Tiny Homes Digest Magazine

15/11/2017

What a great idea! Thanks for the share David McDonald!

via.fox6now.com/SRGeU

RACINE -- It's the first-of-its-kind in the country: a village of tiny homes, for homeless veterans -- 15 in all. "It's an affordable way to respectfully help a veteran get back on their feet," Jeff Gustin with the Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin said. Veterans Outreach of Wisconsin built the communi...

31/10/2017

Europeans have different sensibilities when it comes to RVs, motorhomes, trailers and caravans. Here's an example of what I mean.

http://wohlwagen.de/

Thanks Frank Cohen for becoming a friend and sharing European design ideas.

30/10/2017

Photos from the Tiny House & Simple Living Jamboree 2017 taken Friday, October 27 and Saturday, October 28 in Arlington, Texas

24/09/2017

I can't believe that my buddy Mark Fletcher keeps finding these Craigslist listings. Here's a vintage Blue Bird school bus transformed into a Wanderlodge conversion. The engine is a 391cid Ford diesel backed by an Allison transmission, a pretty robust combination.

Check out the photos in the listing, a retro take on tiny home living.

https://sandiego.craigslist.org/csd/cto/6318690388.html

24/09/2017

As I work on the preview issue of Tiny Homes Digest, I have YouTube running on my big screen TV, feeding me tiny home videos from a variety of sources. Last night it served up this 12-minute video from Terraform Tiny Homes, presenting an interesting time-lapse build sequence as the introduction of tour of its 250-square-foot tiny home built on a gooseneck trailer.

There are so many cool ideas incorporated in this build, much of it coming from the use of recycled materials. I was really impressed by the adaptation of his kitchen sink, recycled from a restaurant. You'll find that at the 5'40" mark of the 12-minute video below.

What one might think is an adaptation of a traditional fifth-wheel travel trailer is so much more, a great example of space utilization.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdejoE3bw5w

Terraform One is a portable living space capable of comfortably housing two people. At 250 Sq Ft, Terraform is on-grid at the moment, but could be converted ...

24/09/2017

The cover for the preview issue of Tiny Homes Digest is evolving. I interviewed architect Christoph Kaiser on Friday and yesterday he sent me the high-res photos of the Silo House. This immediately prompted a change in the cover image (I think Dwell might have used the same image). Which do you like better, this image or the first image which is darker?

Also, Christoph didn't like the logotype design and suggested a different font. What's everyone's opinion on the font and the broken horizontal lines above and below? This was my very first attempt at designing a logotype from scratch.

24/09/2017

Tiny House Expedition is one of my favorite tiny home websites. I've just found a link to where all their Living Tiny Legally videos are compiled on their YouTube channel. This is a multi-part documentary series that illustrates the legal/zoning obstacles face by tiny homeowners looking for a place to legally park their tiny homes. And they describe NIMBY resistance by some of their potential neighbors.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlvBXhDyr9H3vVYh9UlqAuLQQ_rR8-Hph

Living Tiny Legally is a 3 part educational docu-series. It provides an in-depth, inside look into how a handful of cities from all over the country are maki...

23/09/2017

I'm not sure how my friend Mark Fletcher finds these unique vehicles to forward to me.

This may be the most unique tiny home I've seen yet, especially based on a car chassis, in this case a 1997 Volvo. Wasn't Volvo owned by Ford at the time, part of the Premiere Auto Group? If so, was Volvo, which has a long and storied in history of station wagons, were they thinking Volvo Country Squire?

https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/rvs/6293516711.html

Volvo Tiny House 7' loft bed Stained glass windows Skylight Cedar and Aluminum construction Lightweight and strong 165k on motor runs like a top 20+ mpg Stainless steel sink Mini Wine fridge Self...

23/09/2017

A tiny home built in just 72 hours? This is what happens when you have an army of skilled carpenters and a great plan.

Imagine if FEMA got smart and had these guys, Built on the Fly, invade Texas, Louisiana and Florida hard hit by the recent hurricanes and build these for displaced persons while their homes are being rebuilt? Then when families move back into their "real" homes, these homes could be recycled into tiny home communities for homeless, especially veterans.

But that would be too smart for the government to do and of course there's the NIMBY (not in my back yard) issue where local planning agencies make it very difficult to construct such communities.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnG8HXrczts

Over the course of a weekend, the folks at Built On The Fly built this entire tiny house in Iowa from start to finish using SIPs construction. As you see in ...

23/09/2017

This is one of the most amazing off-the-grid tiny home stories I've encountered in the research running up to the launch of Tiny Home Digest. It's the story of Ariel McGlothin who lives in an off-the-grid tiny home in the mountains of Western Wyoming.

Her blog is inspiring and like many other tiny home enthusiasts illustrates just how much living one can pack into a small space.

I debated where to feature her blog or video first. Since the blog tells her story in a much more comprehensive way, it comes first with a link to her video to follow in the comments section.

http://fynyth.blogspot.com/

23/09/2017

The Living Big in a Tiny Home YouTube channel has more than a half-million subscribers making it a very popular online destination for tiny home enthusiasts.

Check out how a mother and daughter built a tiny home utopia in British Columbia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRiIxe3GfCs

This is the ultimate tiny house off grid paradise. Situated on 380 acres of spectacular lake-front property with private hot-springs and abundant wildlife, t...

23/09/2017

From a design standpoint, this tiny home bristles with innovation. One is the way the kitchen backs up lengthwise with the bathroom with the common wall sharing the plumbing.

The other is the Murphy Bed, which puts the primary sleeping location on the main floor, important for older tiny homers who won't want to be climbing down ladders in the middle of the night when nature calls.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqxxFZ1JoVY

To this day, this is our favorite tiny home design. The workmanship combined with a well thought out design has proven to be very effective with this build. ...

23/09/2017

I'm not sure how I'm going to handle covering bus conversions yet. Does a tiny home need to be towable rather than self-powered, as is this bus conversion? Let me know as right now, as I am formulation editorial guidelines, is the best time to let me know.

https://www.godownsize.com/modern-bus-conversion-living-on-the-road-full-time/

In November we visited the Tiny House Festival outside St. Augustin in Florida. We met lots of cool people and homes, and one old school bus caught our attention.

23/09/2017

Homes built from shipping containers will be an important part of the editorial agenda at Tiny Homes Digest Magazine.

Got a home built from shipping containers? Tell us about it here in the comments section and let me know me know via Facebook private message.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/22/realestate/home-in-shipping-container.html?_r=0

Eco-friendly and affordable, shipping containers are gaining popularity as an alternative to traditional houses.

23/09/2017

Very innovative tiny home that addresses the issue of a master bedroom differently.

Two lofts, plenty of windows and a storage staircase that rolls out of the way or to get someone to either of the two lofts. This home is packed with one-of-a-kind novelties.

22/09/2017

Welcome to the Facebook home for Tiny Homes Digest magazine. If you are a tiny home owner or just an enthusiast, please share your stories, photos and videos about tiny home living, building your tiny home or any tiny home-related topic.

Here's a preliminary mockup of the cover of the preview/test issue coming in October 2017, the silo home designed by Phoenix architect Christoph Kaiser. If it looks familiar, it is the same home that Zillow uses as part of its online advertising campaign.