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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
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
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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
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
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
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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
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
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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
Posted in Builders
Tagged arkiboat, Australia, Drew Heath, houseboat, materialicious
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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
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