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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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













