I made my bed wrong, and then I had to sleep in it. The list of folks who inspired me to start designing efficient, little houses includes the names of existentialists, like Thoreau and Emerson, and the names of architects and writers, like Les Walker and Witold Rybczynski. I recently added Barbara Mandrell to the …
Jay Shafer Reports on Tiny Mistake #1 – Bed Size Read More »
When Jay Shafer invited Oprah Show cameras into his house, in 2007, viewers were blown away by the size of his place. While most homebuyers search for optimal square footage, Jay was living comfortably—and efficiently—in a 96-square-foot structure.” – Oprah: Where Are They Now? Below are two segments from the show. Read more about the …
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Mary Emerson and 4 other nurses are working on building the Honey House, a portable medical treatment unit for young Brian Ilg, an 8 year-old boy from Patchogue, NY who was born with Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa, a painful, disfiguring skin disorder. You can like the project on their Facebook page here, watch a short interview with one …
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We have a Gifford and an Anderjack in New York state and a Weller out here in the San Francisco Bay Area. All three little houses are available with or without wheels, but they’re all sitting on chassis right now, ready to be towed off to some nice little backyard, lakeside parcel or tiny house …
What Boneyard Studios has accomplished with a vacant city lot in Washington DC is nothing short of marvelous. The idea: A tiny village of houses that showcase the benefits of simplified living — affordability, sustainability, community — on an urban alley lot, right within view of the nation’s Capital…” -Alicia …Continue reading
A tall tales and tiny fictions It makes sense that, as more information gets published about small houses, more misinformation is bound to surface too. Most of the stories out there are as harmless as they are entertaining. So far as I can tell, it’s not true that the typical tiny house can be built …
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It turns out that my wife and Deek Diedricksen are both from the same small town in Connecticut. I’m out here visiting my in-laws, and he was at his parents’ house on Tuesday, so he gave me a tour of the tiny house village that’s been fueling his interest in wee dwellings ever since he was a kid.
“Jay Shafer is leading a movement that is changing the way America views housing. In his Small House Book, his workshops and thru mass media.” – Jay Shafer at TEDxTalks.
Thought I would inform you that at Jay Shafer’s upcoming workshop in California this August 10-11, 2013, you’ll get to also go on a tour to see a bunch of tiny houses on a field trip the entire group will be taking. Little things like that are what make certain workshops special to me, in my …
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" TINY LIVING AT THE SONOMA FAIRGROUNDS Each night, when the Sonoma County Fair closes at 11 p.m., everyone goes home. Except Joel Fleck — his home is at the fair. Fleck, a Sebastopol law student, is part of the tiny house movement, and he has brought his custom-built 150-square-foot house to the fairgrounds to demonstrate …
Jay Shafer, of Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, is featured on the cover of Parade Magazine this week. This is the magazine you’ll find inside many Sunday newspapers and has an estimated readership of 70 million people. It’s always great news for the tiny house movement when one of us is featured so prominently in the main …
