My friend Michael Janzen who publishes the Tiny House Design blog just changed the look and feel of the his blog. The new design is based on a very simple and usable WordPress theme called QuickPress. Michael was wanting something that was easier to read, a subdued color palette, faster … Read more
Darrell pointed me to these modern Murphy beds that would work really great in a very small space. These are European designed, functional change furniture. They use a unique “intuitive Lift Mechanism” and are easy and safe to operate. They are made of strong metal and wood frames support a … Read more
Will Pedersen from Abbotsford, BC Canada has been working on a Tumbleweed Tarleton, one of my favorite Tumbleweed Tiny House Company designs by Jay Shafer. I probably should have given him a chance to complete the project before doing a post on him, but was too excited about it and … Read more
Jeremy Levine of Jeremy Levine Design sent me this unique shed conversion which he recently completed in Silver Lake, California. An existing 250 sq.ft. storage shed was transformed into a guest house with a kitchenette and bath. A large tilted redwood clad wall, made from recycled cuts, slices through the … Read more
I sold every piece of furniture I owned, had multiple garage sales and made a few deposits to thrift shops. After two months of shedding stuff accumulated over twenty years, I packed what was left into a 10 x 6 U-Haul trailer, hitched it to the back of my truck, and headed for Texas.
Nick Hurt of Cambridge, VT has created a cabin he calls the Cai ™ House. This is a portable cabin. Nick is in the process of getting his business off the ground and wanted to share his design here on the Tiny House Blog. The cabin pictured here is a prototype … Read more
I promised an update on the Solargon Structure’s Yurts and Doug Kirk has been kind enough to give me some figures to share with you. I have also added some photos of the larger yurt they produce. The 30 foot yurt, so look it over and enjoy. See the previous … Read more
Saturday I had the opportunity to go to Jay Shafer’s home of Tumbleweed Tiny House Company and meet Amanda Abel and her boyfriend Tyson Stottrup. Amanda is working on her thesis on Tiny Houses and had come to interview Jay and photograph his home. Since I live near by she invited … Read more
The Studio Shed by Modern-Shed was recently featured in Dwell magazine and I was impressed that these stylish dwellings with their clean lines and Japanese design do not look like your typical backyard shed. Modern-Shed is simply about storage, fun, space, architecture in your backyard. It gives you the chance … Read more
Free Tiny Home Plans Until today, not much in the way of free home plans have been available for people interested in tiny homes on wheels, like Tumbleweed Tiny Houses. Because of the generosity of a member of the Small House Movement, that is changing as of today. Joseph Kenyon … Read more
David Kent one of the Tiny House Blog readers recently sent me to this link of SIP built yurts built in Colorado. The company is called Solargon Structures, at this point I have not communicated with the owners directly, but hope to hear from them soon as far as prices … Read more
24 Rooms Tucked Into One Christian and Shelly both sent me an email this morning in regards to a New York Times article about a modern and cool and high tech and very expensive tiny home in Hong Kong, that has some neat ideas we can apply to tiny space living. … Read more