1910 Dietz “Dollhouse” A Micro-Victorian House

Great find by Don, a reader of Relaxshacks.com.  It’s a historic playhouse but I suspect this may inspire some people to doll-up their tiny homes.

“The Dietz Doll House is one of the Seguin Conservation Society’s most charming properties and like the others, comes with an intriguing history. It was built in 1910 by Louis Dietz for little Alice O’Brien, 5 years old, who had come to Seguin as an orphan train child.”

Read more at Relaxshacks.com: The 1910 Dietz “Dollhouse”….Tiny House Eye Candy- A Micro-Victorian House.

The Tiny r(E)volution Podcast Returns to the Airwaves

Podcast returns:

“After a few week hiatus we are pleased to return to the airwaves this Tuesday, August 21, 2012 at 2:30pm EST for our tiny house podcast.

While we are still trying to figure out a great timeslot for the show where as many people can participate in live chat and call-ins as possible we are hoping to continue broadcasting even in the meantime.”

via The Tiny r(E)volution podcast returns to the airwaves

10 Ingenious Space-Efficient Kitchens

Tiny house kitchens can be a challenge to design. Here’s an article that features 10 different designs. Here’s a quote about the kitchen pictured here:

“A tiny kitchen by Mesh Architectures occupies a nook in a 300-square-foot art dealer’s studio. The high-mounted oven includes a space saving feature where the bottom drops down for you to insert the food then retracts back up into the heat.”

Continue to see the 10 Ingenious Space-Efficient Kitchens : Remodelista.

This Summer’s Blockbuster: Tiny – The Movie

TINY: A Story About Living Small (Teaser Trailer) from TINY on Vimeo.

The movie, Tiny – A Story About Living Small, is getting some good press and it hasn’t even been released yet.

“The best cinema taps into our secret dreams, and TINY taps in specifically to our secret dreams about running away to Colorado and building a tiny house. Thus, we think it’s reasonable to assume it’ll be bigger than Avengers.”

Read more about This summer’s blockbuster: Tiny House, THE MOVIE | Grist.

A Call for Tiny House Portraits, for “TINY”, A Documentary Film about Living Small

Merete and Christopher are making a movie called TINY: A Story About Living Small. They want to include some tiny house living portraits in the film.

“Do you live in a tiny house? Send us your portrait to be included in a documentary about the tiny house movement!”

Read more at A Call for Tiny House Portraits, for “TINY”, A Documentary Film about Living Small.