Funky Dwellings builds tiny houses

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Funky Dwellings builds tiny houses

By Alex on Wednesday, June 30th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Today I ran into a tiny house builder that I hadn’t seen before called Funky Dwellings. They offer sheds, modular cabins, furniture, and other small structures out of as much recycled and Read More...

Canvas Yurts in Ardeche, France

By Alex on Tuesday, June 29th, 2010 | 3 Comments

One of the first yurt camps in France is called Canvaschic. It is located in the Gorges de L’Ardeche nature reserve. Their mission? To provide a relaxing environment to their visitors while Read More...

Furniture for Small Spaces #12 — High Tech Convertible Furniture

By Alex on Monday, June 28th, 2010 | 3 Comments

If you follow this website or others I’m sure that you remember the tiny Hong Kong apartment that transforms into a multitude of rooms within just 330 square feet of space.Â A key part of that apartment’s design was it’s furniture. Furniture plays a key role in small spaces, especially when families are involved.Â In [...]

Mid Century Modern A Frame Cabins

By Alex on Monday, June 28th, 2010 | 3 Comments

Dave over at Grain Edit posted some pictures of an old booklet called Second Homes for Leisure Living by Douglas Fir Plywood Association.Â The booklet contains a few modern prefab designs from Read More...

Vermont Garden Cottage

By Alex on Sunday, June 27th, 2010 | 1 Comment

Kelly submitted a photo of her Vermont Garden Cottage.Â It’s a 6 x 8 garden studio that her husband Joe designed and built it himself.Â I thought it was pretty impressive for his Read More...

Tiny Houses on NPR

By Alex on Sunday, June 27th, 2010 | No Comments

Derek notified me that he and Peter King have been featured on NPR News this morning, great story and you can listen to it on audio. The only thing tiny about the tiny house movement is the size of the houses themselves. There are a slew of websites devoted to the scene, and tiny house [...]

Custom Mini Camper

By Alex on Friday, June 25th, 2010 | 7 Comments

This was a contribution from one of our visitors. Thanks, Gary! He built his own mini camper. Here are the details that he sent me. Custom Mini Camper It was a 4 x 8 Harbor Freight trailer that Read More...