Monthly Archives: December 2009

Zero Energy One – Earthbag Home

Owen Geiger is well known for his work with earthbag homes. If you’re not yet familiar with his work, his websites are definitely worth spending some time visiting. The house pictured below is a design for a simple low cost … Continue reading

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Backyard Shipping Container Office

One of my regular readers, Malcolm, spotted this little building on Oregon Live this morning and passed this onto me. It’s a little home office built from an 8′ by 20′ shipping container. Mike Corvi, a Southwest Portland resident and … Continue reading

Posted in Construction Method | Tagged cargo container, home office, oregon, portland, shipping container | 1 Comment

Waltons Shed Design Competition 2010

If you’d like to try your hand at designing a small building for a design competition here’s a great opportunity. This time the sponsor, Waltons, is offering a really amazing grand prize. They will build the winner’s shed design and ship … Continue reading

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Small Living Journal – Issue 13

Small Living Journal was originally the brain child of Stephanie Reiley, at Coming Unmoored. The idea was to bring together some of the key thinkers in the small house movement and co-blog on specific topics in a bi-weekly journal format. … Continue reading

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Paddy’s Poorboy Special

This is Paddy’s tiny house which is located in Harbert, Michigan. He calls it his Poorboy special because it’s built on a low budget, although you can’t really tell from the photos because he’s done such a nice job with … Continue reading

Posted in Projects | Tagged frugal, Harbert, low budget, michigan, Paddy, reclaimed, recycled, scavenge, scrounge, second hand, tiny house | 10 Comments

The Bear Ridge Cottage

I’ve been following the Bear Ridge Project for quite some time. It’s the journal of BigBear, a man who’s been working to find his own path to freedom by leaving a consumer based existence behind for and off-grid sustainable lifestyle. … Continue reading

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Living Large In Our Little House

My issue of Mother Earth News came in the mail yesterday and I was happy to see the article about Kerri and Dale’s small 480 square foot house in print. The house is located in the Arkansas Ozark Mountains on … Continue reading

Posted in Sustainable Living | Tagged Arkansas, Dale, Kerri, little house, Living Large In Our Little House, mother earth news, Ozark Mountains | 1 Comment

Tiny House Tour inside a Controversial Movie

I spotted a link to the movie Urban Danger while reading Yonderosa, one of the tiny house blogs I follow. The movie is about preparing for widespread calamity and advocates self-sufficiency, sustainability, and moving away from cities. I personally didn’t … Continue reading

Posted in Sustainable Living | Tagged movie, Roscoe Bartlett, tiny house, Tiny House Tour, tour, Urban Danger | 7 Comments

Arkiboat Houseboat

This is the Arkiboat, a houseboat designed by architect Drew Heath. I rarely post houseboats on Tiny House Design, especially what appear to be expensive ones, but this one grabbed my attention. Like many boats it’s a good example of … Continue reading

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Earthbag Daydream

When I first read about Ryo Chijiiwa’s tiny cabin on Tiny House Blog I was fascinated by the adventure this fellow was on. He quit his job at Google, traveled America, and is now working to setup a more comfortable … Continue reading

Posted in Design Concept | Tagged adobe, cob, composting toilet, daydream, earthbag, humanure, Joseph Jenkins, Laptop and a Rifle, rammed earth, Ryo Chijiiwa, sawdust toilet, tiny house blog | 6 Comments