The video below is worth a million words but here goes. We finally moved the 550 gallon plastic water tank up on the hill that I bought 5 years ago. Until now we had no way to fill it so there it sat unconnected and unfilled just above the cabin, mocking us. We had be …
A group of Japanese student from Waseda University have created a prototype home that’s heated by the process of fermentation. Called “A Recipe To Live”, the project was developed by three students – Masaki Ogasawara, Keisuke Tsukada and Erika Mikami – who were responsible for this unusual, but innovation heating system. The house provides it’s …
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HANDS-ON BUILDING AND DESIGNING- TINY HOUSE WORKSHOP #5 (with an emphasis on budget and recycled-material building) WE WILL ALL BUILD A TINY STRUCTURE TOGETHER! November 15-16-17 Canton, MA As featured on NPR, Yahoo.com, The Boston Globe, Make Magazine…
I really like this tiny cabin‘s modern look and feel. Especially because everything remains simple. Really simple. This modern micro house was designed to be a weekend getaway.” – Alex
Our inspiration comes from direct observation of Nature, and from the wisdom of traditional cultures. We are committed to deconsumerizing, to reducing the flow of cash, resources and waste, and helping others to do the same. We work with a wide range of natural materials. Numerous cob demonstration buildings all over North America are now …
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This video is simply the craziest tiny house video I’ve seen. Imagine a 3 ton tiny house moving through the air a hundred feet up. To boot, its a pretty neat house in its own right! Via.” – The Tiny Life
Part of moving off-grid is having a realistic understanding of your personal and your homes energy consumption. If – like most of American households – you use appliances or home electronics chances are you are not fully aware of your electricity load. If you’re trying to decide whether to invest in a more energy-efficient appliance …
Tiny homes are already much more environmentally friendly than the common McMansions sprawling across America, but everything can always get more efficient in an age when human motives are being questioned and energy-yielding natural resources continue to dwindle. Any progress is positive.The tiny home movement is significant, as the direct sidestepping of traditional American real estate beliefs …
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I had a chance to hang with two great guys the other weekend- Lloyd Kahn (from Shelter Publications- Author of “Tiny Homes, Simple Shelter”, and Kent Griswold, of TinyHouseBlog.com. I had hung/met with both of these guys separately before, so it was great to catch up and “talk shop”. Inside the offices of “Shelter Publications”- home-run, on …
Last week my wife Janelle and I took a mini vacation across the Healdsburg, California valley at the Tumbleweed Tiny House Linden home. Though less then ten miles from our own home this short one night vacation was a lot of fun and relaxing.The Linden is a new Tumbleweed Tiny House designed by Meg Stevens …
Spanish architecture studio Ábaton has developed a micro home that can be transported on the back of a lorry and placed almost anywhere (+ slideshow). Ábaton chose dimensions of nine by three metres to provide just enough space for two people and also allow the transportable house to be hoisted onto the back of a truck. …
My passion for tiny houses is followed by another passion, photography. I often blend the two and the Tiny House Blog allows me to use both passions in a unique way.My good friend and fellow tiny house enthusiast Tammy Strobel of Rowdy Kitten’s fame is also a photographer and a writer. She has brought these …
