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HGTV Design Star – Tiny House Challenge

The three final designers of this season’s television show HGTV Design Star will be competing to create the interiors of three Tumbleweed Box Bungalow tiny houses. The base house is the Beavan, a 7-foot by 16-foot tiny house with a … Continue reading

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Tumbleweed Box Bungalows & New DIY Book

Jay Shafer, the founder of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, has created a new series of tiny houses inspired by American Craftsman style architecture. The Box Bungalows range in size from 99 to 107 square feet and measure 7-feet by … Continue reading

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Tumbleweed Vardo Plans

The Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, founded by Jay Shafer, is probably the best known tiny house company. One of their smallest designs is the Vardo – a tiny shelter that can ride in a truck bed or on a trailer. … Continue reading

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The Legality of Tiny Houses

In the following interview with Tumbleweed Tiny House Company founder Jay Shafer, he describes some of his initial motives for choosing to live in a tiny home. Civil disobedience was one item that topped the list. Demonstrating that size was not … 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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People Have Been Living in Tiny Houses Since We Moved Out of Caves

Today Jay Shafer is featured in a video on Yahoo today talking about the benefits of living simply and in small spaces. If the idea of living in less than 100 square feet sounds crazy, I’d like to point out that … Continue reading

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Tumbleweed House Plans – Free with Book Purchase

Jay & Steve over at Tumbleweed Tiny House Company sent me a copy of these plans to preview a few days ago and I must say… I’m extremely impressed with the professional quality of the plans and design. They are really … Continue reading

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Struggling home owners find inspiration in Tiny Houses

Jay Shafer is featured on the cover of the current issue of Parade Magazine, which has about 70 million readers each week and can be found inside many Sunday papers. The article is titled, Help for Struggling Homeowners. Many of us … Continue reading

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Minimalist Kitchens & Cooking – Part 1

Tiny houses require thinking differently about food preparation. At first this might seem like a design challenge but it really begins with what you eat and how you cook. Recently I found a wonderful blog called Stone Soup – Minimalist … Continue reading

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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 … Continue reading

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