This is Heidi’s cottage, ‘Elaman Puu’, which means Tree of Life. It’s built with a variety of natural building techniques with a rubble trench, earthbag stem walls dressed in stone, birch bark damp-proof membrane beneath the straw bales on the northern walls with cob and cordwood to the south and a reciprocal roof on a …
Our home used to be an oil tank, we have now transformed it into a modern home over three floors. The oil tank is located on Skrova, an island off the Lofoten town of Svolvaer. The tank is perched on a hill overlooking some of the most impressive views of lofoten, it invites both inspiration …
Here’s what you see when you open the tiny front door- most of the house. Having spaces flow into each other and adding natural light from plenty of windows makes the house feel bigger. This week I’d like to take you on a photo tour of Brittany Yunker’s 165 s.f….”
Today I wanted to show you this round tiny cabin. It’s designed and built by a company called Lexa Dome Homes.
Join the tiny movement! Modern tiny house on wheels for sale! It is 8×22 ft with 280 sq feet of inside space (sleeping loft adds additional footage). I bought this from the builder with idea of finishing it out and putting it in Granby as a getaway-home, alas working full-time and being in school full-time …
This ad is for our 1 showroom 10 x 20 200 sq ft unit. The unit is fully finished on the inside and exterior.
A tiny house on a tiny plot of land. It’s an ideal scenario for a good portion of tiny house dwellers and soon-to-be tiny house dwellers. Since owning a tiny house, in a sense, is being financially self-sufficient, owning the land it sits on takes that level of self-suffiency one step further. Since a tiny …
Even if you don’t like shipping container homes, this house has lots of good ideas that can be utilized on other designs. “Kam Kasravi and Connie Dewitt wanted a modern cabin that wouldn’t disrupt the Redwoods on their property. First they considered prefabs, but quickly realized they wouldn’t fit up the narrow road to their …
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“After years of living in big cities, Sonny and Linda Jobe decided to make a change as they entered into retirement. Buying a farm in Doddridge County in West Virginia, Sonny and Linda decided to live completely off-the-grid. They’ve installed several solar panels and also make their own honey and maple syrup. They have a …
It appears the answer is yes… habitable sheds are popping up in the UK. “A fascinating business proposition in Oxford is moving the shedworking/tiny houses story forward. As reported by the BBC Oxford businessman Robin Swailes is marketing £25,000 shedlike pods (3m x 2.5m) with electricity, kitchen, bed, toilet, shower, underfloor heating and running water …
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Laura breaks downs recent costs of Tiny House Ontario. “So far in 2012 I have (with help) built the in-house with composting toilet, added some (not great) LED battery lighting, put steel on the exterior, added gravel dust for the patio (to allow this to settle for next year’s project), updated (not completed) the kitchen …
Here’s an example or extreme prefab… pre-build the whole house and fly it in. “In remote lake-and-hill country within Switzerland, building on site is often not an option – some spots are, at best, accessible only by motorcycle, small car or boat. This house was dropped off and installed in record speed.” Read more about …
