Massachusetts Adopts Tiny House Appendix Q

Last month Massachusetts officially became the sixth state to fully adopt the Appendix Q.  It joins California, Idaho, Maine, Oregon, Georgia. That is to say, these are the first states to adopt this groundbreaking International Residential Code optional guidelines. It provides a model building standard for houses 400 square feet … Read more

Tiny House Festivals 2018 Road Map

It’s the time year again. Flowers are blooming; birds are chirping. And tiny house celebrations are commencing.  Long gone are the days of 1-2 scattered festivals per year. Enthusiasts can now choose from a delightful slew of events, stretching from coast to coast. Each one provides attendees with the opportunity … Read more

Tiny House Workshop Hands on Building

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Actually Build, Hear From Tiny House Pros, See Live Demos, Tour A Tiny House, And More! With Deek and Dustin All while helping out the town center with design, art, and funky builds! Hosted by Derek and Dustin Diedricksen, who have hosted/built/designed for their HGTV/DIY Network show “Tiny House Builders”, … Read more

Massachusetts Tiny House Building Workshop

Tumbleweed Cypress

Ian Anderson just contacted me and wanted to share with you an upcoming tiny house workshop. Due to the overwhelming success of our last workshop, we are planning another one this June. We will be building a Tumbleweed 20 foot Cypress over two weeks. The first week will focus on … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

Tiny Grassy House

This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape comes from a faithful reader Louise Homstead. Louise says: “This is a tiny house in Western Massachusetts, USA on a very fine farm (the best milk products in the region!). I love the living roof and the woodsy setting. They also built the … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

The Margo Gelb Shack

This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape is a photograph by Christopher Seufert of a small beach shack located in Provincetown, Massachusetts. This photo was featured on a fairly new website called Tiny House Swoon which was started recently by Steven Harrell the person behind Tiny House Listings. Steven has … Read more

Tiny House in a Landscape

This weeks Tiny House in a Landscape was submitted by Gwen Powers who shares a tiny house on her in-law’s property in Massachusetts, which is not actually lived in (although it was when the main house was being built). Gwen says: “I thought the clouds were spectacular. It was taken … Read more

Tiny Timber Frame House in Massachusetts

Ian Anderson one of my readers contacted me about his tiny house project. Ian wanted to wait until a time when there would be more frequent updates before he had me put it up on the blog. Ian has been so close to this project for so long that it is hard for him to tell what people want to see.

I think that you will agree with me that you will want to follow along as he gets busy this spring so I think now is a good time to share Ian’s build with you. I’ll let Ian tell you more about his project.

Several years ago, a friend of mine showed me the Tumbleweed House site. I loved the idea of living a more sustainable, compact and cheap lifestyle by living in a small house. I immediately started sketching out floor plans for the way I would build a house. At first these plans were just a creative escape for me while I was trying to focus on my engineering classes. I returned to it again and again throughout the next two years of school. It seemed like a great way to apply my love of design and building to something practical that would benefit me and others for a long time.

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