Whittled Down – Getting Road Ready

Posted June 20th, 2010 by Michael Janzen and filed in Construction Story
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Libby and Tristan have been making steady progress on their tiny house and from the looks of things will be hitting the road soon. The latest update was that they not have a canvas roof firmly battened down.

Whittled Down

Planes, Trains, and Trailers

Posted June 20th, 2010 by Michael Janzen and filed in lodging
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Tiny houses can take many forms. I was fully reminded of this when I saw this post on unusual lodging options around the world.

Planes, Trains, and Trailers

Off Road Campers

Posted May 2nd, 2010 by Michael Janzen and filed in RV
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Australian Off Road Campers builds some extreme camping trailers that can be taken to remote locations across very rough terrain. Be sure to watch their videos to see the kind of rough roads these little trailers can traverse.

Off Road Campers

Trailer Concept

Posted March 19th, 2010 by Michael Janzen and filed in RV
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Now here’s an idea that had a lot of promise. I wonder why it never took off? I ran across this video while researching ways of building ultralight tiny houses.

Trailer Concept

Craig’s Tiny House Blog

Posted March 19th, 2010 by Michael Janzen and filed in Information Resource
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A great new tiny house blog with some great tiny house designs from Craig. Pictured here is a teardrop inspired trailer design.

Craig’s Tiny House Blog

Jay’s Tiny House – Restart

Posted December 4th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Construction Story
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Justin PeerJustin Peer began building his tiny house last spring/summer. But he ran into trouble with the used trailer he was using which caused him to put his project on hold. No after a break Justin is preparing to jump back in and start again with a longer custom built trailer.

Jay’s Tiny House Update

Retro Trailers

Posted October 7th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in RV
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teardropI’ve really enjoyed some of the recent retro travel trailer posts on Tiny House Blog. These teardrop trailer designs are really incredible and they pack a lot of function into so little space.

Teardrop Trailer Gatherings

Retro Traveler

Aluminum Bliss

Posted September 23rd, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Lifestyle
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aluminumbliss.comAluminum Bliss is the blog of Chris and Lani, a couple that has hit the road in an 23-foot Airstream CCD trailer. Chris has a job where he can work from virtually anywhere so one day he and Lani decided that selling the majority of their possessions and hitting the road was a good idea. You can follow their travels at Aluminum Bliss.

This Tiny Life

Posted August 12th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Success Story
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this tiny lifeHillary and Matt over at This Tiny House had their story told on Apartment Therapy recently. Their tiny house is a small lightweight travel trailer that they are renovating.

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Little House Construction Workshop

Posted June 17th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Workshop
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dee-williams-tiny-house-construction-workshopDee Williams has been living in her tiny Tumbleweed house since 2004. She built it in three months for $10,000. She has teamed up with builder KT Anderson and their are offering a tiny house construction workshop in Portland, Oregon on June 27, 2009. For more information see this post on Tiny House Design.