Meet Joe Everson and his small company, Tennessee Tiny Homes based in Memphis. And in this post, you’ll get to see his first design. Joe built a tiny home on a heavy-duty 8’×16′ trailer with square tubing and a 6″ tongue. Joe used 2×4 framing with 3″ screwed and glued sheathing. All siding that you see on the exterior is cedarwood.
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One of the most common questions I’m asked about the tiny house movement is “Where can I build or park my tiny home?” You’ll quickly find that most municipalities are not tiny house friendly and you can’t build such a small home on a foundation. Even if you put it on wheels, which cause the regulations to change (RV rather than dwelling), there are still some rules that you need to adhere to. It can be frustrating for someone who just wants to downsize and simplify their lives.
However, there has been buzz for some time about one city that offers a very friendly experience to tiny house owners: Portland.
I reached out to Tiny House community members to learn about their experiences in Portland and I heard back from Tammy Strobel of Rowdy Kittens.
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If you’re a regular visitor here to Tiny House Talk, you’re most likely already familiar with Deek. He builds micro homes in his backyard most of the time for $200 or less. Most recently he shows us how to make our own stained glass windows for a $1 or less.
Recently he held a sold out Tiny House Summer Camp in Vermont which where attendees got to design and build two tiny cabins. Today he was featured on the Yahoo! homepage and his micro shelters have now been seen by millions of people around the world. He’s author of the book Humble Homes, Simple Shacks. This Yahoo! interview features his latest creation, which he calls the Lollipop. It’s a tree-less treehouse.
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Now here’s a micro guesthouse that makes ultimate use of it’s tiny space. At just 68-square-feet, it’s incredible what the owner was able to pack in there.
I don’t know about you, but I found this tiny house to be simple yet genius and it looks like it might have been relatively inexpensive to build.
Anyway, this backyard tiny house has three unique space saving design ideas that really stand out which are a:
You can hardly see it in the photos but it also features a living roof (also known as green roof). Let’s check it out. Also just added a video tour that my friend Deek went out and did on this micro house for Make Magazine.
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During my research for topics to share with my fellow Tiny House Enthusiasts, I came across this blog post by Emily Badger at The Atlantic Cities. Here Emily shares a conversation she had with Tiny House author Mimi Zeiger.
In their conversation, Zeiger offers several psychological profiles of people who love and want to live in tiny spaces.
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I got to thinking about these categories and how they apply to me and to other tiny home builders that I know. Like any other psychological profile, it is difficult to fit individuals into neat and tidy categories.
If you’ve been wanting a tiny house on a trailer to call your own, and you don’t like the idea of climbing a ladder up to a sleeping loft, then this one might be yours.
This particular model is being used as an office and was built for a customer by Hornby Island Caravans. Ian and Mathona wanted an office that could also serve as a micro guest house when family or friends come over. So they did what anybody would do… (I’ve been waiting for the chance to use that line.) They had a 16′ caravan designed and built with built-in furniture, a double bed, window seat, desk, wood stove, and plenty of storage built-in to park in the yard.
One detail that I really loved was how they used the tongue of the trailer to create a welcoming deck. That’s pretty clever, don’t you think? and I don’t recall seeing that before. You might also like how they made everything inside and out remain so natural looking. Don’t miss the wall shelves! Okay, I’ll let the photos do the rest of the talking.
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In this episode of Make Magazine with Tiny Yellow House Deek shows you how to make your own stained glass for no cash!
So it’s not REALLY stained glass but it’s how to achieve the same sort of look and feel for much cheaper and many times for free with what you might have laying around the house, garage, attic, or shed.
What should you look for, you may be asking? Colorful plastic plates. If you don’t have any you can probably find some at your local dollar store, garage sale, or any store that sells home goods. They’re usually pretty cheap too.
Play the video below so you can watch Deek go through every step on how to prep, cut, and create your own stained glass on the cheap!
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Photo by Derek Diedricksen and Make Magazine on YouTube
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Off Beat Spaces shows how designer James Hong took a 500 square foot New York aparatment from rundown to luxury by repurposing items and reimagining spaces.
This video shows in only a couple of minutes what one designer could do to create an amazingly modern space while staying within what he refers to as a “modest scale.”
His work with his home shows that sometimes you just need to see the potential. Creating a beautiful space out of something that most people would have passed on is nothing less than miraculous, but if you talk to people like Hong who have done it for themselves they see it as the obvious next step.
Hong notably uses an old kitchen pot to build a sink rather than purchasing a new sink from the local home improvement store. It takes vision to combine these elements into something decorative and functional.
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Today on USA Today the Associated Press announced that New York City is requesting developers to design studio apartments 300 square feet or smaller.
The city believes these tiny homes could be a solution to growing population and the need for affordable housing, especially for singles and two-person households, according to the article.
The mayor, Michael Bloomberg, invited developers to transform a Manhattan lot into a building of micro apartments with kitchenettes, a bathroom, and a dual purpose living room that also serves as a bedroom with a fold-out bed.
Right now there is a requirement in this area that new apartments must be at least 400 square feet but if this is a success the rule will be changed.
The article also states, “City planners envision a future in which the young, the cash-poor and empty nesters flock to such small dwellings — each not much bigger than a dorm room. In a pricey real estate market where about one-third of renter households spend more than half their income on rent, it could make housing more affordable.”
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