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 [...]
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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 [...]
Couple Shows You How to Build Tiny House on Wheels
If you’ve been wondering how to build a tiny house on wheels in detail, you’ve landed in the right place! This couple is going to show you how they’ve designed, planned, and built their very own DIY, stick-built, tiny house on a trailer. And the best part is… It’s 100% free thanks to Jake & Kiva [...]
Why These 5 People Left Their Tiny Houses
The idea of a tiny house lifestyle is fascinating, adventurous, and even freeing. But you and me both know that a tiny home isn’t going to fix all of our problems. And assuming that a tiny house is going to make all aspects of our lives better (or easier) is just plain wrong. The truth is [...]
Couple Living Tiny in 160 Sq. Ft. Home (Video + Interview)
You may have already met Alek and Anjali of Tiny-Project.com before. They’re a young couple living tiny in their 160 sq. ft. tiny house in California. In this post you’ll get to watch a video tour and interview with Morton and Maria of GoDownsize.com as they explore what’s it’s really like to live tiny as a [...]
How Do I Get Zoning Passed for Tiny Houses in my Area?
This article on how to get zoning passed for tiny houses is a guest post by Rene’ Hardee ([email protected]) who is head of the Florida chapter of the American Tiny House Association How do I get zoning passed for Tiny Houses? Tiny Houses. You’ve heard of them. You’ve watched the shows. You may have read some [...]
