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We love tiny homes, all types of tiny homes. People can be so creative. We will look at many tiny types and what it takes to build one.
We will also visit many tiny home villages, and see what it take to make your own.
Carbon Monoxide Detectors in Tiny Homes
Carbon Monoxide Detectors in a Tiny House This First Alert carbon monoxide detector will only sound the alarm when the level reaches 60 PPM. Below that the display always shows zero. Sensorcon INSPECTOR displays carbon monoxide (CO) concentrations as low as 1 ppm. You are probably [...]
Finishing Your Projects Reduces Stress
Finishing Your Projects Reduces Stress *First, a 2023 Update: My wife and I sold the home we could no longer afford in 2018, and moved three hundred miles to a town with more reasonably priced real estate. We bought a very small house. We are not young. It was brand new, [...]
Pulling The Tiny Trigger on tiny house living GalleryPulling The Tiny Trigger on tiny house living
DIY Tiny House, Homesteading, Legal tiny homes, Off Grid Living, Outdoor Cooking, Outdoor spaces, Tiny Home Design Considerations, Tiny Home Resort, Tiny Home topic of interest, Tiny House & RV Infrastructure, Tiny House Certifications, Tiny House Communities, Tiny House Show, Tiny House Villages, Tiny Lifestyle, tiny wood stoves
Pulling The Tiny Trigger on tiny house living
Pulling the Tiny Trigger From many of my conversations with The Peoples Tiny House Festival attendees this year, here is a list of reasons people Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. -Les Brown give for not Pulling the Tiny Trigger: What if [...]
Try Tiny before you Buy Tiny
Try Tiny Before You Buy Tiny Tiny Timbers Tiny Home Resort in beautiful South Fork, Colorado is just the place to try tiny before you buy tiny. This is the perfect opportunity for those finding themselves in Southwest Colorado to see if the tiny lifestyle might be an option for them. [...]
Tiny House Nation Reality Check
Tiny House Nation Reality Check Tiny House Nation® seemed to make people's dreams come true. Now in reruns, the television show starring John Weisbarth and Zack Giffin ran from 2014-2019, and featured weekly stories of folks making the move to tiny living. For me, as for many, this show was often [...]
Taking Advantage Of Big-Box Store Sales
Taking Advantage of the Big-Box Store Sales Taking advantage of the big-box store sales can save you some serious money. It can also be an adventure in patience and perseverance. When things go wrong, as they often do, you can end up saving even more money if you use the tips [...]
Tiny House Roofing Snow Load
Tiny House Roofing and Snow Load Terrible ice dam and snow load on asphalt roof must be shoveled and removed. Early winter attention and continual maintenance could have averted the roof leaks that occurred. When the cold winds of late autumn blow in the first snowflakes of the season, [...]
Discouraging DIY Tiny House building
Discouraging DIY Tiny House Building I never thought I would be discouraging someone from building their own tiny house, but here we are. I was excited to see a tiny home purchased by the local homeless ministry and jumped at the chance to tour it. My excitement turned to dismay as [...]
Christmas Wall Tree for Tiny House
Christmas Wall Tree for Tiny House Laying out the wall tree with painters tape. We have no room for a Christmas tree in our tiny house so we found a 'Wall Tree' on YouTube® to make and thought we’d give it a try. Here is our experience. Progress pictures [...]
Tiny House Certification Companies
Tiny House Certification Companies Several companies now offer inspection and 'certification' services for tiny homes. As tiny houses gain acceptance as low-cost housing alternatives, these Tiny House certification companies are hoping to provide a nationally-accepted building standard for professional builders and do-it-yourselfers alike. These are 'Buyer Beware' opportunities. Here's why: They [...]