Zen forest house: 11K, handcrafted, small home in Oregon

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Brian Schulz wanted to see “how small of a house I could make feel big”. Inspired by the traditional Japanese minka homes that rely on local materials and steeply sloped roofs to create affordable, open structures, Schulz created a home using materials salvaged or sourced from within 10 miles of his home. The result is…

America’s 1st tiny house hotel had to be in dense Portland

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Deb Delman and Kol Peterson love tiny homes: she’s spent the past couple decades living in a converted garage, a yurt, a tiny unelectrified cabin; he studied urban planning and is a “really big advocate of ADUs [accessory dwelling units AKA granny cottages, in-law suites]“; and the couple now live together in a self-built ADU.…

Jay Shafer: The Politics of Tiny Houses

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In February, 2011, we spent a couple of hours with Jay Shafer (Tumbleweed Tiny House Company), in his 96 square foot house-on-wheels in Sebastopol, California. Jay is one of the more well-known and successful tiny house designers, and there’s no denying the “curb appeal” of his designs. That appeal is generated by Jay’s careful attention…

How to Build a Mortgage-Free Small House for $5,900

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This video shows you how you might be able to build your own mortgage-free small house for less than $6,000! And how this couple actually did it. Full post: http://www.tinyhousetalk.com/mortgage-free-small-house/ Our blog: http://www.tinyhousetalk.com Our newsletter: http://www.tinyhousenewsletter.com Plans: http://www.tiny-house-plans.com Our iTunes Podcast: http://www.tinyhousetalk.com/itunes Thank you for watching!

Cube affordable prefabricated tiny houses (qb-33, 9sq/m)

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This is the QB-33 Cube model. We make affordable and cheap prefabricated cabins, preassembled container boxes, cottages, ready hotel capsules, and tiny houses for temporary and permanent accommodation. Precut wood, steel, aluminium joinery, and sip panels are used for fabrication. The prices start from 49 Eur per sq.m. of the entire quadrature. Basic QB-33 furnishing…

2013 BEST SMALL HOME – Fine Homebuilding HOUSES Awards

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Find out more about this award-winning home at: http://www.finehomebuilding.com/houseawards#best-small-home Our award for the BEST SMALL HOME this year goes to Nir Pearlson for this 800-sq.-ft. secondary dwelling in Eugene, Ore. Set among existing gardens, the third-party certified green house relies on shared spaces and connections to the outdoors to seem larger than its physical boundaries.

Fully LEGAL 252 Sq. Foot Tiny House in Massachusetts (Cabin-Small Home)

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Check out Deek’s Book on Shelter and Cabin Concepts HERE… http://www.amazon.com/Humble-Simple-C… Derek “Deek” Diedricksen, HGTV/DIY Network host/designer, and host of “Tiny Yellow House”, heads out to Royalston, MA to hang with Chris Haynes (who has formerly been a guest speaker at Deek’s Hands-On Building And Design Workshops (his next- April 11-13, in Wilmington, NC)). Chris’…