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Tag Archives: tiny houses
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
Posted in Sustainable Living
Tagged interview, jay shafer, legal, permit, tiny houses, tumbleweed
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Tiny House Living – Issue 15
The next issue of Tiny House Living is hot off the press, here are some excerpts: International Shed of the Year 2009 winner – Chuck Witmer of Silver Spring, MD built this backyard woodshop and painting studio. Garden Office – … Continue reading
Posted in Announcement
Tagged shed, sustainable architecture, tiny house, tiny house living, tiny houses
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Natural Homes
I really like the ingenuity of the fellow behind the website naturalhomes.org. This is the website dedicated to houses built from natural materials like cob, adobe, straw bale, stone, dirt, and so on. You’ll find examples of natural homes from … Continue reading
Posted in Just For Fun
Tagged adobe, cob, natural homes, oliver swann, strawbale, tiny houses, website
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Kent and Bill’s Tiny Adventure
Kent told me a while back about this day trip he was planning to take with Bill. Kent Griswold runs TinyHouseBlog.com and Bill Kastrinos owns Tortoise Shell Home, a tiny house company in Sonoma County, California. I must admit I … Continue reading
Posted in Just For Fun
Tagged Bill Kastrinos, buddhist, Kent Griswold, tinies, tiny house, tiny houses, tinys, Tortoise Shell, Tortoise Shell home
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32 x 8 Mobile Tiny House Concept
This morning Kent Griswold posted a design concept on his Tiny House Blog. It’s a design that Bill Kastrinos of Tortoise Shell Homes is considering adding to the tiny houses he builds. The main difference with this newest model is … Continue reading
Posted in Design Concept
Tagged Bill Kastrinos, jay shafer, Kent Griswold, tiny house, tiny houses, Tortoise Shell, Tortoise Shell home, trailer
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Arial Home Initiative – Prefab Tiny House
Now here’s a tiny house project worth some serious investigation and support. These are tiny houses made from insulated steel panels that fit together like Lego blocks. They can be assembled in a day by a volunteer crew of 12 … Continue reading
Posted in Humanitarian
Tagged arial home, arial home initiative, arial initiative, prefab, tiny house, tiny houses, Tiny Prefab House
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Sheldon Designs – House Plan Sale Starting Next Week
If you’re on Andy Sheldon’s email list you probably just got an email from him announcing a big house plan sale starting next week. He’s the architect behind Sheldon Designs and has been designing big, small, and tiny houses for … Continue reading
Posted in Plans
Tagged andy sheldon, architect, sheldon designs, tiny house, tiny houses
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Another News Story On Ben Landry’s Tiny House
Ben Landry is building a tiny house in Binghamton, New York. He’s been really busy working to get the house complete before the weather closes in around him. His brother Jeff sent me a note through the Small House Society … Continue reading
Bruce’s Maine Cabin
On TinyHouseForum Bruce from Maine posted a sketch of a floor plan of a 12′ by 22′ backyard shed he’s thinking of turning into a tiny house. He’s experimenting with several novel ideas like combining the bedroom & bathroom and … Continue reading
Posted in Design Concept
Tagged floor plan, floor plans, maine, tiny house floor plan, tiny house forum, tiny house maine, tiny houses
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Coyote Cottage
This is my 100th post on Tiny House Design and I wanted it to be on a good story. It’s the story of a family in north central Washington living in a tiny house on 15 off-the-grid acres. The story … Continue reading