community - Part 5

Sheepherder Wagon Community in Idaho

Sheepherding may be a thing of the past, but along Idaho’s Salmon River is a little community preserving this past with a modern twist. Though the residents don’t tend sheep, they choose to live as the sheep herders did in a small efficient sheep wagon. Massage therapist Renee Silvus had … Read more

Tiny House Hotel in Portland

by Christina Nellemann

Right in the heart of the Alberta Arts District in Portland, Oregon sits the first tiny house hotel in the U.S. The custom made houses of the Caravan — The Tiny House Hotel all sit on an urban lot with its own central gathering place that contains a fire pit … Read more

Tiny House Community in British Columbia, Canada

by Kent Griswold

I am looking for other co-owners or investors for a perfect property for a tiny house eco village on Vancouver Island. This would be a permaculture site for tiny homes with organic gardens, chickens, rainwater collection, and greywater recycling. The property I am looking into is 5.5 acres and has … Read more

Tiny Home Community for the Homeless

by Kent Griswold

by Steven Kuchinsky I am part of a team of people from Monmouth University building a program known as THRIVE (Towns for Healing and Rehabilitation in Interactive Village Ecologies.) We are working to create an alternative for about 80 homeless people living in tents (Tent City, Lakewood). Unfortunately, they must … Read more

Happy, Simply – A Lifestyle Model and Education Project.

by Kent Griswold

Debt free – healthy, happy, and with lots of friends. Where the best things in life are not things, where less is more and, where just enough is plenty! The lifestyle model includes: Sustainable living – shelter, food, water, energy, transport, waste, environment Community participation – volunteering, active citizenship Education … Read more

Living Large in 400 Square Feet

by Kent Griswold

By Alyse Nelson Jon and Ryah Dietzen’s 3-year plan entailed getting out of credit card debt, establishing an emergency fund, finding work closer to home, and having more family time. Sitting in their 1,700 square foot house, they realized it would not be easy to tackle their plan. So they … Read more

Tiny House Fair

by Christina Nellemann

The Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Vermont will be hosting the first ever Tiny House Fair June 14-16, 2013. The fair will include presentations on tiny houses from Jay Shafer of Tumbleweed and Four Lights Tiny House Company and Deek Diedrickson of Relaxshacks as well as workshops on how to design … Read more

Tiny Houses in Gothenburg, Sweden

by Kent Griswold

by Anders Karlstam

I have attached a picture over a part of our city built up with tiny houses of different designs. This type of building in this type of area are called “kolonistuga” and the tiny houses are called “koloniområde.” This area was built way back to give hard working People in factories a chance to get recreation on vacation.

There are several areas with tiny houses in our city. Most of them are located in surrounding locations of the city, but this one and two to three more areas are located inside the city. It is a very nice contrast to all large buildings.

Usually, people are not allowed to live in these permanently and they are empty during the wintertime.

Every house is owned personally, but owners have to be a members of a community that rents the land from the city. So every house owner rents the ground from the community, which is called a leasehold.

Dan Louche’s Tiny House Build Along

by Kent Griswold

Dan Louche from Tiny Home Builders is going to be offering a unique workshop starting in March and I wanted to make sure you all new about it. I’ll let Dan tell you about it below. Building a tiny house by yourself can be intimidating, especially if you have limited … Read more

Built by Friends: Evan and Gabby’s Tiny House

by Christina Nellemann

Like an Amish barn raising, Evan and Gabby’s tiny Tarleton house is going up piece by piece with the help of friends and family. The Illinois couple were inspired by the Tumbleweed houses and decided to downsize their already sustainable lifestyle even more. With no prior construction experience, they have been working on their tiny home for just over a year and plan to move in (along with their two cats) soon.

The couple also plan to move around the country, staying in campgrounds that offer year-round rates. They then want to purchase some land where tiny house living is more acceptable.

Their 117 square foot Tarleton, built on a car hauler trailer, will have a great room, a sleeping loft above the bathroom and kitchen, another storage loft above the door and a bathroom with a custom shower and composting toilet that vents to the outdoors. The kitchen has four feet of stainless steel countertop, a two-burner stove, a bar sink, a toaster oven, a small fridge and – rare for a tiny house – a combination washer and dryer that they got from a family member for free.

Tiny House Community Survey

by Kent Griswold

The Tiny House Community survey and blog are designed to gather the thoughts of tiny house fans on creating a community of tiny houses. The ideal is to create a village where size is not an issue but quality of life is. Beautifully crafted tiny houses of less than 400 … Read more

Cae Mabon

by Christina Nellemann

The Cae Mabon Retreat Centre in North Wales has been building small, natural dwellings for their residents and visitors since 1989. This intentional community is located in the best of what nature can offer: in the woods, by a river, near a lake, at the foot of the mountains and within sight of the sea.

Cae Mabon’s principal creator is Eric Maddern, who was inspired to create the community after spending time with the Aboriginal people in Alice Springs, Australia. He wanted to create a place that was not the ostentatious beauty of the wealthy but the humble beauty of the simple and natural. The buildings he created are mostly made from timber, stone, reed, straw, grass, lime and clay and they blend in with their surroundings.