Tiny House Blog featured on Aol Housing Watch
It’s always nice to see tiny houses and simple living featured in a main stream publications. My friend Kent Griswold just had his story written up on Aol Housing Watch by Kaomi Goetz. Kent runs TinyHouseBlog.com and has been blogging about tiny houses full-time for some time now.
It was actually a combination of Kent’s blog and Jay Shafer’s writings that convinced me to begin designing and blogging about tiny house design. Over the last year and a half Kent and I regularly talk shop about blogging and share what we’re learning. Kent even uses a customized variation of the WordPress Theme I developed, which may explain why our blogs look a little bit alike.
We also don’t see each other as direct competitors but stronger together as part of a wider community of tiny house and simple living advocates. I think it’s important to point this out because it illustrates a wide spread common thread that has emerged in our fast growing community; which is that when people come together (readers, designers, builders, bloggers, home owners, the vaguely curious, EVERYONE!) we really do become greater than the sum of our parts.
Congratulations on the article Kent! - Aol Housing Watch article on TinyHouseBlog.com
How to build a Tumbleweed Tiny House
Jay Shafer and the team at the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company have just put the finishing touches on a great video that shows the construction of a Tumbleweed Fencl. I especially liked seeing details like how they connect the house to the trailer and all the details about the interior paneling and exterior siding installation.
Now here’s the video showing the building of the Fencl. Learn more about buying a set of Tumbleweed Fencl Plans.
It’s also worth mentioning that Jay will be teaching his building & design workshops in seven different cities in 2010.
- Austin, TX – January 16-17, 2010 (just missed it)
- Durham, NC – March 20-21, 2010
- Boston, MA – May 22-23, 2010
- Toronto, Canada – July 17-18, 2010
- Portland, OR – August 7-8, 2010
- Boulder, CO – September 18-19, 2010
- Sebastopol, CA – November 6-7, 2010
You might also be interested to know that many of his plans have been reduced a little in price. Be sure to take a fresh look at the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company website.
Tumbleweed XS-House Plans On Sale for $99
If you’ve done any investigation into building a tiny house of your own you’ve probably run across Jay Shafer’s Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. Jay is really a master tiny house designer and I really appreciate all the houses he has designed. So when I saw that he was offering his XS-House house plans for only $99, I immediately realized that this put a set of Tumbleweed tiny house plans into the affordable range for a lot more people.
Also on sale are his book and 2010 workshops. Jay’s book is $10 off and if you sign up for a workshop you can take friend along with you for free. I’m not sure how long these prices will last so check out the details at the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company website.
Jay Shafer’s Fencl is ready for New York
My friend Kent Griswold had a very busy day traveling up and down Sonoma County. He visited pretty much every local tiny house builder. Read about his busy day at Tiny House Blog. The most exciting part was a visit to Jay Shafer’s place where Kent found a complete Tumbleweed Fencl that Jay will be taking on the road in just a few days.
Jay Shafer’s Vardo is For Sale
This is a bit of a rare occurrence. Jay Shafer is selling his Vardo. If you’ve ever been to one of Jay’s monthly open houses you probably noticed this micro house sitting next to his much larger 89 square foot Tumbleweed EPU.
