The Little Church of Miracles

The Little Chapel

By Scott Bourgoin Greetings, we enjoyed reviewing the Tiny House Blog and would like to share with you are Mini Mobile Chapel and Museum complete with antiquities from churches torn down from around the world. We use the chapel for weddings, renaissance faires, historical reinactments, etc. The chapel was built as … Read more

Acting Green Vs. Buying Green

Acting Green vs. Buying Green

by Jaclyn Nicholson Have you ever considered the difference between acting green and buying green? A lot of energy is wasted in homes on showering, lighting, cooling, using the bathroom and doing laundry. So, in order to preserve, you can change how you do things or you can purchase energy-efficient … Read more

House Arc

Bellomo Architects, in Palo Alto, wanted to design an IKEA-like house, only easier to put together. Just like the Swedish company’s famous furniture, this 150 square foot modular structure can be flat-packed and delivered in a box that is only 4x10x3 feet in size. When complete, it only weighs 3,000 … Read more

Tinier Living Update

tinier living house

by Kent Griswold  Dan Louche over at Tiny Home Builders has been busy working on his latest project called Tinier Living. He has just installed the windows and next is the door, the siding, and then the roof. The entrance to the house is situated at the back of the … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

log cabin

by Doug Mier Yesterday, July 3rd, my fiance’ and I went out for a motorcycle ride. We ended up about 50 south of Louisville, KY in Hodgenville – the birthplace of Abraham Lincoln. About 6 miles north east of town, on KY Hwy 31E, is a small roadside area, owned … Read more

Cavco Park Model for Sale

Cavco Park Model side view

Welcome to your new home! by Cynthia Casey Designed by upscale maker Fleetwood/Cavco, largest manufacturer of vacation/park model homes in the USA. Located in Anacortes, Washington ready to be moved to your own site. It is LIKE NEW! There are over $20,000 in designer upgrades, Knotty Alder cabinets, Rustic Alder interior … Read more

Sunday/Dimanche Portable Sauna

night scene sauna

More than an example of DIY design, the Sunday/Dimanche Portable Sauna was created by artist Carissa Carman for the purpose of staging invited performative site-specific actions and combines aspects of craft, architecture, and sculpture. Inspired by Montreal’s vernacular architecture, the sauna exterior resembles the service kiosks used throughout the city … Read more

Free Tiny House/Straw Bale Framing Report

by Gabriella Morrison Straw bale construction is a wonderful building technique. It yields walls that are 3 times more fire resistant than standard construction, 3 times the energy efficiency of conventional construction, uses a waste material that otherwise gets burned in the field and creates huge levels of pollution, is … Read more

Shelter ByGG

Environmental designers have used cork to create eco-friendly flooring and walls before, but Portuguese designer Gabriela Gomes might be the first person to build an entire tiny house out of the natural material. Her Shelter ByGG project is an experimental, habitable, cork module that can be placed in an empty … Read more