Tiny House Design

Update: Comments are closed a winner has been randomly selected!

I’ve been working on an update to my ebook, Tiny Prefab, and will have it complete by Monday, November 23, 2009. I thought it would be fun to give away a free copy to one lucky winner in a free drawing. To enter the drawing all you have to do is post a comment on this post describing the type of tiny (or small) house you’d like to build someday.

At midnight (Pacific Standard Time) on Sunday, November 22 23, 2009 I’ll close the comments on this post and randomly select a winner. Be sure to use a working email address so I can contact you if you are selected as the winner and send you a link to download your free copy of Tiny Prefab.

For the folks that have already bought a copy of Tiny Prefab I’ll be sending you a link to the updated version on Monday as well. You see when you buy my ebook you are entitled to free updates. If you decide to buy the book now AND you are randomly selected as the winner I’ll refund your money.

I’m extremely respectful of your privacy and do not share email addresses with anyone. Read my privacy policy for more info. Webmasters and bloggers might want to consider signing up as an affiliate. If the randomly selected winner does not reply to my email withing 36 hours I’ll select another winner. No purchase necessary to win.

Post a comment to enter!

If you’ve been reading Tiny House Design for a while you’ve probably noticed that I’ve tried different drawing tools over time to draw my design concepts. Within the last few months I’ve been mostly using Google SketchUp, a free 3D drawing program.

The only problem with this free version is that it doesn’t include a 2D drafting program that would be needed to draw floor plans, elevations, and other schematics like the framing illustrations you’ll find in my free tiny house plans. In fact the reason I’ve been stalled on drawing my next free plan is that I’ve been looking for a better 2D drawing program.

The good news is that I’ve found one, it’s called Layout 2. The only problem is that it is bundled with Google SketchUp Pro which costs $495. Luckily they they give users an eight hour free trial. So I’ve downloaded the software and over the weekend I’ll fire it up and on Monday post what I draw with my eight hours.

I was planning on using my free trial to draw the next version of the Tiny Simple House but instead I think I’ll draw the next set of free plans, the 8×20 Tiny Solar House with Gables.

Here’s a video clip that describes why Google SketchUp Pro is worth $495. I may be a believer by Monday.