Yes, even Tim Ferriss is interested in tiny houses!
The best selling author and entrepreneur talks about Tumbleweed Houses in the video you can watch below.
He mentions property that he owns where he’s interested in building a couple of tiny homes.
It’s great too because he’s alongside another famous entrepreneur, Kevin Rose.
Watch the clip below:
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We talk about families living in tiny houses every so often here at Tiny House Talk.
But this is a little different.
Even though I think we might have a lot to learn from what’s going on here.
Here’s a huge family sharing just one bathroom.
They decided to leave it all behind so they can travel around the country and enjoy their lives.
I guess this is just one way of doing it, isn’t it?
It’s just another version of the tiny house life. In this case, the entire family is mobile.
Thanks to our reader Richard H. for sending us the story.
Photo Credit Today Show/MSNBC
This tiny house survey was created by Ryan from The Tiny Life.
It’s all in an effort to get to know each other as a community.
So most of the tiny house blogs and websites are passing this around and later we’re going to be sharing the information.
So if you live in a tiny house please take a few minutes to fill out the form below anonymously.
Once all of the data is gathered and organized by Ryan he’ll share the results with all of us. I’ll keep you updated!
Thank you!
Photo by litlnemo/FlickR
Please fill out the survey/form below:
The biggest…littlest…um, the latest news in Tiny: La Petite Maison. I’m sure you’ve heard of it; it isn’t all that new, but this 12 year old girl has been taking the tinyverse by storm.
She has been featured in a guest post on the Tumbleweed Tiny House blog. She appeared on Andrew Odom’s r(E)vo Convo Podcast.
She and her Mom even got a chance to visit the Tiny r(e)volution while it was still in Georgia. She also recently visited the Tiny House Showcase, Boneyard Studios, in Washington DC.
There is almost nothing that Sicily Kolbeck hasn’t done and she isn’t even thirteen. As far as anyone knows, Sicily is the youngest tiny house builder on record.
I really wish I had her level of confidence when I was her age.
Sicily and a Nail Gun. Photo from La Petite Maison
Please read below, because Sicily is doing so much more!Â
How is lighting a tiny house different than lighting a normal room of the same size?
A normal room can be treated as one, fairly unified, space. It is used for a limited set of purposes. For example, a dining room is used for dining and gathering.
On the other hand, a tiny house no bigger than many dining rooms may contain many diverse uses in one space. The lighting can serve to highlight these uses rather than making the house seem like one unified (fairly small) room.
If you’ve decided against unnecessary partitions, then lighting can create the feel of separate, intimate spaces without physically chopping the interior up into separate rooms.
There are two basic types of lighting to consider: daylighting and artificial lighting. Last week’s post was about daylighting; today, we’ll look at artificial lighting and the ways it can work for you.
Photo credit: Tall Man’s Tiny House.
I bet you’re wondering where the heck tiny house people put their clothes?!
That’s easy. They don’t have a lot.
Before you toss in the towel as you have no idea how you’re going to pick a complete wardrobe from an entire closet and dresser(s) of clothes, relax.
Other people have done it. I’ve done it. You can do it.
I used to have two dressers, a full closet, and several boxes in the attic. And I don’t even like fashion!
Now, with the exception of some boots and coats, all my clothes can be packed into a couple of gym bags.
My goal is to get everything in one bag. Your goal might be similar. Or maybe you just want to get rid of the dresser.
The fun part about clothes is that no one has the exact same wardrobe. We all have different lives that require different types of apparel. For example, I have four pairs of boots: cowboy boots for line dancing (don’t judge), waterproof winter boots, everyday sweater boots, and a classy pair of boots with heels for dress-up occasions. To some people, that’s a lot. To me, it’s just right for where I am in my life.
Last week I spoke about the costs of tiny houses and why I don’t find that figure to be much of a problem. Several individuals mentioned that the $20,000 cost was fine for just the house but what about the cost of adding power systems on top of it. A lot of people believe that solar power needs to be expensive but we have a different experience with this.
The first step is to determine how much power you need if you want to be off the grid. If you’re looking to run a refrigerator, an air conditioner, a washer and dryer, etc.; a small solar power system may not be the best solution for you. We decided to keep our lifestyle as simple as possible to be able to use a scaled down system. We run as much as we can on butane and propane so the only thing that really runs on the solar power are the lights and our computers, including Matt’s massive gaming laptop. And remember, both of us work from the tiny house so we need access to our computers most of the day.
Our solar panels. Photo by Laura M. LaVoie
Do you want to see how we did it? Read the rest below:
On Thursday I received this email from a reader.
Read it for yourself below,
Subject: Tech-loving couple tiny living ideas?
Message: Hi there,Â
I’m having a hard time convincing my husband that we can live happily
in a tiny home. He claims its’ not enough room for both of our
computers, our large TV and game consoles that he’s absolutely against
getting rid of or down-sizing.Â
He claims that tiny homes are for people who are never home and “not
like us”.
I was curious to know if you had any suggestions and/or examples of
computer-centered homebodies who have made this move and are happily
living the dream without sacrificing.Â
Thank you for your time!
I think it’s normal for someone already in a relationship to reject the idea of small spaces.
Some people are happy living in larger spaces and I think that’s okay.
I don’t believe in changing people if they don’t want to or aren’t even interested.
Everyone goes through stages at different times in their own lives.
But it’s not natural to have to convince someone to live in a tiny house when they really don’t want to.
If it doesn’t work yet, and you love your partner, just let it go and find other more constructive ways to improve your life.
One of the best ways to do this is by getting rid of some of your own stuff.
Let go of the tiny house idea for now, and work on smaller, easier ways to simplify right now.
There have been cases where it takes someone a few months or even a couple of years before they’re open to the idea.
Some are open to it right away. For others it’s a complete impossibility. It all depends.
We, as Tiny Housers/Simplistic Living Enthusiasts know what it takes to shed the extra layers of possessions that were accumulated over the years from living outside of our means. Though, there are others who find mountains to face when it comes to getting rid of their possessions – whether they literally be mountains of stuff, or figuratively, mountains of attachment that need to be overcome.
So, to facilitate the process of parting with ones belongings, I’ve compiled a list of five common-fare tips on how to get rid of your stuff , or in other words, move mountains.
You would love to downsize your belongings and clear up space, but where do you start? First off, to aid in the commencing of getting down to downsizing business, it helps to have most everything organized. No, not in the sense of keeping your soup cans’ labels facing front first on the shelf, an extra roll of TP within arms reach of the commode, or making sure Friday’s undergarments are not worn on a Wednesday.
