This is a guest post from Austin and Heidi, who have been living in their tiny home for the last two years. We love our home. We are fortunate to live close to work and friends, but in a secluded area where we can get away from the hustle and bustle of life. We enjoy […]
Tag Archives: tiny house
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Oct
Oct
I just finished a new tiny house book. The book is titled, 101 Tiny House Designs – The Ultimate Collection of Tiny House Design. 101 Tiny House Designs is over 400 pages and available as an ebook and in print. BUY PRINT COPYBUY PDF EBOOKWant to see what’s inside the book? Here’s a video where […]
05
Aug
Aug
From time to time I daydream about taking my family on an extended road trip in a tiny house. So just for fun, I drew this tiny house design and got a little carried away in the details. I suspect more than a few folks will appreciate some of the ideas here, so I thought […]
02
Aug
Aug
The following is a guest post from Ashlee Fazio, 25 year old homeschool teacher from New York. (The beautiful Mid-Hudson Valley is where she calls “home”, about an hour and a half train ride North of the Big Apple.) She blogs at Destinydweller.com and you can find her on social media at Facebook, Instagram (@destinydweller), Snapchat (@destinydweller), and […]
01
Aug
Aug
While steel tiny houses are not usually the do-it-yourselfer’s first choice (due to the learning curve) and new option for building steel tiny house frames is taking root. I use the term ‘new option’ loosely. The first year I began blogging about the tiny house movement (2008) I met a fellow named Bill who was […]
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Jul
Jul
Leveraging CAD design and CNC machines, Extraordinary Structures provides design/build manufacturing services and expertise in Santa Fe, New Mexico. They can build a tiny house for you or CNC a tiny house kit you build yourself – at considerable cost savings. For example… right now on their website it says you can order the Salt […]
11
May
May
I’ve got a hobby – a weird one – and its the study of fallout shelters and nuclear war survival. I’m Gen-X and grew up during the cold war. So for fun – and maybe as a weird sort of therapy – I started learning about fallout and nuclear war as a teenager. I’m also […]
07
May
May
As a short fun experiment, I’ve drawn up a bunch of t-shirt designs – now available through Teespring for a few days. Pictured above are a few I drew this morning, but to see them all visit the Tiny House Design Teespring page. I’ve kept the cost of the shirts at just $18. There are women’s and men’s shirts available […]
07
May
May
The Colorado Village Collaborative will be creating two tiny house villages. This tiny home will be a showcase tiny home for the village. Assistant Professor Eric Holt led 30 students from University of Denver’s Franklin L. Burns School of Real Estate & Construction Management, who participated in a speed build recently.
06
May
May
The Wedge was built by students at Laney College in Oakland, California for the 2016 SMUD Net Zero Tiny House Competition. One of the team’s goals was to built it to be net zero – meaning that it generates all the electricity it uses. Part of the team’s motivation to build tiny was the low […]