Why I Want to Live in a Tiny House
by Michelle in OregonIf you were to ask me why I am excited about living in a Tiny House, I would tell you that the list is so long we’ll have to sit, and chat for a bit, for you to understand how...
View ArticleCaravan’s Skyline
During a trip to Portland last week, I was fortunate enough to meet up with Deb and Kol of Caravan — The Tiny House Hotel in the cool and funky area of Alberta Street in the Northeast part of the city....
View ArticleInaugural ADU Tour in Portland
Tiny house fans in the Portland area will get a rare opportunity to tour the interiors of 11 accessory dwelling units (ADUs) in the Portland area next month. Kol Peterson and Deb Delman of Caravan-The...
View ArticleDragonfly Teahouse
About a year ago I read about a teahouse built of reclaimed material by the folks at Molecule Tiny Homes. The design inspired me. So, I set out to reproduce the design. This is not my first project...
View ArticleSt. Helens Oregon High School Tiny House Project
It started out a neat enough idea. Apply for a Lowes grant for $4000, build a couple (very) tiny homes for the student’s education and experience, and then sell them on Craigslist. I’m smiling...
View ArticleTiny House in a Landscape
With our relocating and the making of a transition to a new area I have gotten out of rhythm with a lot of blog related items. One of the items being the Tiny House in a Landscape feature. This is...
View ArticleTiny House in a Landscape
My son Ted and I spent Thanksgiving this year on our own. My wife Janelle’s mother had open heart surgery so she has been down with her. Our daughter Emily stayed in Portland and celebrated...
View ArticlePrimrose Bus Conversion
by Joseph Beal I wanted to share our home with you! I’m an artist living in our 1959 Internatinal Harvester bus in Bend, Oregon with my love Karin. We have lived in it for a little over a year now! We...
View ArticleThe Deja Vu
by Hal McClendon I’m a few days from finishing up this little jewel “The Deja Vu” for a client that lives in Portland Oregon. She is very excited to get her new home. It has been under construction...
View ArticleEric’s “McMansion” of Tiny Houses on its Way to Oregon
Some Tiny House Blog readers may remember Eric John Jacobs and his “McMansion” of tiny houses that was built with the help from wood shop class students at a Reno, Nev. high school. The “McMansion” is...
View ArticleTiny House Trailer
Guest post by Peter Schweitzer My wife and I bought it and renovated it right after we got married as we were planning on moving for school and we were not quite sure where we wanted to settle down....
View ArticleTiny House Unconference
Another fun episode of Tiny House Podcast. In this week’s episode, number twelve, Michelle riffs on her weekend experience which included the Tiny House Conference in Portland, our Unconference…
View ArticleMy Tiny House Horse Trailer
Guest Post by Tom Hebert In 2002, I designed and built this as a combination horse trailer and live-in camper. Come the Millennium and I could live in it. It is the only trailer designed and built in...
View ArticleWhat’s It Like to Move a Tiny House?
Moving a tiny house is a lot like having a baby. You can eat right, you can go to the doctor, you can read baby books, and watch videos; but in the end the baby is going to come out and be what it is....
View ArticleInterview with Oregon’s Thimble Homes
As part of the tiny house village at the Sonoma County Home Show, Big Red, one of the designs by Thimble Homes attracted a lot of attention. The custom tiny house, built on a Trailer Made trailer has a...
View ArticleTongue & Groove Tiny Home and Tavern
If you ever dreamed of running your own bar, you can now park one right next to your tiny house. Tongue & Groove Tiny Homes in Bend, Oregon offer both tiny homes and their tiny 8×20 foot tavern....
View ArticlePortland’s Tiny Digs Tiny House Hotel
Portland, Ore. was the first city to open up a tiny house hotel with Caravan – The Tiny House Hotel. The city is expanding its options with a new tiny house hotel in the Kerns neighborhood in the SE...
View ArticleThe Tiny House Community of Bend, Oregon
Central Oregon is brimming with self-starters, alternative lifestyles and every kind of outdoor activity you can imagine. So it is no surprise that the tiny house movement is flourishing here. On our...
View ArticleTiny PDX’s TinyFest
Michelle Boyle is a force to be reckoned with in the tiny house movement. She's a blogger, tiny house builder, Tiny House Podcast's hostess with the mostess, MC diva, community organizer and now event...
View ArticleA New Tiny House Community for Low-Income
SquareOne Villages is revolutionizing housing in Eugene, OR, and around the country. They are a non-profit organization and developer dedicated to creating self-managed communities of cost-effective...
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