Tiny House Living

Here’s a nice example of how an old house can be brought back to life. It’s 400 square feet and was brought back from the brink of demolition by a company called Reclaimed Space.

Tiny House Reclaimed

While this 1000+ square foot house isn’t tiny, it is a good example of how new technology and reclaimed materials can be blended in a new energy efficient home with a traditional appearance.

Zero Energy Casita

I got myself up to the farm this past weekend to work on my Tiny Free House. Progress has been slow but it’s really starting to look like a house. This past weekend I put the eaves on all four sides, framed in the gables, and even lowered one of the side windows. I realized the side windows were too high once the eaves were on.

Tiny Free House Update

I got an email from JB the other day letting me know that his tiny house project is complete. He built his tiny home from many reclaimed building materials. He’s also posted many construction photos on his blog for those of you that want to see how a tiny house gets put together. JB’s Tiny House

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

You’re going to build what??? is one of the many blogs I’ve been following recently. It’s justin Peer’s tiny house construction blog and he’s really starting to make progress. His budget is just £5000 so he’s using as much recycled and reclaimed building material as he can find. He’s already collected quite a few of the things he needs like photovoltaic solar panels, batteries, windows, a trailer. This is definitely a project to watch.

The folks at Tiny Texas Houses have put together a nice video that shows off many of the tiny houses they have built. These homes are a bit unusual in that they are constricted from many different reclaimed building materials that have been salvaged from older homes. These ‘antique’ materials actually give these houses a much more authentic feel than many of the tiny houses built from new materials. Watch the video at Coming Unmoored. Read a detailed article at Constructing a simpler life. Visit the Tiny Texas Houses website.