Stephen Marshall of Little House on the Trailer who helped me develop the Sonoma Shanty Plans was recently featured in the Santa Rosa, Press Democrat.
The article Mini-spaces Fill Many Needs: Backyard getaway, office, playhouse, explains how Stephen has entered the world of mini-spaces and has created a business to fill this need.
Meg McConahey says Stephen builds heirloom-quality buildings that look like miniature houses, set on a foundation or on wheels. If you ever want to move, you can take it with you.
You imagine it and Marshall will build it. Just make sure your dreams are small — 120 square feet, to be exact. Marshall, a Petaluma-based veteran cabinetmaker and builder with 40 years’ experience, has turned his talents to making tiny houses.
His most popular are, like Lind’s, only 120 square feet, small enough to qualify under most planning and building codes as sheds, so no building permit is required. Marshall calls it the Sonoma Shanty.
But don’t let the name fool you. Marshall can finish them with recycled Douglas fir floors, old-fashioned beadboard wainscotting, skylights and built-in cabinets. His inspiration is the historic old cabins of Point Reyes.
Read the full article at the Press Democrat site. I just wish they had posted more of the pictures they published in the paper version of the paper.
Photo Credit: John Burgess of the Press Democrat
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