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Tag: Tiny Houses
Tiny House Nation Premieres Wednesday, July 9 at 10PM ET on FYI
In “Tiny House Nation,” renovation experts and hosts, John Weisbarth and Zack Giffin, travel across America to show off ingenious small spaces and the inventive people who live in them, as well as help new families design and construct their own mini-dream home in a space no larger than 300 square feet.” – FYI Network
Tiny House Nation premieres Wednesday, July 9 at 10PM ET on FYI. The series will air every Wednesday at 10pm. The first episode is the Kibert family in Maryville, TN. Watch the preview trailer and learn more About Tiny House Nation – Season 1 – FYI Network.
Tour The Tiny Houses of Floyd, Virginia
…we are opening our home to the public for the first time on May 17, 2014 when we join four other tiny homes to create the Tiny Houses of Floyd, Virginia Tour. We will all convene at the Floyd Country Store after the tour for a screening of the movie TINY: A story about living small.” – Hari
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Whimsical Cottage from Tahoe Tiny Houses and Trailers
Marvin owns Tahoe Tiny Houses and Trailers and has built a few of the Rustic Way designs for homeowners in the Tahoe area. Marvin plans on providing several configurations of the Rustic Way houses to be used as extra bathrooms, saunas, dressing rooms or bunk houses.” – Tiny House Blog
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320 Square Foot Canadian Chalet
Aside from the compact bathroom, the 320 ft2 (29.7 m2) cabin essentially consists of one open room with only a short partition setting off the sleeping area. The three-piece bathroom, a closet and the kitchen are lined up along the back wall.” – Small House Bliss
Read and see more at Small House Bliss
False Bay Writer’s Cabin
With 10′ tall glass walls on three sides, the main room is as immersed in the natural environment as a conditioned indoor space can be. The writer only has to look up to watch passing wildlife and enjoy unimpeded views of the surrounding landscape. The fourth wall has bookshelves on one side and a concealed Murphy bed on the other, with a doorway in between leading into the service area. On the left is a compact galley kitchen with a fridge and several feet of counterspace, while to the right is the bathroom with shower.” – Small House Bliss
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Above: The house closed up securely.
Feeling Frozen? Chris Larson’s Deep North – Tiny Houses as Art and Commentary
As an artist, I do not profess any deep knowledge about the science of climate change, but I do have specific images that come to mind when I think about it. There is a moment in “The Inconvenient Truth”, for example, when Al Gore explains how the Gulf Stream– the conveyor belt of ocean currents that guides warm water around what would otherwise be a much colder climate, might break and could theoretically plunge Europe into a rather a rather sudden ice age.” – Chris Larson via Huffington Post
via Kimberly Brooks: What Climate Change Might Look Like: Chris Larson’s Deep North.
Feeling Frozen? For an alternate view of climate extremes and the recurring 400 year Little Ice Age cycle, listen to this interview with Suspicious 0bserver Ben Davidson.
A Studio Home with a Stepped Floor Plan
Drawers and storage bins built into the floor provide enough storage to keep the 35 m2 (377 ft2) studio free of clutter. The kitchen cabinets are tucked under the bedroom level with the concrete countertop only being revealed when a section of the bedroom floor is flipped up to act as the backsplash.” – Small House Bliss
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Beth’s Small Cottage in California
Beth’s small cottage is surrounded by lush gardens in the hills of Sausalito, California. Built sometime in the 1930′s, the tiny cottage has just 365 ft2 (33.9 m2), smaller than most two-car garages. Yet, it doesn’t seem that small. While the kitchen is indeed cramped, the rest of the house appears quite comfortable.” – Small House Bliss
See and read more about Beth’s small house…
Island House Now Available as a Prefab
With the immense popularity of the Island House in numerous publications and websites, 2by4-architects decided to develop a prefabricated version based upon it. The prefab house has the same gabled shape and (mostly) glazed end walls, however it does not have the folding wall. That was made possible by the structural steel frame of the Island House, but the prefab version uses a different structural system.” – Small House Bliss
Learn more about this prefab home at Small House Bliss…
Visit the Architect’s website for all the details…