Lake Superior

Sonoma Shanty Affordable Tiny House

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This is number five in our series of affordable tiny houses. Check out the previous posts here: These four tiny houses are what we have looked at so far. These tiny abodes can be constructed in most places for under $2,000. Deek’s Transforming A-Frame Getaway Cabin The France Tiny House … Read more

Yurt Living – Our Story

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yurt living

by Meryl and Bryan Freyberg Picture two Minnesota teachers with summers off, one in grad school in Santa Fe, and both with yurt dreams. Given that, my husband Bryan and I spent our summer in simplicity, living in an 18-foot yurt at a state park for seven beautiful weeks. After … Read more

Marsha’s Sonoma Shanty

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It’s fun to see a tiny house built from plans sold here on the Tiny House Blog. Marsha’s Sonoma Shanty was designed by Stephen Marshall (Little House on the Trailer) and Kent Griswold back in the early days of the Tiny House Blog.

Here are some photos of my ‘tiny house’ built from your Sonoma Shanty plans in the summer of 2010 just a quarter mile from Lake Superior in Wisconsin. While my 10 acres do not have a lake, I am near enough to hear the waves on a windy day, and a mile from the local beach.

This summer we had a Jotul 602 woodstove installed, by September it is needed for heat at night! I’m very happy with the house. I bought seven windows made for a house at the local home store and they fill it with light.

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