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Not long ago, I attended a networking event for the Asheville Blogger Society. There was a great turn out and after business was conducted we shuffled off to one of the many local watering holes for some socializing. I spent some time speaking with Jason, the author of Tribe.ly, a website dedicated to helping people [...]

I thought I’d start a new series of posts called tiny house concerns. In it we’ll go over questions and concerns that readers from Tiny House Talk have sent in. Then in the comments, we’ll all discuss possible solutions and swap ideas. So here’s this week’s question from Pamela. Hi Alex, A couple of things [...]

This post is going to show you a method called piling to help you get rid of your stuff fast. In order to live in a tiny house or any other small space, most of us have to part with a lot of our belongings. Even if you’re not downsizing in terms of space, it [...]

By Laura LaVoie Before building a tiny house, the most home improvement work I had ever done was painting. But that was the draw of doing something that I had never done before. There were two of us, which made the process easier, but that doesn’t stop most tiny house builders from moving forward. Our [...]

By Laura LaVoie Someone asked me the other day what the advantages were of small houses versus apartment living? Why, she asked, would someone prefer living in a small house rather than renting an apartment? Certainly one is not superior over the other. The simple answer comes down to preference, but here are some other [...]

By Laura LaVoie Building a tiny house started out as a very personal journey for me.  As time went on we were asked to help a small organization in South Africa build a shelter for kids. To be honest, volunteering with a non-profit organization had never been on my radar screen before but sometimes the [...]