Monthly Archives: March 2009

8×16 Free Tiny House Plans

Posted on March 31, 2009 by Michael Janzen

It’s 1:00 AM and I just put the finishing touches on the first version of the 8×16 free tiny house plans. This house is designed to be an inexpensively built passive solar tiny house on a trailer. In the next … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Plans | Tagged 8x16, floor plans, free plans, solar house, tiny house, tiny solar house | 30 Comments

Earthbag Building Work Exchange Opporutunity

Posted on March 29, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Here’s a great opportunity to learn to build an earthbag tiny house at the Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. In trade for hands-on experience building with earthbags you’ll be asked to hang out for a month, work about 30 hours a week, … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged dancing rabbit, earthbag, earthbag tiny house, ecovillage, tiny house, work exchange | 3 Comments

Tiny House Mobile Showroom

Posted on March 28, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Years ago I tried to make it as a professional potter and traveled in my little Civic to crafts fairs and farmers’ markets each weekend to sell my pottery. I’d pack my car full of pottery and had a homemade … Continue reading →

Posted in Design Concept | Tagged art, art show, artisan, artwork, crafts fair, farmers market, showroom, tiny house | 5 Comments

8×16 Free House Plans Coming Along Nicely

Posted on March 27, 2009 by Michael Janzen

I want to thank everyone who provided feedback on my first post of this 8×16 tiny house plan. It was really great to see it through more eyes. I was also able to incorporate many of the suggestions and have … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Plans | Tagged 8x16, free plans, house plans, passive solar, shed roof, solar house, solar tiny house, tiny house, turnbull | 27 Comments

Earthbag House Plans

Posted on March 26, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Owen Geiger over at Earthbag House Plans has been busy. He has posted the preliminary designs for about 77 plans for earthbag homes available on his newest website. An earthbag home is essentially a home made from the dirt under … Continue reading →

Posted in Plans | Tagged adobe, cob, earthbag, earthen, earthen floor, house plans, owen geiger, tiny house | 11 Comments

8×16 Free House Plans Preview

Posted on March 23, 2009 by Michael Janzen

I had high aspirations of staying up late tonight and finishing the plans for the 8×16 free house plans, but I’m ready to drop. I’m also struggling with the height of the loft in this design and wanted to throw … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Plans | Tagged 8x16, free plans, house plans, tiny house | 23 Comments

Announcing The Small Living Journal

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Michael Janzen

A few of us small living advocates/designers/bloggers got together recently and decided to put together a bi-weekly webzine on the small home movement. Every two weeks we’ll all write an article on the same general theme. This first issue is … Continue reading →

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Nine Tiny Feet Plan Update

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Michael Janzen

As promised here are the revised plans for Nine Tint Feet. It might not look that much different from the one I posted last night and this morning but this one uses less lumber, will be better insulated, and is … Continue reading →

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Nine Tiny Feet – Revised Framing Plan

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Last night I stayed up late drawing the framing plan of Nine Tiny Feet and posted the work-in-progress plans here at about 1:00 AM. I realized that there had to be a much more efficient way to enclose nine square … Continue reading →

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Nine Tiny Feet – Plans in Process

Posted on March 22, 2009 by Michael Janzen

I’ve really had Nine Tiny Feet on the brain the last few days. This is the ultra tiny design concept I came up with at virtually the same moment I came up with idea for the Tiny Free House. Both … Continue reading →