ANYWAY, I LOVE THIS! I have a plan in my book “Humble Homes, Simple Shacks” that is semi-similar in approach, in that it uses MANY free and recycled doors as its wall panels, but this a great twist, and something I’ve contemplated before as well. I love A-frames, and love freebie construction materials, so this one’s a no …
Build an outbuilding or playhouse from FREE DOORS- plans HERE too…. Read More »
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 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 …
Here’s a great shot from ONE of MANY cabins that the Blue Moon Rising tiny house compound (a retreat and educational center) has on its property. You can rent these out to get a taste for tiny house and cabin living- perhaps to see if its right for you/feasible. I really think this is a …
On my way to Acadia Maine I made the family roadster take a u-turn so I could hop out and shoot a few photos of these great looking little cabins/tiny houses at the Sunset Motel/Motor Lodge in Ellsworth, Maine.
What the heck!?? You know those front porch posts, most commonly seen in the tiny house world on the Tumbleweed Fencl models? Well, here’s the style post I’ll be getting when I work on another custom tiny house design and build down the road.
Today’s post/discussion is on hardware, most specifically door knobs. I just recently flew out to San Francisco for a guest speaking gig at a Tumbleweed Tiny House Workshop to talk about recycled-material building- a means to keep a vast array of material out of landfills, and a vast array of cash IN your wallet. It …
Salvaging For Your Cabin/Tiny House/Self-Built Home….. Read More »
I’m bringing this one back, as I look through my saved sketches from my oooooold school book/zine titled “Quick Camps And Leg Cramps”- two versions of this mini book were self-released long ago (only about 200 copies in all), and are now out of print. I WILL re-release the book at some point- probably in …
Its very modern, very skeletal, but so daringly bare that I really like this. Its from designer Muller Van Severen, and with a name as such, you know darn well its expensive (aside from the fact that Dwell Magazine recently featured it too! Ka-ching!).
I’ve been long intending to post this list, as workshop attendees for both the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company Workshops I host, AND my own workshops (I have another in late October in New England- details to come- or email me at kidcedar at gmail.com) ask, and re-ask, about this list (most just forgetting to jot …
THE TEN TINY HOUSE BOOKS I travel with for TUMBLEWEED WORKSHOPS Read More »
