It’s a baby!

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A couple of months ago I started construction on my latest design: Tinier Living. It’s a shorter version of my Tiny Living design. It so small and cute :)

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I’m building this house in my back yard for convenience since I am recording a ton of video for the ‘build along’ I’m hosting and this allows me to work on it whenever I have a little bit of time. Unfortunately, shooting all that video also means my pace has been considerably slower than my previous houses.

I’ve also set up a page on my website if your interested in the plans. I expect there will be a few minor changes to them between now and when I’m done with the house but as with all my plans I will send out free updates if they do change.

I’ll post some more pictures once all the sheathing is up. It will be a lot easier to visualize then.

tinyhousemap.com

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Over the last couple of months I’ve been collaborating and working on a website with Michael Janzen from tinyhousedesign.com. The idea for the site was simple: when you’re looking for tiny house resources (builders, workshops, houses for sale, etc.) or other tiny house enthusiast that share your interest, the most important factor in your search is likely location. This is where tinyhousemap.com comes in. It’s a completely free website where you can list and search for tiny house resources which are organized on a map. This allows you to quickly find items of interest in your area.

You can also add yourself to the site! Up until now your neighbor just a few doors down from you may share your love of tiny houses and you would have never known. Now you can put yourself on the map and allow others to contact you in a secure way. The site includes a form that will allow others to contact you without anyone seeing your email address. If your not comfortable adding your address you can just enter your city and state or even better a public address close to you.

I hope you guys enjoy it and drop me a line (http://tinyhomebuilders.com/contact) if you have any problems or have a suggestion.

Tiny House Marketplace

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I’ve been super busy lately and haven’t had that much time to update the Tiny House Directory. But that is going to change soon. One of the things I’ve been working on is adding a new category to the directory which is ‘Houses’. This category is actually big enough that I gave it it’s own URL: tinyhousemarketplace.com. It’s a place where you can list and search for tiny houses for sale or rent. Since it’s just started there is only my one lonely house there. So if you know anyone who is looking to sell a tiny house, spread the word so that my house can have a friend or two :) Listing a house is free and it’s super easy. Give it a try and let me know what you think!

In the News!

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Just as I was pulling into DeLand to finish the ‘Tiny Living’ house I was contacted by a reporter from NBC who wanted to do a story on tiny houses. Within an hour I was being interviewed and the feature aired later that night and all through the weekend. It was pretty cool!

Check it out here: http://www.wesh.com/news/30476592/detail.html

BTW The house is done! I’ll have pictures posted as soon as I get back to town but it looks great! I’m super excited! :)

The Build-Along is on!

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We had enough people sign up for the build along so we will be starting on March 1st. I’m really excited and I think it will be a lot of fun. I’ll be posting pictures of my progress and occasionally that of the other builders as well (with their permission).

If you want to join us sign up by March 1st @ http://tinyhomebuilders.com/buildalong

Also, Alex from tinyhousetalk.com recently posted a video tour of my Tiny Living design that he recorded a while back at my open house.

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A lot of people have asked me for pictures of the interior of that house and this video is the best I have right now. Of course that will change soon since I am scheduled to go down there and finish it on Feb 16th.

I’ll post some more when I get down there.

Dogs Need Tiny Houses Too!

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But I guess dogs have always had tiny houses. Anyways, for a change of pace I decided to build my dog a house with a modern flare.

I showed the finished pictures to someone I work with and his response was “why does it have those angles?”, so I guess it’s not for everyone :)

Check out more pictures and pick up the plans if your feeling handy over at http://tinyhomebuilders.com/Plans/ModernDog

Also, I’m planning a trip to Florida in mid February to finish up the house down there. A lot of people have asked me for pictures of the interior so rest assured they are on the way.

Tiny Living videos

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I finally got a chance to put together the videos from my trip to Florida. As usual they are out of focus, shaky, and filled with me repeating myself. But hopefully there is something in there that someone will find useful.

This first video I shot half way through the trip and I talk mainly about the interior siding and something I might consider doing differently concerning the electrical if I had planned to hook this house up to solar power.

And the last video I shot right before I left Florida.

TinyHouseDirectory.com

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Over the years that I have been involved in the tiny house movement I have collected many links to various tiny house resources. I felt that this list could be useful to others especially to someone just coming on to the scene and looking for some specific information (like a builder’s blog that is building a specific house or a specific set of plans). So I put together tinyhousedirectory.com. It’s still in its infancy as I have only added a subset of my bookmarks, so look for more data and features to come.