This is the inspiring story of how a man, Reverend Jeff Obafemi Carr, is leading a small group of people who are building a community of micro homes called Infinity Village for homeless people in their neighborhood who were formerly living in tents. For days, the group worked in a remote green space just off [...]
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Tiny House Summit Begs Question: Where Do You Put It?
This is KGW news coverage of Portland’s recent Tiny House Summit where hundreds of people were in attendance celebrating and learning about tiny housing. They listened to panels discuss financing options and ways to work with changing municipal codes. They also saw the latest in small homes, transformer-style furniture and, finally, toured the sprawling outdoor display. And, of [...]
Why More People Than Ever Want to Live in Tiny Houses
This article by Yuqing Pan for Realtor.com covers the Strange Allure of Tiny Homes (Explained) with interesting visual data using infographics. Is tiny the new big? Well, sort of, but not quite. So is everyone going small? Quick answer: No! In fact, overall, the size of American homes has climbed drastically. The average new home [...]
How to Create Your Freedom (Tiny or Not)
This video-based post covers Andrew Morrison’s speech on how to create your freedom at the 2015 Tiny House Jamboree. Andrew offers some wonderful ideas that I know you’ll find helpful when it comes to considering living tiny, downsizing, letting go of your stuff, becoming debt-free, shopping habits, building tiny, and/or designing tiny because most importantly [...]
Elevated Off-Grid Tiny House with Live Plant Siding
This is a one-of-a-kind off-grid tiny house by Elevate Structure. From the outside you’ll notice is resembles a treehouse, doesn’t it? Even more interesting, it’s literally a living house because of the live plant siding. The base is just 40 sq. ft. which minimizes the impact this micro home has on the earth is sits on. This [...]
Tiny House SketchUp Tutorial Package
This is a 6-hour tiny house SketchUp tutorial series that shows you how to design your own tiny house using the popular SketchUp 3D Modeling software. This series has been created by the good people behind Tiny Nest, a young couple who have been designing and building their own DIY tiny house on a trailer. [...]
Tiny House Hunters Casting Call
This is a guest post for Tiny House Hunters Casting Call by Jason Preston Tiny House Hunters is on a fresh hunt for people looking to buy tiny homes for our third season. We love buyers with fun personalities and we love families! Here are the details: Are you looking for or about to buy [...]
