Tag Archives: Kent Griswold

Tiny House Tour with Bill Brooks

Posted on February 12, 2011 by Michael Janzen

Bill built a tiny house from one of the free tiny house plans I’ve posted here at Tiny House Design. He’s made some smart modifications to it including the addition of a storage box for the solar system batteries and … Continue reading →

Posted in Video | Tagged Bill Brooks, free plans, Kent Griswold, solar house | 10 Comments

Tiny House Blog featured on Aol Housing Watch

Posted on January 29, 2010 by Michael Janzen

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 →

Posted in Announcement | Tagged Aol Housing Watch, blogging, jay shafer, Kent Griswold, tiny house, tiny house blog, tinyhouseblog | 1 Comment

Bill Builds The Tiny Solar House

Posted on September 3, 2009 by Michael Janzen

A couple of weeks ago I got some exciting news from my friend Kent Griswold that someone was building a house from one of my tiny free house plans. I’ve had a few people tell me they are planning on … Continue reading →

Posted in Free Plans | Tagged alaska, california, free plans, Kent Griswold, simple living, tiny house bill brooks, tiny house blog, tiny solar house | 3 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

Sonoma Shanty Plans Are Available Now

Posted on June 17, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Kent Griswold and Stephen Marshall have finished up the printable plans for the Sonoma Shanty and they are available for download now, the cost is $27.00. The Sonoma Shanty is a simple 8′ by 15′ building that can be built … Continue reading →

Posted in Plans | Tagged blueprints, house plans, Kent Griswold, Plans, sonoma shanty, stephen marshall, tiny house | Leave a comment

Jay Shafer’s Fencl is ready for New York

Posted on May 22, 2009 by Michael Janzen

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 … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged fencl, jay shafer, Kent Griswold, tiny house, tiny house blog, tumbleweed, tumbleweed tiny house company | 3 Comments

The Sonoma Shanty – Workshops, Kits, Plans, Tiny Houses

Posted on May 15, 2009 by Michael Janzen

If you’ve been a reader of Tiny House Design and Kent Griswold’s Tiny House Blog for a while you might recall that a small group of us bloggers, designers, and builders got together for a visit at Jay Shafer’s Tumbleweed … Continue reading →

Posted in Builders, Kits / Prefab, Plans | Tagged house kit, house plans, Kent Griswold, sonoma county, sonoma shanty, stephen marshall, tiny house, workshop | 4 Comments

Name That Tortoise

Posted on May 7, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Bill Kastrinos at Tortoise Shell Home is looking for some help with naming this new design. The prototype for this new design is actually currently under construction. I helped out by drawing the illustration to make it easier to imaging … Continue reading →

Posted in Just For Fun | Tagged Bill Kastrinos, Kent Griswold, tiny house, tiny house blog, tortoise, Tortoise Shell, Tortoise Shell home | 1 Comment

Tumbleweed Fencl Update

Posted on April 16, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Kent Griswold from Tiny House Blog visited the Tumbleweed Fencl construction site again this week and posted an update on his blog. As you can see Jay Shafer and crew are coming right along with getting this tiny house built … Continue reading →

Posted in Projects | Tagged construction, fencl, jay shafer, Kent Griswold, tiny house, tumbleweed | 3 Comments

Get to know Jay Shafer

Posted on February 24, 2009 by Michael Janzen

Thanks to Twitter and Stephanie over at Coming Unmoored I noticed that Amanda over at Constructing a Simpler Life posted the text and photos of an interview she recently had with Jay Shafer at his tiny house in Sebastopol, California. … Continue reading →

Posted in Sustainable Living | Tagged Amanda Abel, Coming Unmoored, Constructing a Simpler Life, interview, jay shafer, Kent Griswold, small house society, Stephanie Reiley, tiny house, tumbleweed tiny house company | 9 Comments