I’m excited to introduce you to this tiny house whose owners have named it the Love Shack. It’s a king-sized bed on a trailer and is disguised as a tiny house.
I received an email from Napalm Dragon and I know I don’t normally do this but I would like to share it with you.
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Hello there,
In August, my wife and I built our art project called “The Love Shack”
We left British Columbia on September 12, and have been on an
adventure ever since.
In a nut shell, we intended to build a Tear Drop Trailer, then joked
that it would be cool if it looked like a little shack.
2.5 weeks later, we had a Love Shack and hit the road.
Update: Elaine’s Tumbleweed tiny house is no longer available for rent at the moment but you can still enjoy this original article I published on August 22, 2011 below:
Michael Janzen over at Tiny House Design is a Google SketchUp pro and he’s created a 7 part series (maybe there’s more coming – I’m not sure) that will help you draw your own tiny house with SketchUp.
Here are the links to each (they all point to Tiny House Design). So if you’ve been wanting to play around with designs, these videos will help you.
This is one of my favorite tiny house designs and it’s just a link to a post I did on it a while back in September – in case you haven’t seen it already.
It’s designed to be built on a trailer and has an upstairs sleeping loft. Go check it out.
This article makes the idea of a more official tiny house community seem possible. It’s the story of Rich Daniels, who the article says has been building and selling dozens of minimalist homes over the last five years. Click here to learn more. Link opens up to the article on OregonLive.com.
This video goes as extreme as featuring a bicycle camper… But all for the purpose of getting you to ask yourself, “How much do I really need?” You can watch this video right here.
Do you think you can build a tiny house? This 15 year old kid is doing it right now.
His name is Austin Hay and he’s actually 16 now and a sophomore in high school (but still!).
He started building a Tumbleweed Fencl tiny house because he wanted to downsize, be good to the environment, and to make a financially smart decision.
On his web site he says, “I have started to build a tumbleweed house to show adults and peers that one person can help the big picture. I think its important that we keep this one world we have healthy.”
If Austin is doing it, you can do it too. With a little motivation (think about living pretty much mortgage free) and some leg work: building plans, construction site, and a place to park it when finished.
You could be well on your way too. What’s stopping you? Tell us about it in the comments below. You don’t have to register, just click here to go to the comments.
Photo Credit Austin Hay, Visit his web site by clicking here.
This model from Tumbleweed Houses is designed for people who want to use the kitchen. It has the largest kitchen out of all of the other tiny house designs from Tumbleweed.
If you’ve looked at the Lusby you’ll notice that this one is really similar except that the kitchen is in the 6′ x 4′ space and the main room (living area) is more open with one sleeping area in an upstairs loft.
It also features a small but usable front porch and vaulted ceilings in the main room. Similar to the Lusby, there’s also a mini loft above the front entrance door for extra storage.
Meet Collin and Joanna. On June 6th, 2010 they took a serious step by purchasing a trailer for their own tiny Tumbleweed Fencl house.
By this time they are well on their way to many of our dreams… Their very own tiny house on wheels.
They have their own (awesome) blog where they are sharing the experience on the construction of their tiny house. So make sure to add it to your favorites!
Recently they have posted up lots of pictures for us to look at and I wanted to be sure you knew about their tiny house adventure! The photos feature the foundation on their trailer and some of the framing on the house. Stop by their blog and say hello!
