Tiny Living

It’s But a Dream

By Sheila on 12.01.11

How we realized our dreams of quitting an unsustainable lifestyle, building our own tiny house and bicycling around the world. [Read More…]

Building our Tiny House : Weeks 18, 19 & 20

By Sheila on 09.29.11

We had a few bumps in the road during weeks 18, 19 & 20 of building our tiny house on a trailer, two of them being exhaustion and lack of motivation. Much rain, including Tropical storm Irene, and a cold snap, in which our evening temperatures dropped close to freezing, shook us out of our lull. We’re working hard to get [Read More…]

Building our Tiny House : Week 9

By Sheila on 08.07.11

During week 9 of building our tiny house on a trailer we finish installing gable end roof flashing, dormer fascia and flashing, priming and painting the front door, and installing the cedar trim, frieze, skirts, and drip edge flashing. We also spent our first night in the house, a very exciting milestone! Current Report

We’re finishing up on the last of the [Read More…]

Recycling Wood Waste: Fuel for our Little Cod

By Sheila on 09.16.10

** NOTICE ** At least one aspect of the following post differs from that which we implemented in the end-design and/or the actual construction of our Tiny House. For the most accurate and up-to-date information please refer to our eBook.

We try to implement as many [Read More…]