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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 e-zine entry will be 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.

Other Simple Living Round-Ups

• Coming Unmoored (Friday, May 15, 2009)
• RowdyKittens (Monday, May 18, 2009)

For the most current issue of Small Living Journal we focused on our dreams, goals and plans for the future. You’ll notice that each of us has a different approach which is probably due to the diverse nature of our backgrounds. The one common thread is that living simply is helping us realize our dreams. Read about out Future Plans in Issue 5 of the Small Living Journal.

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 Tiny House Blog and Stephen’s Little House on the Trailer.

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 Coming Unmoored.

Dave Edwards is a Sacramento, California based architect that is a bit of an expert in small space design. His garden office shed measures 13′ by 13′ and has an 18-foot tower. It was recently written up on Shedworking and is definitely woth a closer look.

Tammy from RowdyKittens took a trip up to Portland, Oregon to see Stephanie from Coming Unmoored this past week. Tammy got a first hand look at Stephanies tiny floating home on the Columbia River. Tammy will be posting more about her trip with lots of photos in the next few days. I’ve seen a few of the great photos she took in and around Portland and tiny houses she visited already. See the photos on Flickr. For more on the slumber party read this post on RowdyKittens.

This is a wonderful story of a remote tiny house under construction. Now that the snow has melted construction has resumed and their blog is getting updated regularly with photos of the amazing property. Be sure to check out Yonderosa.

Here’s another tiny sustainable shipping container house. This one is from some Australian architects, Fulton and Salomon. It’s a fully self contained house that can be placed on virtually any site and comes complete with solar panels, a composting toilet, and hydroponic green vegetable wall. You can read more at container-life.

I’ve been having fun imagining micro houses lately. This past week I posted a tiny house that could be theoretically towed behind a bicycle. A great discussion then took place in the comments and it has become a very popular post. Take a look at my tiny teardrop trailer at Tiny House Design.

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

• Tiny House Blog
• Tiny House Design
• Shedworking
• Natural Homes
• Tiny House Journal
• Small House Society
• Small Living Journal
• Coming Unmoored
• Rowdy Kittens
• This Tiny House
• Constructing a simpler life
• Gypsy Rose Tiny House
• Green Hamlet

Tiny House Builders

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