Perfect for naps, reading, sitting and staring out at the last few sunny days in Washington… It’s getting cold! We’re trying to make sure our water system doesn’t freeze during winter and it’s a challenge. But I’m sure we’ll get it.” – The Nautilus See more of The Nautilus
The unique tiny house builder Hobbitat Spaces from Maryland is now taking individual orders for their hand-built homes. The company is the brainchild of Bill Thomas, and the homes are hand crafted and built to withstand even the harshest Northeastern winters. Hobbitat Spaces recently completed 13 Hobbitat cabins for Blue Moon Rising, an ecotourism retreat …
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This little building was rest stop for stagecoach travelers on the Richmond to Raleigh road (401) in Franklin County NC. Built in the late 1700’s or early 1800’s. The main house burned in the 1970’s.” – Mark via Travelers Rest | Flickr
It’s not often that a project requires you to bulk up on your haggling skills. Then again, it’s not often that a project requires you to re-invent the African Mud Hut either. But that was exactly the task presented to Karolina and Wayne Switzer, participants of the Nka Foundation’s “10×10 Shelter Challenge” to design and build …
Cheyenne sent me some great Vardo inspiration from several sites so I thought I would give you some Vardo eye candy…” – Kent See more Vardo Inspiration at Tiny House Blog…
The sustainable features of the project, developed by Joel Egan of Seattle design firm, HyBrid Arc, include LED lighting, radiant heating, use of low-VOC materials. His treatment was the winning design in a contest run by King County that required submissions to be green and focus on recycle and reuse concepts. If you’re interested in …
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My wife and I were living in Santiago, Chile when most of the work was done and communicated by email and Skype to get our influence into the design. This is a 1948 Spartan Manor that was pretty much just a shell when we purchased it.During the restoration we even incorporated some old furniture that …
Using reclaimed wood, the designer and his collective treehouse people have developed methods since the first building in 1993 for the arboreal structures balanced on living boughs and limbs that avoid stunting the growth of the tree.” – designboom See more treehouses by Takashi Kobayashi.
One of my regular readers reports becoming so inspired by tiny houses, that he built one himself! Here’s what Mark said: “Hi, I’ve been looking at the pictures on the facebook page for a while, and in March I finally started one of my own. This is it so far; it’s called The Haggard. Its floor …
