The good folks over at Tennessee Tiny Homes just delivered their first tiny house. The client preferred not to have a television so they took it down and installed a large window instead, as you’ll see in the photos below. The house headed towards the Tennessee mountains and made it passed plenty of tight squeezes and big hills along the way. You’ll be glad to know that it made it 100% safely and now the home, named The Reed, now has its first happy owners.

The company is based in Memphis, Tennessee and owned by Joe Everson. The Reed Tiny House sold for $17,500. Congratulations to the new owners!

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Tennessee Tiny Homes Sells their First Tiny House for $17,500

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This is the story of the Quietude Prefab Cabin. It’s the story of Denise Franklin and her healing place. After going through a major illness and doctors telling her she only had six months left to live… It’s been more than twenty years, she had left her house, and husband, and was now in search of her sacred space.

With a budget of only $28,000, she thought it might sound impossible, but she knew that anything is possible if you believe in it enough, so she didn’t give up and eventually made it happen thanks to the help of the wonderful and amazing Henry Yorke Mann (architect). Denise ended up with her dream tiny home… 280-square-feet of peaceful bliss. Please enjoy…?

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The Cabin that Gives You Peace… The Quietude?

Photo Credit Stuart Bish and Henry Yorkemann Architecture

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A few months ago one of our wonderful readers, Jane, was kind enough to send me a copy of her new book. It’s called Freedom through Frugality. She wrote and self-published the book and it’s available at her website Spirit of Life Publishing. Recently she’s finished up a tiny house on a trailer project which you’ll get to see below. The design is unique because it doesn’t have a traditional pitched roof. This feature helps it feel quite roomy inside. The exterior siding is a stained texture 1-11. It’s lightweight, strong, simple and inexpensive.

Let’s go ahead and take the photo tour together below..

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This backyard tiny house is used as an office. If you work from home what better way to separate your career life with your home life then to build an office a few steps away? Designed by Sarah Deeds of Deeds Design and built by carpenter John McBride. It was even recently featured on Dwell Magazine and photographed by Lenny Gonzalez. The passive solar structure is just 120-square-feet in size and since it’s heavily insulated requires no heating at all. With the sun coming in, a computer running and a human body inside it keeps warm just fine. Fortunately, our friends Kirsten Dirksen and Nicolas Boullosa of Faircompanies went and visited to create an amazing video tour and interview we can all enjoy.

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Photo by Nicolas Boullosa

Most of the wood used to build the structure was either FSC certified or salvaged. Enjoy the rest of the photos and a video tour below:

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Hold onto your hat; the holiday season is about to explode in retail stores everywhere. I know it’s still early, but setting your intentions now, will give you the opportunity to design your celebration rather than react to marketing. According to the Gallup Poll, Americans spend between $400 and $800 on holiday gifts. It’s easy to get caught up in the rush of it all, but with a little forethought, you can decrease your spending, increase your joy, and still fit into your home come January 1, 2013.

Last year was our first Christmas in our tiny house. Since Christmas has always brought an influx of things, we approached the holidays with a lot of intention. Even though I didn’t know how we could possibly get a Christmas tree, decorations and presents into our tiny house without totally tipping the scales, I can report that we had the best celebration ever!

Over the next few weeks I will share some of the ways we simplified our celebration, and created one that is just right for our family. I encourage you to try some or all of them, and let us know how it goes. Please, also share your ideas for a simple holiday in the comment section.

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Guest Post by the Wooly Wagons Team

Here is a concept drawing of the Wooly Wagon currently being built in our shop. Most of our work is custom designed, taking in the desires and needs of our clients. After an in-depth interview with our customer, in which we cover such things as purpose, materials and unique design features, Steve goes to work designing on the computer. This gives our client the opportunity to visualize the look of their finished product. Steve is an excellent communicator, asking questions and making suggestions until the final design fits not only our customer’s purposes but their personality as well. Also an accomplished painter, Steve brings his sense of artistry to all of our projects. Every one of our wagons is a work of art, beautiful as well as functional.

This project will be a rolling residence for famed poet and artist Kit Muldoon who intends to travel through the glorious countryside of the Western Rocky Mountains in Colorado, painting and writing in her portable studio. It can be towed with a vehicle, or as Kit tells us, will be eventually pulled by a horse or mule. Our uniquely designed cupola will provide plenty of natural light, illuminating the woodsy murals she plans to paint on the interior giving her the feeling of being connected to the outdoors, even when she’s inside.
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Photo Credit Wooly Wagons

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You may have already heard the news. Jay Shafer, the founder of The Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, is leaving to start a new business venture. The announcement was made quietly and there isn’t even anything listed on the Tumbleweed Tiny House website at this time.

On October 27^th, the Facebook page for Tiny House Design posted the following status update:

“Jay Shafer is leaving the Tumbleweed House Company. That’s the sad news. The good news is that he’s starting up a new endeavor focused more on “social justice via housing rights.” He needs some feedback on a new name… I’ll post a survey next – please vote to help Jay name his new organization.”

Photo By Jack Journey Copyright Tumbleweed Tiny House Company 2008

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If you’re like me you can admit that many of your motives and fears come from money. I think this should be okay to admit and I encourage you to open up a little bit here especially since we all use currency for just about everything in life.

And even though our money is no longer backed by gold and is basically just paper that the government (or should I say the Federal Reserve) prints out it still saves us lots of time when we want to buy a good or a service because it’s the fastest way to exchange goods and services. It’s basically a tool for trade.

If you’re anything like most people I know, you probably have had a love/hate relationship with money. My challenge and intention with this article is to get you to love and appreciate money if that’s something you’re struggling with. Why? Because it makes sense to. I mean, why have a bad relationship with something that you know you’re going to continue using everyday?

Sometimes I feel that living simply has this connotation that says, “I don’t care about money and guess what.. I hardly even need it anymore.” And you know what.. I LOVE and APPRECIATE that because it empowers us and gives us more choice in life. So if you got that mindset, too, then HIGH FIVE!

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