Month: September 2012

Building A Green Roof

There’s a lot of construction work going on at the Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage. Ziggy reports on the progress: “Just like building our cob house, the living roof of our new straw bale house has had me thinking for hours, and quite honestly, it’s been the source of a lot of anxiety throughout the entire construction …

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To Skylight or Not

Derek ‘Deek’ Diedricksen shares some pros & cons of using skylights in a tiny home’s loft. “This question has been posed at EVERY Tumbleweed Workshop Ive hosted… skylights – should i include them in my tiny houses loft?” Read the full post at Relaxshacks.com: Tiny Houses/Tumbleweeds: To Skylight, or NOT to Skylight?.

Micro Homestead Episode 25

Kevin has posted another update to his tiny cabin. You can also follow along at this blog, Kevin’s Micro Homestead, and on Facebook. “Talk about exterior Finnish options and trim layout. Plus up comming film production.” via episode 25 sawdust therapy – YouTube.

Micro Homestead – Episode 24

Kevin has posted an update on the tiny house he’s building. You can follow his work at kevinsmicrohomestead.wordpress.com. “cuting out window opening and dry fitting . next is install tape off trim and side up the wall. getting close to done with exterior.” via episode 24 front window and siding fall is here. – YouTube.

Little Yellow is Done!

Another successful completion of a owner-built tiny house! Very inspiring. “I might just write that again, because it looks so very nice. And this time, I shall employ caps to convey the enthusiasm as effectively as type can: LITTLE YELLOW IS DONE!!!! Alright, I’m freakin’ excited. But after a year of planning, more than a …

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Tiny House Delivery

A story of a successful completion and delivery of a tiny house. The home is a modified Tumbleweed Fencl. “This past Wednesday the Tumbleweed Tiny House was complete and ready for delivery.  It was an exciting, long awaited morning as the home rolled down back country curves and four lane highways.” via Owl Creek Happenings: …

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