A shelf in the garage, a junk drawer, a desk covered in papers, a stack of magazines, a box of old photos… Throughout life we tend to collect belongings without thinking about why we are keeping them. We buy things we once needed or wanted and we receive gifts from … Read more
PART 1: Start Early You may be thinking “I already live in a tiny house,” or “I’m not moving anywhere,” or “I don’t need to downsize.” Even if you’re not preparing to downsize, the ideas in this 3-part series can help anyone that may need a little inspiration to examine … Read more
Last week we talked about the meaning of community. We decided that community truly is (or to the best of my understanding) any group sharing something in common. My wife and I both grew up in relatively stable households. Although both sets of our parents had seen divorce, remarriage, and (eventually) … Read more
There are still a few weeks of summer left and now’s the time to dig out another type of tiny house—the tent. While most people would never think of a tent as a tiny house, many people who spend months hiking over 2,000 miles on trails like the Pacific Crest … Read more
I heard about Jim and Shane while on a teardrop trailer gathering in northern California and just their simple Facebook name said it all: We Quit Our Jobs to Ride Our Bicycles. The bicycle tour is still going on, but once they hang up their helmets—the tiny house building will … Read more
by Derek “Deek” Diedricksen Hey all! Been very busy working on not one, but five projects lately, including a pretty bizarre and fun tree house for a client in Boston, Massachusetts that you might see soon. Some of these other builds, and more, will be toured at my November (15-17th) Tiny House … Read more