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Tennessee Tiny Homes Sells and Delivers Their First House for $17,500

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…

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A $29K Dream Cabin Come True…

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…

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Jane’s Tiny House Photo Tour: Freedom through Frugality?

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…

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Modern Backyard Tiny House Office Studio for Work or Play

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…

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How to Create a Delightful Christmas Celebration in a Tiny House

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…

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Tiny Houses with a Traditional Twist: Wooly Wagons

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…

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Jay Shafer Leaves Tumbleweed Tiny Houses: New Venture Announced

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 27th, the Facebook page for Tiny House Design…

Living Simply to Grow Rich?

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…

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The Tiny House Profile: What Makes a Person Build Small?

I had the opportunity to speak with Alex from right here at Tiny House Talk the other day. We had a great conversation and he asked a lot of great questions. Some of the things he asked got me thinking about where this all started and just exactly how we got to a point in…

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Tiny House Living and Making Money Remotely: Location Independence

By Laura LaVoie As I am sure you recently read, Alex here at Tiny House Talk spoke with Ryan over at The Tiny Life. The interview was excellent and informative all the way around but there was something specific that struck me. They both spoke about being dissatisfied with traditional corporate jobs. I thought to…