If you’ve ever imagined building a tiny house on wheels for yourself you might be in for quite a journey. It’s not as easy as it looks! Building a house, even a tiny one, takes time, dedication and commitment.
A nice Tumbleweed EPU recently completed in Vermont. “This month my tiny house was completed after a few years of preparation and three months of building. Josh Wengard, a terrific carpenter of Re-Design Construction in Londenderry, Vermont did most everything. I sealed the cedar siding, sanded the maple kitchen counter and generally got in the …
A story of a successful completion and delivery of a tiny house. The home is a modified Tumbleweed Fencl. “This past Wednesday the Tumbleweed Tiny House was complete and ready for delivery. It was an exciting, long awaited morning as the home rolled down back country curves and four lane highways.” via Owl Creek Happenings: …
Great example of how a tiny house plan can start as the base and what can happen when inspiration and invention come into play. “JT started with the Walden plans, but ended up combining elements of the Lusby, plus some of his own creativity into his finished product. And what a beauty it is. He started with …
A new highlight has been added to Deek’s next workshop. “In addition to all the speakers, the collective building project, the camping, the tiny cabin touring, AND MORE- on Sunday, as the workshop’s third day wraps up, we’ll all head out to visit THE FIRST-BUILT TUMBLEWEED TINY HOUSE in Boston….which you’ll love. This is the …
The First Tumbleweed Tiny House at the November 2-4 Relaxshacks.com Workshop Read More »
Ryan shares his experience at the second day of a Tumbleweed tiny house workshop. We reported on Day One here. “Jay spoke about subtractive design, which is a process of design where you remove elements to refine a design without detracting from the design at the same time. The balance between removing elements and simplifying …
Ryan reports on his experience at a Tumbleweed tiny house workshop. “Today I traveled to Raleigh, NC to check out Jay Shaffer’s Tiny House Workshop, which is designed to teach people how to build their own Tiny Home. When I walked into the meeting room, I knew we would have a good number of people, …
Steady progress at Boneyard Studios in DC. “Part of the mission of Boneyard Studios is to support changes to DC zoning and building codes to allow higher density, affordable housing in the District.” more > “Tumbleweed was kind enough to lend us their Fencl model to do a tiny house showcase event a few months …
A project of Just Fine Design/Build. “I don’t want to ruffle any feathers in the tiny house community, but to be honest I have not enjoyed any of the Tumbleweed interiors for precisely this reason. The interiors are too bulky, and they are over using the space. There has been an absence of places that …
Zoey has a new(ish) blog where she’s regularly sharing the day to day adventures of living in a tiny house. She built a Tumbleweed tiny house from mostly reclaimed building material. Zoey’s older blog is Together We Are One. Living Tiny 365
Jonathan (Gungy) is making steady progress on plumbing his tiny house. He has posted a few articles on his experience one this complex piece of tiny house construction. If you’re considering building a small house you might want to read through his experience with plumbing his own house. Plumbing Part 1 Plumbing Part 2
Some of the best tiny house design and building workshops are hosted by Jay Shafer from the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. This past week the 2010 workshop schedule was announced. If you’ve been day dreaming about designing and building your own tiny house attending one of Jay’s workshops can really catapult your project and dreams …
