One of the biggest challenges when downsizing to a tiny house is figuring out how much clothing to keep. With closet space at a premium, understanding your actual clothing needs—versus what you’ve accumulated—becomes essential. Closet Storage Example Real Wardrobe Examples from the Community The Minimal Approach “I can live on two or three pairs of [...]
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Tim Ferriss and Kevin Rose Talking About Tiny Houses on Video
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 [...]
Biggest News in the Tiny World: La Petite Maison
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 [...]
Is Solar Power Expensive for Tiny Houses?
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 [...]
Why Tiny House Communities Don’t Exist
I’ve been thinking a lot about tiny house communities lately. It’s a frustrating subject because none really exist yet. Even the one underway in D.C. now is just a showcase of tiny homes. In other words, it’s not an actual livable community. It’s still a good thing because it’s showing people how such a community [...]
Can The Tiny House Movement Build Social Infrastructure?
My idea for this post on the tiny house movement and building social infrastructure for it took a few twists and turns before it became the finished product you’re about to read. It started with this video, featuring Dee Williams of Portland Alternative Dwellings and the folks from Boneyard Studios in DC. Something that Dee [...]
A Cautionary Tale on Tiny Houses
This Cautionary Tale on Tiny Houses is a Guest Post by Allan Cerf Like what I hope is a large majority of tiny house enthusiasts, I really want to live in a smaller space. The notion that I don’t have to immediately buy a ‘McMansion’ or even a ‘normal’ say, 2100 square foot home (following [...]