This is an announcement for the Florida Tiny House Festival this November 18-20, 2016 near St. Augustine, Florida.
The event features several tiny houses on site along with some fantastic guest speakers that include Derek Diedricksen, Andrew Odom, Jewel Pearson, Jo-Anne Peck, Lora Higgins, Andrew Bennett, and more!
Please enjoy, learn more, and re-share below. Thank you!
In 1975, Architect William Morgan wanted to build rental properties next to his Atlantic Beach, Florida home. He only had one problem when trying to decide about building the properties. He didn’t want to lose his beautiful ocean view. His solution? Use the existing sand dune on his property as the foundation and build the homes underground within the dune. From that thought became the beautifully designed Dune House.
Now famous, the William Morgan Dune House (which is actually two separate, identical units) is 750 square feet and includes one bedroom, one bathroom, an eat-in kitchen and a semi-enclosed patio with ocean view. The duplex was built using swimming pool technology, a gunite-concrete shell anchored to a cast-concrete floor, covered with a mantle of earth stabilized by native landscaping which helps maintain a 70-degree interior temperature. The beautiful interior features built-in furniture, mostly made of wood, curved walls and is almost identical to a stateroom aboard a ship. The property features breath-taking ocean views.
Images © William Morgan Architects
Art Cormier lives in a tiny house on wheels. But when he travels, he doesn’t take it with him. It’s too heavy. So in this video, he’s going to show you how he turns his VW station wagon into a tiny RV. And you can use his ideas to turn your car, station wagon, or minivan into a tiny motorhome too!
By the way, Art also teaches other people how to design and build tiny houses on wheels at Tumbleweed’s tiny house workshops throughout the country in case you’re interested.
If you want to learn how Art uses his VW station wagon as a micro motorhome when he goes on trips or travels on the road then enjoy the video below. And would you consider turning your current car into a micro RV? Let us know in the comments. Thank you!
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Images © Art Cormier
Guest Post – How I Built the Cutest DIY Cargo Trailer (aka Micro Cabin) Ever
This project was done as a way to quickly and inexpensively enclose my 6’x10′ utility trailer to protect my cargo during transport to the Blue Ridge Mountains where I would start building my own tiny cabin. So I figured, “why not make it cute and practical at the same time?” I bought the trailer new and then built the enclosure around it for about $400 in materials and about a month of labor on my spare time.
I built it on the fly with no plans since it was only intended to keep the rain off my stuff and allow me to lock it up at night. If I hadn’t used reclaimed materials for much of it, I could have finished it a lot faster. But because I used reclaimed materials it took a lot of creative manipulation to make it all work.
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Images © Barbara Diaz
Back in 2011, I showed you SignaTours teardrop campers, but did you know that they also build tiny houses? This is “Our Little Secret on St. George Island,” a tiny house vacation by the sea in Florida!
It’s 8′ x 24′ so approximately 192 square feet of space without including the sleeping loft.
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Images: Signatour Tiny Houses
The front porch accessories are all completely removable. They’re installed over the hitch so they also help conceal it so that it looks more permanent. Let me take you on in so you can see the rest of this tiny cottage on wheels below:
Epcot’s World Showcase at Walt Disney World is home to some of the most architecturally diverse small structures you’ll find anywhere. From Scandinavian-style tiny houses to Viking-inspired buildings and Asian-influenced designs, the pavilions offer a world tour of compact architecture — and plenty of inspiration for anyone dreaming of building small.
These photos capture dozens of tiny houses, small shops, and unique design details found throughout Epcot’s World Showcase. Whether you’re looking for exterior design ideas, door inspiration, or creative approaches to small-scale building, there’s something here for everyone.
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