Ted Fort in Salvo, NC on the Outer banks and a group of students are building a 96 square foot house using completely found materials. The goal, and so far it’s working, is for the total cost to be nothing. I’ll let Ted tell you about it below. Well, essentially, … Read more
In January, I ran an article about Kent McCaffrey’s tiny house company called Gratitude Millworks, LLC located on the east coast in the heart of Dixie in the state of Alabama. Kent called me this morning to let me know that he was offering this beautiful backyard timber cottage, that … Read more
***Sold*** Jay Shafer is selling his Vardo. He built it primarily to use up some scrap he had lying around. Jay says: “My wife and I have enjoyed using it three times to camp by the beach and it was on Brazil’s version of Oprah, but, now, we could use the cash for some … Read more
Michael just finished the fourth issue of my weekly newsletter on simple living, Tiny House Living. If you’d like to receive a summary of the top stories in the tiny house world each Wednesday please subscribe to Michael’s newsletter. You can also subscribe by RSS or Email. The top story this week … Read more
Aqua Casa Houseboat, The Boat of Your Dreams! In an earlier post we featured the berkeley-engineering’s Cape Codder and I have been wanting to feature another one of their tiny house boats the Aqua Casa. The Aqua Casa Houseboat is the result of years of boat design and building experience. … Read more
Krista sent me an email last night alerting me to an article by the Wall Street Journal that is advocating small houses. Alex Frangos the author asks: What will the energy-efficient house of the future look like? The Wall Street Journal asked four architects to design an energy-efficient, environmentally sustainable … Read more
While living in an area populated by people from the Basque region, some residents around the Reno/Lake Tahoe area will sometimes catch a glimpse of a sheepherder, his sheep and his home in the high desert: a small trailer or sheep wagon. My post on the gypsy caravans was popular, … Read more
I really like silos converted into homes and here is a really cool one that has been converted into a place of lodging. It is essentially a one bedroom loft apartment built into a 1940’s grain silo. I could see myself living in this and I would enjoy it very … Read more
Thursday I went out to Jay’s at the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company to check on the progress of the Fencl. I had been out Monday and they were in the process of putting on the cedar siding. As of Thursday the siding and trim was almost completed, all but a little trim … Read more
There are several really Good Deals going on right now in the tiny house market and several of the sellers recently contacted me telling me of even lower prices. I wanted to make sure that you the Tiny House Blog reader were aware of these prices so I am passing … Read more
Yesterday, the third issue of Tiny House Living arrived in the inboxes of subscribers. This is a weekly newsletter that goes out that summarizes some of the top stories in the tiny house and simple living world. Because yesterday was Earth Day Michael also included some additional Earth Day links … Read more
It’s Earth Day and I thought one way to take a look to it was through our agricultural roots. I’ve been out getting the earth ready for my garden early this morning and thought this story would fit in today. This story comes from Kevin one of our readers who … Read more