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#193795 - 01/18/10 02:58 PM Tiny Homes
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Interesting examples of small living spaces. That sheet metal house is pretty sharp.

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#193803 - 01/18/10 04:01 PM Re: Tiny Homes [Re: LED]
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Hey thanks for the head's up! smile The tiny house blog has some great examples also.

Building a tiny home is a dream of the DW and I. We have taken some workshops and toured the homes of several folks that are listed in the slideshow on your link. Very inspiring! We hope to start construction this summer. smile

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#193845 - 01/18/10 08:09 PM Re: Tiny Homes [Re: Loganenator]
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I'm a big fan of tiny homes not only because they're lighter on resources, but also because I hate cleaning rooms I don't go into very often and more space allows me to collect more things I don't need! laugh
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#193852 - 01/18/10 09:02 PM Re: Tiny Homes [Re: Nicodemus]
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They are basically recreating the size of a metro area efficiency apartment. Nothing that radical. Not denigrating them in any way, just saying they are not on the cutting edge of anything. The "green" appeal is what makes the story.

The only thing that can be prohibitive is what the building codes say for size. Where I live about the smallest you can go for a stand-alone structure to live in (plumbing/electric) is 180 sq ft. We had a guy here build a 15x15 house in town. It is pretty slick.

Anyway you look at it it is still a cool idea.
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#193878 - 01/19/10 04:10 AM Re: Tiny Homes [Re: MoBOB]
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I imagine its also a way to stay out of the mortgage trap. Running a 12V system in a place like that would also be easy to do and give you more options.

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#193904 - 01/19/10 03:52 PM Re: Tiny Homes [Re: LED]
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423 square foot cabin at 7,500 feet elevation in the San Bernadino Mountains, built in 1943 and still in excellent shape. It has a small kitchen, bathroom, and medium sized living room with an airtight woodstove, and is fully plumbed and electrified. It has a large propane tank in the back yard that the stove and heat run off of. I also built a 10 X 12 foot two-story storage shed out the back that also could be easily lived in, if necessary.

Tiny Cabin.

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#193914 - 01/19/10 05:48 PM Re: Tiny Homes [Re: sotto]
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I always thought modern yurt living would be a cool compromise. I would still like a little compartmentalization, though, just to keep the living space a bit more varied, and to maintain a certain level of privacy.
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#194067 - 01/21/10 07:07 AM Re: Tiny Homes [Re: benjammin]
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Cool, tiny homes.
Thanks for the links guys

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#194081 - 01/21/10 03:47 PM Re: Tiny Homes [Re: LED]
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i lived in a "tiny" home for 25 years--think four room summer cabin--the thing that made it "do-able" was that it was off in the woods but still within walking distance from a village.being able to walk out the door and thru the woods for hours or down to a river and canoe for days made that tiny indoor space a happy place and not a "cell"..it was also a great place to come home to after a hard day at work with a 50 mile commute.

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#194084 - 01/21/10 03:52 PM Re: Tiny Homes [Re: CANOEDOGS]
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Sounds like a lot of ranger stations I have known.
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