Issue 36 – December 18, 2009
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- Also see: Small Living Journal – Issue 13: Technology and Simple Living
Finding Land for Living
The January 2010 issue of Small Living Journal will focus on the topic of Finding Land for Living. I posted a survey and that’s what readers told us they wanted to read about next.
Ironically I ran into three articles on other blogs recently on this very topic and thought this would be an ideal moment to share them with you.
- Choose Rural Areas with Few Building Codes – Earthbag Building Blog
- Land ho! Part 1: How to look for land – Laptop and a Rifle
- Land! Part 2: What to look for in land – Laptop and a Rifle
Photo by Tammy at RowdyKittens
Bill’s Tiny House
Bill is building a tiny house based on one of my tiny house designs. You can download the free house plans at Tiny House Design. He’s building the 8×16 Solar House.
He posted a bunch of photos of the interior work recently on Facebook and it’s looking great. Eventually Bill plans to move his tiny house up to Alaska (from California) and spend some time chilling out.
Bill’s Progress Photos on Facebook
(To see the Facebook photos a free Facebook membership is required. So I’ve posted a few of Bill’s photos here in case you can access them on Facebook.)
Small House Online Networks
A few new small house living networks and facebook pages/groups are popping up online and it seemed like a good tiny to put together a list of these efforts. If you have more suggestions please post them in the comments.
Facebook pages and groups
Octagonal Tiny House by Salman
I got a note from a fellow named Salman the other day. He’s been exploring some extreme tiny house design and came up with this clever octagonal house design. It’s nice to see some out of the box thinking and design.
Dignity Village Update
I’ve written about Dignity Village in the past on Tiny House Design but wanted to share an update I stumbled on this past week. This is a community of tiny houses located outside Portland, Oregon built and maintained by a group of people working hard to find their own solutions for homelessness. Really inspiring story and place.
Habitat for Artists
This is an interesting project run by Simon Draper. It’s a funky little tiny house artist community. You can read the whole story on Simon’s website. Here’s a short quote that summarizes the project:
Draper,who has long been working with concepts regarding habitat/shelter in his own art practice will provide each artist with a basic 6 ft. by 6 ft. shed, to be considered as an artist’s habitat/workspace for the duration of the art fair. The artist will inhabit this simple and temporary structure and use the space to create art works or turn the structure into an artwork prior to and during the time of the fair.
Old English Ruins
One of my regular readers ran across this fantastic photo album of old English ruins. Many of the photos are of very large structures but tucked here and there are some incredible tiny huts and cottages. Thanks again Dav!
Guodros Medis in Lithuania
I was recently introduced to this tiny house builder in Lithuania. They sell many small log homes that can serve as wooden summerhouses, garden houses, chalets, garages, and saunas. Using Google Translate you can read their website in English (although for some reason the images get turned off).
More Simple Living Resources
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
- Shelter Publications
- Living Large in our Little House
Tiny House Builders, Plans, And Kits
