Monthly Archives: September 2010

10 Square – Design Competition

The Touchstones Nelson Museum of Art and History in Nelson, BC is sponsoring a tiny shelter design competition in conjunction with an exhibit that is currently running called Shelter: How We Live. The exhibit also includes a pallet house built … Continue reading

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Deek’s Book Reviews

This video is packed with reviews of tiny & simple living books. What I like about Deek is that he’s a strait-shooter and pulls no punches – while remaining a jokster to the core. He also has an amazing taste in … Continue reading

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Tumbleweed Tiny House Company – 2011 Workshops

The folks at Tumbleweed Tiny House Company have posted their 2011 workshop calendar. These workshops are taught by Jay Shafer and span 2-days where you learn how to design and build a tiny house of your own. You can choose … Continue reading

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Another Pallet House on Wheels

Patrick alerted me to his pallet house project by posting photos on the Tiny House Design facebook page. He’s taken the trailer from a dilapidated travel trailer and begin to build a tiny house based loosly on the Tumbleweed Tarleton … Continue reading

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Custom Cabins

Marc at Custom Cabins in California recently told me about the launch of his new tiny house construction business. Pictured here is a tiny house on wheels but they also build shed-sized backyard buildings too. There are two design features I … Continue reading

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John’s Tiny House in the Woods

John, one of my readers, shared his tiny house project with me. It’s based on one of my free tiny house plans, the 8×16 Tiny Solar House, but instead of mounting it on a trailer and putting a lot of glass … Continue reading

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10 Steps to Creating a Cozy Cabin – by Decorator in a Box

This is a guest post by interior designer Annie Pauza. Growing up in Minnesota I have always dreamed of having a cozy cabin someday. Every summer my family would drive from Minneapolis and visit my Grandmother at a small cabin up … Continue reading

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Ask Andy Sheldon

Andy Sheldon, the architect behind Sheldon Designs, has just launched a new feature on his blog called Ask Andy. If you have a question about his house plans or small house construction send your question to Andy. As more people … Continue reading

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Go House Go

Dee Williams at Portland Alternative Dwellings has just published a great ebook called Go House Go – How to Build a Tiny House on Wheels. In just 21 pages Dee provides the answers to the most common questions by new … Continue reading

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Bug-Out House

Did you know that September 2010 is National Preparedness Month? Yeah no kidding… our government has actually deemed the month of September as a time for raising awareness for disaster preparedness. While I like to poke fun at the powers-that-be, … Continue reading

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