Monthly Archives: April 2009

Jay Shafer’s Vardo is For Sale

This is a bit of a rare occurrence. Jay Shafer is selling his Vardo. If you’ve ever been to one of Jay’s monthly open houses you probably noticed this micro house sitting next to his much larger 89 square foot … Continue reading

Posted in Just For Fun | Tagged for sale, jay shafer, micro house, tiny house blog, tumbleweed, vardo | 5 Comments

Wedge Shaped Nine Tiny Feet Concept

As I mentioned previously the camping cabin and this super lightweight design for Nine Tiny Feet have been bubbling in my head for the past couple of weeks. Now that I see it in pixels I’m not sure what I … Continue reading

Posted in Nine Tiny Feet | Tagged extreme house, micro house, nine square foot house, Nine Tiny Feet, smallest house, tiny house | 2 Comments

Camping Cabin Concept

Don’t worry I haven’t forgotten about drawing the free plans for the 8×20 Solar House with Gables. I’ve just had my head filled with two other tiny house concepts, a new design for Nine Tiny Feet and this tiny camping … Continue reading

Posted in Design Concept | Tagged camper, campground, camping, camping cabin, gable roof, google sketchup, grey water, hip roof, off the grid, sketchup, solar panels, tiny house | 14 Comments

Small Living Journal

Issue 3 of the Small Living Journal is online now. This issue focuses on the homes we live in now. Be sure to take a look at Tyson’s Tiny House Tour, very funny stuff. Other highlights are updates on Stephanie’s … Continue reading

Posted in Announcement | Tagged small living journal, tiny homes | 1 Comment

Alternate Design for Nine Tiny Feet

One of the more extreme design concepts I actually want to build is an ultra-tiny house called Nine Tiny Feet. It’s a nine square foot house plus a sleeping loft. It would contain all the necessary things a house needs … Continue reading

Posted in Design Concept, Nine Tiny Feet | Tagged 9 sq ft, 9 square feet, micro house, Nine Tiny Feet, sketchup, smallest house | 18 Comments

Tiny Free House – Roof is Framed

I took the day off work and took my daughter Katie up to the farm today. She played with Grammie and Pop and I played with my tiny free house. I completed the roof framing and just have the gable … Continue reading

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Tumbleweed Fencl Update

Kent Griswold from Tiny House Blog visited the Tumbleweed Fencl construction site again this week and posted an update on his blog. As you can see Jay Shafer and crew are coming right along with getting this tiny house built … Continue reading

Posted in Projects | Tagged construction, fencl, jay shafer, Kent Griswold, tiny house, tumbleweed | 3 Comments

Strawbale Innovation in the UK

I just spotted this on Shedworking.co.uk. It’s a tiny strawbale house offered by amazonails, the leading strawbale building company in the UK. This tiny house is their answer to a growing demand for tiny strawbale houses. Their website is filled … Continue reading

Posted in Construction Method | Tagged amazonails, shedworking, strawbale, tires, uk | 3 Comments

Gypsy Coach

These tiny houses are being built by Bill Young in Colorado. They measure 8′ by 16′ and are about 13′ tall. The unique roof provides a comfortable loft for sleeping and ample ceiling height below. The interior and exterior have … Continue reading

Posted in Builders | Tagged bill young, colorado, gypsy, gypsy coach, tiny house | 4 Comments

Website Redesign

Welcome to a new look & feel for Tiny House Design. After carefully reviewing usage statistics to better understand what people are looking for I think I’ve come up with an even easier way to present the information that I’ve … Continue reading

Posted in Just For Fun | Tagged About, blog, theme | 7 Comments