At the moment this news might be more exciting for those of us who regularly think about tiny house design. The Tiny House Project will be a traveling village of nine tiny houses designed and built to help question and explore the real value and meaning of a home.
Artists, architects, and designers, will submit designs to be jurried. Those selected will then build their tiny house concept on a 7′ by 14′ trailer and within a budget of $23,000. This should prove to be a wonderful experiment and traveling exhibition once it’s complete. For more visit www.tinyhouseproject.org.
Tammy over at RowdyKittens took a trip to Oregon last week and came back with some amazing photos and details about some
Over the past several weeks we’ve watched Jay and his crew build a
Kent Griswold and Stephen Marshall recently announced some pricing on the new Sonoma Shanty tiny house. Their idea is to make tiny houses more attainable and affordable.
I’ve been
This is a wonderful story posted by Christina at Tiny House Blog. Sisters on the Fly is a group of almost 1,000 women from around America who own and restore vintage camping trailers. It was started in 1999 by two real sisters who wanted to share their love of fly fishing with their female friends and began to invite and teach other women about the outdoors. Read the whole story at
I’ve been fun at Tiny House Design imagining habitable shed clusters. This week I drew a
There’s a nice slide show style video on the Earthbag Building Blog that illustrates the
Kent Griswold and Stephen Marshall have been colaborating on a tiny house solution called the Sonoma Shanty. It’s a simple 8′ by 15′ tiny house that is easy to build and low-cost. Kent will soon be making the plans available for sale through his website and Stephen will be hosting regular full-day workshops where you’ll learn to build a Sonoma Shanty. Stephen will also be offering a kit version of the house and complete finished houses too. To learn more about the Sonoma Shanty visit Kent’s
These are great little off-the-grid shipping container based tiny houses. Everything about these houses are about making the lowest environmental impact. The recycled and repurposed shipping container is just the begining, the houses use many reclaimed building materials. A good example of this are the floors which are made from recycled car tires. To learn more about Ecopods start with this article and video on