I’m so excited to show you this micro apartment in NYC that was photographed by David Engelhardt for Dwell Magazine.
Living in a place like NYC forces you to make the most of the space you have. That’s why the city is filled with so many fascinating small spaces, like this one.
Micro Apartment in NYC
How much can you fit into 240 square feet? This apartment/studio will give you a great idea of what might be possible in just about any small living space.
This masterfully designed space was designed and created by Brooklyn architect Tim Seggerman with inspiration from furniture designer George Nakashima.
The entire apartment is a master class in finish carpentry: There are cabinets of cypress and bamboo; a gently chamfered ash-and-beech staircase; flooring of quartered white oak; a desk of red birch slats that slips out into the living space. The lighting in the loft, much of it recessed behind panels of papyrus, lends the space a subtlety that doubles the sense of warmth. “It’s basically a piece of woodwork,” says Seggerman. “I’m very proud of that.” (Source)
Read the rest of our post and get the rest of the apartment tour below:
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This is Nate and Jen’s tiny home on wheels. It originally started out as a camper that Nate bought which they later dismantled, refurbished, and built this beautiful tiny home on.
The trailer is 8’3″ by 24’10” and he used 2x4s instead of 2x8s for floor joists to decrease the home’s weight. Isn’t it incredible how simple a home could really be if you go back to the basics, sort of like this?
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Living Simply and Free in a Tiny Home
Find out why Nate built it and see the rest of the photos below:
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Just got an email this morning from the folks over at Molecule Tiny Homes.
Remember their surfer’s oceanfront tiny house that they built for a client?
And their spacious tiny home with a flip down porch?
Another Spacious Tiny Home on Wheels by Molecule Tiny Homes…
I love Molecule’s tiny house designs and builds because they look and feel like I could easily live in them. Not sure if you feel the same way…
Photo credits Molecule Tiny Homes
But let’s take you on a photo tour below:
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Could this be the yurt alternative that we have been looking for? Were we even looking for a yurt alternative? Do you want to build a tiny house with just a screw driver? If you’ve ever wanted a plastic yurt this might be the answer for you.
Teal Panels from Teal International Corporation may not be the prettiest things to look at but they are simple and easy to construct. But what about the cost? Each panel costs around $200 so it really depends on how large you want your structure. For those of us looking to go tiny, it could be completely cost effective.
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Image by Teal International Corporation
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Niall over at Humble Homes is celebrating St Patrick’s Day by having a one day only sale on tiny house plans.
He let me know this morning and I wanted to pass the word to you right away.
Athru and Turtle Tiny House Plans
Remember the Athru and the Turtle tiny house plans I featured recently? You can save on them today, if you were interested.
Happy Saint Patrick’s Day!
Below is a shot of Humble Homes’ genius slide out bed design in their Athru design. It comes out from under the kitchen!
Click here to access the St Patrick’s Day One-Day Sale over at Humble Homes!
Click here to access the St Patrick’s Day One-Day Sale over at Humble Homes!
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I was never thrilled about composting toilets when considering tiny houses. I didn’t like the idea of human waste sitting around and having to empty the bucket. It seemed like a hassle with opportunities for ickiness.
When people ask about the tiny house, this is always one of the first things they want to know: What about the bathroom? Somehow saying that we were going to have a bucket for a toilet, de-legitimized the entire house and our lifestyle.
Out of Sight, Out of Mind Composting Toilet System
And it’s not like I was a stranger to composting toilets. I attended an environmentally-focused college, which hosted composting toilets in a couple of its dorm apartments. My partner, Henry, was even in charge of managing the composting system. But that was different. That was a central system–one where all the waste dropped into the basement, where it stayed until it was nuetralized, and was the consistency and smell of earth. It was a system that was easy to manage and had the air of being “out of sight, out of mind.”
But it is not a system fit for a tiny house–for obvious reasons. Space is not one of our strong points.
Low-Flush RV Toilets for Tiny Homes
So, as we researched our options, we looked into low-flush toilets first. This is what I was banking on. Some tiny houses have these, choosing to operate as RVs do. But like RVs, we’d also have to have a holding tank and find some place to dump it when it was full. Seeking out dump stations would be inconvenient and I’ve been camping enough times in the vicinity of RVs to know this is quite the smelly, unpleasant process.
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Every year, designers (and design students) are dreaming up new ‘prototypes’ for various types of buildings, from prototypes for disaster-relief to futuristic green homes.
Some of these prototypes are quickly forgotten (and often deserve to be). Others live on, and some even become highly successful. Marianne Cusato’s “Katrina Cottage”, whose models range from tiny to medium-sized, was a prototype for post-hurricane housing that is now a common sight along the Gulf Coast.
This week I start a four-part series on tiny house ‘prototypes’ that are outside the tiny house mainstream (if there is such a thing). None has yet become as common as the Katrina Cottage, but each has some important lessons to teach, about which I will ramble, philosophize, and generally fail to come to any clear conclusions. (You have been warned.)
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Recently I was made aware of a tiny house page on Facebook called Extreme Makeover: Tiny Home Edition.
I thought the concept was interesting at first but really didn’t think much about it at that point.
Next thing I knew I noticed some horrifically hateful things on the page that made me think twice.
Several people were referring to her page as a scam, “these people think that I’m trying to commit fraud with regard to the original ABC-TV show, using the show’s name to scam people out of their money. That couldn’t be further from the truth,” the page owner told me.
I emailed Sally Schrock, the tiny homeowner, to find out more and while I am sure I don’t have the whole story I do feel as though I know enough about her tiny house situation to speak confidently.
Photo by Sally Schrock
See below to read more about her project.
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If you’re a Fan on our Facebook Page you might have been a part of a conversation we had on tiny house loans on March 1st.
Since then we have come up with a simple solution so we can start creating financing for people like you.
Now We Are the Bank?
More importantly, it’s a way for us as a community to fund each other. That means we become the bank.
Hundreds of us can invest in each other’s tiny house projects. And interest goes to people like you and me instead of big banks.
How? We’re using a trusted 3rd party peer-to-peer lending network.
Loans for Tiny Homes
My favorite part about this idea is that regular people can get paid to help others start their tiny house projects. Whether that’s a tiny house on wheels, a small cabin on some land or just a teardrop camper for weekends.
Photo Credit Sarah Myers
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