Issue 38 – January 1, 2010
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- Read Now… Tiny House Living – Issue 38
- Also see: RowdyKittens – Simple Living News Update
- Also see: Small Living Journal – Issue 14: Finding Land for Living
Finding Land for Living
The latest issue of Small Living Journal is out and the topic is Finding Land for Living. There are 4 articles including one guest post from the UrbanRancher.
The Simple Life in a Yurt
One of my regular readers, EJ, passed this New York Times story onto me. It’s a wonderful simple living lifestyle story of two people starting a family in a remote part of the world. Their home is simple, a Mongolian-style yurt with no running water and a 3 mile walk to the nearest store in Seldovia, Alaska. Photo credit to Stuart Isett for The New York Times. Thanks again for passing this onto me EJ!
Shed Building at Fine Homebuilding
Today I watched this great video series on shed building at the Fine Homebuilding website. The only downside to the whole experience is that they require you to provide a bunch of personal information to join their 14-day free trial. I’m not sure if I’ll keep the membership after 14 days but I must say the videos were great and worth the hassle, in my humble opinion. They also provide a free download of the 10-page shed plans and the original Google SketchUp file.
Tree Room by Architect Christopher Smith
While this little treehouse isn’t habitable it is an inspiring example of simple design and an clever exterior treatment. I first saw this on materialicious.
Ebersolt’s Wheel Room
Here’s a really cool tiny space designed by French architect Gilles Ebersolt. It was inspired by a wheelbarrow and intended to be used for spending a night outside in the greatest comfort. The walls are light curtains. Be sure to explore this architect’s website… there are many tiny structures like this one. I first saw this on This Tiny House.
Yonderosa Update
One of the tiny house projects I’ve been following this past year is the cabin nicknamed Yonderosa. The latest blog post is a great summary of all the progress made on this tiny house in a remote spot up in eastern Washington.
Cabin Project on Kickstarter
An ashram and farm is being built just outside New York by a group of young urban farmers. The plan is to offer workshops in the near future and they are raising money on Kickstarter to build a guest cabin for attendees. I wanted to share this because Kickstarter is a very interesting way to raise money for projects. I also want to thank one of my readers, Mark, for tipping me off to this project.
10 Shipping Container Projects
Jetson Green has a nice wrap up on shipping container projects. Some are big and some are small but for those who are interested in cargo container homes it’s a nice article.
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
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