I’ve been following Shane and Carrie’s process for a little while now after finding out about their blog, Clothesline Tiny Homes. I was excited to find out that they were featured on ABC 12 in a video that you can actually watch (below) so you get the full tour of their new tiny house. Shane…
Guest Post by Andrew Odom Just what does make a community? Is it a group of people with common interests or experience? Perhaps, yes. But let’s face it. The commitment level of individuals within the group will range from highly engaged to slightly interested. The group membership will be fluid as folks ebb and flow.…
The other day on Facebook I posted something titled, 5 Reasons You SHOULDN’T Live in a Tiny House. I did this because for all the reasons that there are to live tiny, there are also reasons that some people shouldn’t, at least for now, right? So here’s a recap of what I wrote- below- and…
Guest Post by Laura Lavoie Trust me, I never thought I would be the kind of person to downsize my life and move into a 120 square foot house. I didn’t like to be outside. I didn’t like to get dirty. I didn’t like to try adventurous things. A few years ago, something changed for…
This small beachfront home is the epiphany of a simple yet luxurious beach shack. It’s tiny, yet seems ‘small’. It’s a modern and open oceanfront hut which can completely close up to protect itself from the environment. It was designed by Crosson, Clarke, Carnachan Architects for a family of five (clients) and it’s named the…
This entire micro home including the deck is just 90 square feet. If you only include the interior, it measures just 50 square feet. This is just a bit beyond a tiny house, isn’t it? I’d definitely consider it ‘micro’. Good news is that in many areas this would just be a simple backyard shed…
It’s called the Tall Man’s Tiny House because the builders are brothers and they are both 6’7″ tall. They designed and built the house just as if they were going to use it for themselves. So if you’re tall or you plan on sharing your tiny home with someone else who’s tall, this might be…
This post is based on a video created by Kirsten Dirksen of Faircompanies.com about a woman living in a shipping container and a tiny home on wheels with her family. A friend suggested she build something after being forced out of her last home where she was renting. After that she was able to attain…
In this video-based post, you’re going to learn the basics of how to floor and frame a Tumbleweed tiny house on a trailer. In this video, they are building the Fencl tiny house using an 18′ trailer. The design shown here is 130 square feet without including the upstairs sleeping loft and the tiny front…
This episode by Kirsten Dirksen reminds me how important it is to stay creative and open minded while finding solutions for your tiny house build. The owner of this tiny home on stilts found a unique solution to meet building codes for his project: it’s an observation tower. Fred Reid, owner (and airline exec), calls it…
