Tiny House Blog

The Terrapin Casual Turtle Camper

Peter Pavlowich from Casual Turtle Campers just contacted me to tell me about a new model he is constructing. Peter says: This is the model I call the Terrapin, and I just got back to Colorado from delivering it to a very nice woman in New Hampshire. She had me … Read more

Tiny House Technique: Making Room For Recreation

by Andrew M. Odom

A year ago when passing through Ft. Myers, FL my wife decided on a whim to rent a paddleboard to take advantage of the glassy water and beautiful sun overhead at Lover’s Key State Park. All through the fall and winter she talked about that experience and how she loved … Read more

Skoolies and the Tiny House Magazine

by Kent Griswold

This month’s magazine is a special edition exploring school buses converted into tiny houses. Retired buses, rescued from the sidelines, are each given a special design and new color as seen by the new owner. Jeremy Arndt says that: “When we were in the planning phases for our new tiny … Read more

Build Small, Live Large Spring ADU Tour with Caravan – Tiny House Hotel

by Christina Nellemann

With the explosion of newly built and available ADUs (accessory dwelling units) in the Portland, Ore. area, the option to view them has also increased. Caravan – Tiny House Hotel in NE Portland had over 850 attendees tour 12 ADUs during their Build Small, Live Large event last year. This year the attendance is expected to double in size and will include 25 units on the self-guided tour. The 2nd Annual Build Small, Live Large: Portland’s Accessory Dwelling Unit Tour will be held Friday, May 29 through Sunday, May 31, 2015. The early bird cost (until May 23rd) for the workshop and the two day tour is $75 per person. The two-day tour is $50 per person.

“We already have people registered to attend from 10 different states for this year’s tour, so it’s drawing national interest,” Kol Peterson of Caravan – Tiny House Hotel said.

Tiny House Hunters for HGTV

by Kent Griswold

Jason Preston from HGTV contacted me this last week and asked me to share this with you. If this is you please contact them. Our new season of Tiny House Hunters is cranking along and the network has extended us for more episodes. Are you looking for or about to … Read more

Dream Tiny

by Jody Pountain

“Live Simple, Dream Big,” “If your dreams don’t scare you, they aren’t big enough.” It’s sayings like these that are engrained into our minds from a very young age and suffocatingly follow us through the rest of our lives. Our parents love us so much that they want us to … Read more