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