Living Tiny 365

Posted January 8th, 2010 by Michael Janzen and filed in Construction Story
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Zoey has a new(ish) blog where she’s regularly sharing the day to day adventures of living in a tiny house. She built a Tumbleweed tiny house from mostly reclaimed building material. Zoey’s older blog is Together We Are One.

Living Tiny 365

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Jonathan’s Tiny House Plumbing

Posted December 11th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Construction Story
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jonathan plumbing tiny houseJonathan (Gungy) is making steady progress on plumbing his tiny house. He has posted a few articles on his experience one this complex piece of tiny house construction. If you’re considering building a small house you might want to read through his experience with plumbing his own house.

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2010 Tumbleweed Workshop Schedule

Posted October 30th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Workshop
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jay shafer tumbleweed tiny house workshopSome of the best tiny house design and building workshops are hosted by Jay Shafer from the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. This past week the 2010 workshop schedule was announced. If you’ve been day dreaming about designing and building your own tiny house attending one of Jay’s workshops can really catapult your project and dreams forward. Visit the Tumbleweed website for more information.

2010 Tumbleweed Workshop Schedule

Zoey’s Tiny House Update

Posted August 26th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Complete Tiny House
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zoey tiny houseZoey’s tiny house is virtually complete and looking comfy and lived-in with just a few small details left to work through like interior sheathing in the loft. One of her recent finishing touches was the addition of a Boilet 10 Standard composing toilet.

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Jay Shafer on the CBS News

Posted August 19th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in People
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jay shafer cbsIt’s always exciting to see someone from the small house movement in the main stream media. Here’s an example of CBS News telling the story of Jay’s cross country trip this past summer.

Jay Shafer on the CBS News

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.

Jay in New York

Posted June 17th, 2009 by Michael Janzen and filed in Construction Story
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jay shafer fencl new yorkWell Jay Shafer has completed his journey across America pulling the Tumbleweed tiny house. I haven’t heard his final report yet but I bet it was quite an adventure. Kent at Tiny House Blog kept close tabs on his progress and I bet he will have the story in the next week or so. In the mean time read about Jay’s final stop.

Jay’s Fencl in New York