Tiny House Living

Tiny House Living is a weekly newsletter that covers the world of tiny houses and the people that choose to live this simpler life. Each entry is a short summary that links to the original article. Subscribe by Email to Tiny House Living and stay up-to-date on the news and events in our community. You can also Follow us on Twitter.

For other recent tiny house and simple living news also see:

• Simple Living News on RowdyKittens (Monday, July 13, 2009)
• Tiny House RoundUp on Coming Unmoored (Friday 10, 2009)

Chuck Witmer of Silver Spring, MD built this backyard woodshop and painting studio. You can see more photos of it on Flickr, read the complete story on Shedblog and Shedworking.

The latest issue of Small Living Journal is focused on food and cooking in tiny houses. You might have wondered how people who live so simply actually store and prepare food, and now a little bit of that mystery is revealed. Small Living Journal

This beautiful garden office is offered by a company called Henley in the UK. It sets up in a day and has 6 square meters (65 square feet) of floor space. It’s built with FSC-certified and eco-friendly lumber throughout. To learn more visit Shedworking and the Henley Offices website.

Mike in Texas built a simple inexpensive tiny house to put an end to an 80-mile round-trip commute. During the work week Mike lives in his tiny house and on weekends goes home to his big house. So far he’s spent about $3,000 in his tiny house. Read the complete story at Tiny House Blog.

Zoey is making steady progress on her tiny house and it’s coming together. This project is an excellent example of how tiny houses can be built for very little money using reclaimed and scrap building materials. The real cost is in time and sweat equity. Zoey’s Tiny House

This tiny house is being built by Joseph Kenyon at this very moment in a two week concentrated building spurt. He’s recording his progress daily on the Small House Society Yahoo Group. Unfortunately to see his construction photo album you have to be a member of the group. You can try joining the group or just keep your eye on Tiny House Blog, I suspect Kent will be writing up the story very soon.

Actually the VW Bus never left and it’s still here because people love and care for them. They make great little mobile tiny houses too if you don’t mind roughing it a little. Here’s a great post on the VW Bus. Photo credit Bumfuzzle.com.

This is a short article on a simple earthbag root celler. The earthbag building blog is a great resource for learning about building earthbag homes. You can also read about this root celler and how it is used by the family that built it.

Below are a few of the best tiny house and simple living websites:

• Tiny House Blog
• Tiny House Design
• Tiny House TV
• Shedworking
• Shedblog
• Natural Homes
• Tiny House Journal
• Small House Society
• Small Living Journal
• Coming Unmoored
• Rowdy Kittens
• This Tiny House
• The Tiny Life (Map) (Forum)
• Constructing a simpler life
• Gypsy Rose Tiny House
• Green Hamlet
• Small House Style
• Building With Awareness

Tiny House Builders

• Tumbleweed Tiny House Company
• Tortoise Shell Homes
• Little House on the Trailer