The other day we got this comment on one of the new Tumbleweed tiny houses that just came out. How well can someone over 6 feet tall and over 300 pounds live in this? And the best answer I could think of, was this: If you’re asking that, you may want to look at this [...]
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Recession Proof your Life with a Tiny House?
To me that’s what tiny houses are all about. Because a tiny home provides shelter at it’s most basic form. Meeting your Needs the Smartest Way Life is all really about meeting our basic human needs and growing from there. And only after we do that can we really flourish, or grow. Right? That’s what [...]
Custom Truck RV: Modern Motorhome Living or a Tiny House?
I usually show you tiny houses on wheels but today I’m showing you a modern truck RV/motorhome by MCM Design. Besides that I also like to share teardrop campers and other RVs with you too. So today I ask you the question, “would you rather go with a modern motorhome like this… Or a tiny house [...]
Tiny House Q&A: How Much Space Does An Artist Need?
Is it just me, or aren’t there a lot of tiny house people out there who are artistic? Whether you write, paint, draft, sculpt, or dance.. I’m coming to terms with the fact that: artists need their space. Yet artists usually LOVE tiny houses. So that begs the question.. How Do Artists and Tiny Homes [...]
Tiny House Codes And Zoning: Taking Matters into Our Own Hands
In the tiny house community we are often talking about the various building codes around the country, and the world, and how they affect tiny spaces. Tiny house bloggers often get asked the question “do you know the building codes in [my city]?” Building codes are so location specific that they can vary greatly mile [...]
How Frank Lloyd Wright Influenced Our Tiny House Design
I just got home from a week long South Western vacation. The entire week was topped off by a visit to Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home, Taliesin West. I started studying Frank Lloyd Wright in college. It was something that Matt and I had in common before we started dating a billion years ago. While [...]
Q&A: Family Desperate for Simple Living to Get Out of the Rat Race
Every so often I enjoy doing some Q&A on tiny houses and simple living. And what usually prompts me to do it is an email or question in the comments from other readers. So here’s a question I got yesterday along with my thoughts. I’d love to read through your thoughts and suggestions too. Family [...]