Amy Randolph’s Tiny Lotus is nearly ready to bloom. The 133 square foot tiny home with a 7×7 loft is currently being completed in Bozeman, Mont. and Amy plans to complete her new home for about $30,000—much less than most of the homes in her area.
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This Cob House Offers Plans for a $4,500 Cob Home
Alex Sumerall of This Cob House recently received his natural building training, but already his Tennessee company also offers plans, guides, workshops, consultations, crew training and books on the natural building technique. Cob is an earthen building material that is made from hand formed loaves of clay, sand, straw, and … Read more
“McMansion of Tiny Houses” Built by Woodshop Class
Eric John Jacobs is already living his dream job: as a river guide on the Rogue River near Ashland, Ore. He also has his dream home to take with him—built by him and a high school woodshop class. Eric had seen other river guides living out of vans or trailers, but he knew he wanted something a little more comfortable for his seasonal work.
“I like to balance myself between idealism and realism,” Eric said. “This is kind of a big tiny house, but I didn’t want to live in it for only two years or six months and realize it was not for me.”
Country Living Small of Fame
The February issue of Country Living magazine is celebrating the best of tiny houses with an article on their personal favorites. Among those included in the list are Deek Diedrickson’s transforming A-frame, Tiny Texas Homes and the beautiful and livable Heirloom Tiny Home by Michelle and Tyson Spiess. Their company is located near Portland, … Read more
Güte Shepherd Huts
The useful, mobile and beautiful shepherd hut is slowly making its way over to North America. Thanks to the Pixie Palace Hut Co. and now the Güte Shepherd Hut from Canada, tiny house lovers in the U.S. and Canada can have their own modern shepherd hut on traditional cast iron … Read more
Baking In The Tiny House
Several years ago, even before we built our tiny house, we had heard from RVers, folks in mobile homes, and a tiny house person or two, that cooking – let alone baking – in a tiny house was next to impossible. It was discouraging news as both my wife and … Read more
Tiny House in a Landscape
Welcome November, winter is just around the corner. This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape was submitted by Candy and it sure looks inviting to me. Candy says: I had this tiny house built in 2007. It is 320 square feet and is located in the Willow, Alaska area, halfway … Read more
Hotel Living As A Tiny House Option
You wake up, put on your house shoes, throw on last night’s clothes that still lay in a pile on the floor, amble down to the lobby (of course stopping to speak to the college co-ed manning the front desk), grab a paper from the lobby coffee table, and stop … Read more
Co-working and the Redefining of the Corporate Office
I can’t remember the first time I heard of or even saw a co-working space. The best I can remember the year was 2007 and I was working for a tech startup company and we were leasing 2 desks, a phone line, a mailbox, and a shelf in the fridge … Read more
Tiny House in a Landscape
With our relocating and the making of a transition to a new area I have gotten out of rhythm with a lot of blog related items. One of the items being the Tiny House in a Landscape feature. This is one of my favorite features that John Chapman of New Zealand got me … Read more
How to Simplify Your Kitchen in your Tiny House
Guest post by Mariah Coz of www.cometcamper.com As we gear up for another awesome session of my Tiny Transition and Downsizing E-Course, I wanted to share with you some of my tips for making life easier in your tiny kitchen. As you guys know, I’m all about simplifying our needs … Read more
Tiny House in a Landscape
Cabin Fever builds a small building called the Zip Cabin and Mike and Melissa have put one on some remote property in New Mexico. They took this beautiful panorama of their cabin on their last visit. The property is completely off-grid with no address, the only way to find it … Read more