickshaw go and watch his video Episode … Read more

Seattle Backyard Cottages

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Jordan sent me this article by USA Today about people building backyard cottages in the Seattle area. This would be a great place for a tiny house such as Jay Shafer’s Tumbleweed Bodega or any other tiny house design. Here is the intro to the article: John Stoeck is building … Read more

Vermont Camp House

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Nate sent me this link to craigslist about this Vermont Camp House. Though this is not tiny and some would question even small, it is a great bargain and shows that if you follow craigslist you can find some true bargains and tiny house opportunities. It looks like you could … Read more

House of Fallen Timbers

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David Lottes contacted me recently about a tiny log cabin he is building and a blog called the House of Fallen Timbers that he is journaling his progress on. I’ll let David take over and tell us more about his project.

The property is located in Central Illinois near the Salt Fork of the Vermilion River. My girlfriend Anne and I have about three acres of woods most of which is at least 60 years old.

First Course of Logs

Over the last eight years many of the standing dead elm trees have fallen over and gotten hung-up in the surrounding trees. This makes walking in the woods kinda scary on a windy day. I got into the habit of waiting for them to come down and cutting them up but our wood pile is now larger than anything we could hope to burn before it rots.

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Barrel Sauna Tiny Abode

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I’ve always been a big fan of wine barrels and their alternative uses. In college I had some barrel furniture and living in wine country you see many unusual uses of wine barrels.

The barrel sauna is a enlarged wine barrel made into a sauna. They are popular because of the rounded edges that let the moisture roll off the walls. I have done some research and discovered that a couple of the barrel sauna builders also offer a bunkie option.

This option would make a great spare bedroom for a tiny house or a small office. Also the barrel sauna can be easily transported by trailer and some are even offered as mobile saunas for rent.

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Virginia City Log Cabin

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Montana Mobile Cabins is keeping me updated on their current construction and letting me share pictures with you here on the Tiny House Blog. You can view a couple of the other cabins here and here.

The recently completed this 16×22 designed by the client and built to his specification. The cabin was set on full daylight or “wall-out” basement. Here are the cabinspecification: Full loft (or second story), bath, kitchen, great room. Basement houses utility room, 1/2 bath, master suite.

Located in the historic town of Virginia City, Montana.

Cabin with Virginia City in the Background

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