136 sq. ft. Molecule Tiny Home

This. Though I’m not likely to drop a bunch of cash on a pre-built tiny house, this one has a ton of very good ideas that we might draw upon. The stairs in particular are super cool. I also really like the idea of that little storage loft over the front door; super clever use […]

Create 25SF Storage With These Tiny House Stairs

Here’s a good how-to on building box stairs with storage built right in. I really like the idea of ripping out the existing stairs in a shed and doing something like these.

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How To Build A Mortgage-Free Small House For $5,900

This article talks about a small building project that these people did (from scratch) that used a bunch of free and super cheap materials sourced from return sales and Craigslist. Interesting primarily for the step-by-step pictures that give you a feel for what’s involved work-wise.

Tiny feet

Square feet, that is. Here’s a good breakout of Tiny House (trailer types) square footage with some layouts that help visualize things.

Click the picture to expandify it.

Tumbleweed

For reference, I include the Tumbleweed builders. These guys are kind of the gold-standard for the mobile tiny house movement. Much pricier than I am willing to bite off, but there are a lot of good ideas tied to these that we can utilize. I’m super curious how the impending law change will affect […]

Lowe’s Sheds

Lowe’s sells a ton of various wood-frame sheds and gardening houses that are ripe for conversion to a country shack. I’d love to tear into one of these and wire, plumb, insulate and panel it as a first project. Relatively cheap way to get immediate shelter at a property, letting you focus on interior finishing […]

Woman Converts Barn Shed into 192 Sq. Ft. Tiny Home

Though this was done as a full “I’m living here till I die” solution by an older woman, and might be a bit of overkill for what we have in mind, there are a lot of pictures (some are potato-quality) that give a good idea of how such a space might be laid out. She […]

Grow your house?

Oh no they didn’t.

http://www.gizmag.com/mushroom-tiny-house/28248/ “The mushroom part of the Mushroom Tiny House mostly refers to its insulation, which is based on mycelium (or mushroom root). This insulation is inserted between standard wooden panels, and is both fire resistant and green, containing no harmful toxins (unlike, say, Styrofoam). The company explained via email that the […]

New Bill Could Legitimize Tiny Houses Around Washington

It sounds like the need for tiny houses to be on wheels may be about to go away…

The digest:

Prohibits certain local governments from regulating or restricting the minimum gross floor area for single-family detached dwellings.

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Tiny House builders in the area

So far I’ve only spotted one, but if more bubble up, I’ll update this post.

If you want to simply purchase a pre-built Tiny House (on a trailer) and drop it on a site, these some options:

Seattle Tiny Homes