Monthly Archives: January 2009

More Pallet House Inspiration

Posted on January 25, 2009 by Michael Janzen

It’s been a couple months since I’ve worked on my own tiny house but one of my readers, EJ, sent me a link to this very cool tiny house built back in 2005. Suffice it to say this is very … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged autotron, pallet house, tiny house | Leave a comment

Papercrete Tiny Houses

Posted on January 20, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Julia (my wife) ran across this papercrete house website recently. Papercrete is a simple and inexpensive way of building walls from paper pulp and cement. Normally concrete blocks are a mix of sand, gravel, and quite a bit of cement … Continue reading →

Posted in Construction Method | Tagged adobe, block, cob, inexpensive, papercrete, solar | 8 Comments

Rebuilding Lakeshore Mississippi

Posted on January 19, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Hurricane Katrina seems long past to most of us but for the people in Lakeshore, Mississippi the aftermath of Katrina is still an everyday challenge. I ran across the story of Lakeshore Baptist Church the other day because they began … Continue reading →

Posted in Humanitarian | Tagged lakeshore, lakeshore mississippi, mississippi, rebuild lakeshore, tiny house | Leave a comment

Gratitude Millworks 12×24

Posted on January 10, 2009 by Michael Janzen

This morning I got an email from Ivan, another reader of tiny house design. He sent me a link to a new tiny house builder in Alabama. Kent McCaffrey, of Gratitude Millworks, is getting into the tiny house business and … Continue reading →

Posted in Builders | Tagged alabama, Gratitude Millworks, Kent McCaffrey, tiny house | 5 Comments

Cabin Shell – You Design The Floorplan

Posted on January 8, 2009 by Michael Janzen

If you’re on the Sheldon Designs email list you probably saw this in your in-box today. It’s a new alternative Sheldon Designs is offering, a cabin shell, and you design the interior wall floor plan. The first floor is 576 … Continue reading →

Posted in Plans | Tagged cabin, cabin shell, floorplan, sheldon designs, small house | 2 Comments

Wee House with a Gambrel Roof

Posted on January 7, 2009 by Michael Janzen

I’m really glad Kent and I setup the Tiny House Forum; it really gives people a place to post their tiny house projects and participate in online discussions. For example here’s a tiny house currently under construction with a gambrel … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged canada, gambrel, gambrel roof, karen, ontario, tiny house | 5 Comments

Gerry’s Tiny House Under Construction

Posted on January 6, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Here’s a tiny house under construction right now. It’s being built by Gerry up in British Columbia. The design might look familiar to you because Gerry is using the plans from Tumbleweed Tiny Houses. The project got kicked off in … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged canada, epu, gerry, tiny house, tumbleweed | 2 Comments