Tag Archives: home office

Green Roof Home Office

Posted on May 17, 2011 by Michael Janzen

If you’ve been following Tiny House Design for a while you know that I’ve been gearing up to build a tiny home office. I work from home and my family is growing (adopting a baby girl) so I need a … Continue reading →

Posted in Design Concept | Tagged green roof, home office, modern, office, shed | 9 Comments

Expedient Home Office

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Michael Janzen

I had hoped to build something larger on a trailer so that this tiny house could also serve as a camping cabin – but after much deliberation my wife and I decided to just build something small for my home … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged home office, office, shed | 7 Comments

Tiny Home Office Design

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Michael Janzen

My time has been in high demand lately… not that I’m complaining. For the past few months Julia and I have been busy taking care of a baby girl through a foster placement. We’re not normally foster parents but when a relative … Continue reading →

Posted in Design Concept | Tagged camping cabin, design, home office, Plans, tiny house | 24 Comments

Studio Shed – Affordable Shed Kits

Posted on April 27, 2010 by Michael Janzen

Studio Shed is a relative new tiny space builder. These prefab little sheds can be setup in a day and used as a backyard shed, or with some interior finish work, a nice backyard home office. Prices start at $4,900 … Continue reading →

Posted in Kits / Prefab | Tagged backyard, green, home office, kit, Shed Kit, Studio Shed, sustainable architecture | 2 Comments

Backyard Shipping Container Office

Posted on December 11, 2009 by Michael Janzen

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

Home Office Cube in Chile

Posted on August 25, 2009 by Michael Janzen

I was researching ideas for my own home office cube design and ran across this garden workspace on materialicious. It is located in Chile and was designed by architects Claudio Labarca and Juan Ignacio Lopez. The interior space measures 5 … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged architect, architects, chile, Claudio Labarca, Consulation Cube, cube, garden office, home office, Juan Ignacio Lopez | 3 Comments

Tool Shed Transformed

Posted on August 24, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Chris, one of my readers, sent me these photos of a backyard tool shed his dad, Hans, built and then decided to transform into a tiny house. It’s not plumbed but it is wired and insulated. Even so but I … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged asymetrical roof, backyard shed, clerestory, home office, studio, tiny house, tool shed | 3 Comments

8x8x8 Cube – Backyard Office Concept

Posted on August 6, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Julia and I have decided last weekend to seriously consider building a tiny office for me in our backyard. I work from home full-time and use a bedroom in the house as my office. The only trouble is that when … Continue reading →

Posted in Design Concept | Tagged 8x8, 8x8x8, backyard, cube, garden office, garden shed, home office, office, shed | 5 Comments

Redefining The Cubicle

Posted on August 4, 2009 by Michael Janzen

This tiny building is the home office of Peter Frazier which overlooks Chuckanut Bay in Bellingham, Washington. It is currently featured on Lifehacker. My boss actually tipped me off to it, Thanks Gene! I imagine Gene took one look at … Continue reading →

Posted in Sustainable Living | Tagged Bellingham, cabin, Chuckanut Bay, garden shed, home office, lifehacker, office, shed, washington, work, workspace | 5 Comments

A closer look at the Sonoma Shanty tiny house plans

Posted on July 20, 2009 by Michael Janzen

The Sonoma Shanty is an affordable tiny house solution that came out of a collaboration between Kent Griswold and Stephen Marshall of Little House on the Trailer. This is actually one of the projects that was born from a meet-up … Continue reading →

Posted in Builders, Kits / Prefab, Plans | Tagged cabin, garden office, home office, house kit, Kent Griswold, kit house, shanty, shed, sonoma shanty, stephen marshall | Leave a comment