The Tiny House Movement: A History of Affordable Housing Solutions The tiny house movement is a growing trend in the United States that has gained popularity as an alternative solution for affordable housing. Tiny houses are typically defined as 400 square feet or less, with some as small as 80 square feet. They offer a …
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Jay Shafer has been designing and building tiny houses since the late 90s. Through his company, Four Lights Houses, he sells tiny-house plans, from a 98-square-foot miniature Craftsman called the Zinn to the 288-square-foot Marie Colvin, whose pint-sized columns are embellished with stonework… For the past two years, he’s been working on a village of …
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Jay Shafer and Co. recently put the finishing touches on a custom Weller on wheels and the completed home is nothing short of magnificent. From the honeyed cedar craftsman style details to the signature red metal roof, Jays house designs are warmly inviting and beautiful to behold. ” – Four Lights Tiny House Company Read and …
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Jay Shafer has been busy developing the next generation of tiny houses. Read on to learn about the U-House and how you can be part of this exciting development in the tiny house world. What does the U-House have that other tiny houses don’t?” – Four Lights Tiny House Company See more of the U•house by Jay …
Micro-House-March is Jay Shafer’s month-long celebration of beautiful and efficient home design. For the 31 days of March, Jay will be posting a photo per day from his tiny house travels. ” – Four Lights See all the Micro House March photos here…
End Gable in Mendocino, CA. Micro-House-March is Jay Shafer’s month-long celebration of beautiful and efficient home design. For the 31 days of March, Jay will be posting a photo per day from his tiny house travels. Most of these pictures have never been published before.” – Four Lights
Here’s one of the little houses I stumbled upon while I was hiking through a redwood grove just 500 yards from my own tiny home. Wee homes like this are everywhere, but they’re not always easy to find.” – Jay Shafer See the entire list of Micro-House-March at Four Lights Tiny House Company
“Five years ago, I took a ferry out to Whidbey Island to see Ross Chapin’s 3rd Street Cottages. After being duly impressed by his ideas for smaller houses in pocket-neighborhoods, I followed his directions to a few other inspiring, little houses on the island. Here’s one, now.” – Jay Shafer at Four Lights Tiny Houses …
Sonoma County is laden with clandestine little structures where a lot of the folks who could not otherwise afford to live here manage to live very well.” – Jay Shafer Read more at Four Lights Tiny Houses…
I stumbled upon this very cool vardo at Point Reyes Schoolhouse Compound at the head of Tomales Bay. I thought my photo was pretty good, but I just found a better one of the same subject on their site along with a bunch of other great photos of the area. Apparently, you can rent it …
If you intend to build a house on wheels, don’t cut some big hole in your wall’s waterproof membrane to stick a big ‘ole rain-catching, thermal-bridging wheel well in it. Be sure to leave enough room in your walls for no less than 3-Rs of insulation… continues…” – Jay Shafer at Four Lights Tiny Houses
It was about a week before Thanksgiving of 1997 when my home’s interior first started to look like the belly of a whale with ice formations on the vaulted walls and ceiling delineating a rib every 24”. – Jay Shafer Continue reading Don’t Try This On Home: Insufficient Insulation for full-time living
