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May 28 / 10:52am

A reclaimed, recycled, passive solar, tiny house on wheels

When Jenine Alexander and Amy Hutto set out to build an efficient, near zero energy home, they opted for small: to be exact, 128 square feet. To get around minimum size standards, they put it on wheels. They used as much salvaged material as possible. The result: a tiny mobile home with passive solar design, bamboo flooring, reclaimed pine ceilings, denim-cotton insulation, reclaimed granite countertops and salvaged (but new) high energy efficiency doors and windows.
Original story here: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/a-salvaged-materials-passive-solar-tiny-...

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May 25 / 3:46pm

Awesome intro to the Tiny House Movement

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Mar 25 / 7:42am

In the U.S., living small is an act of civil disobedience.

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followup: more information on getting around pro-mcmansion building codes:

http://www.tinyhousedesign.com/2011/03/24/the-legality-of-tiny-houses/

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Mar 20 / 6:51am

Tim Guiles: Conversations in Tiny House

In 2008 Tim Guiles built two tiny houses based on Jay Shafer's "WeeBee" design (Tumbleweed Tiny House Co.); one for himself and one for his son. He was so enthralled with tiny house living that one year later he formed a company, http://yesweecabins.com ....and hired an architect to help him with the design of his first product, an 8'x18' tiny house on a steel car trailer called "Elegant Simplicity." Tim and his partner, Kate, are now living in one of his tiny houses; he has sold another, and he is completing a third. George and Joan Packard, http://curiouslylocal.com ...spent a couple of hours filming and talking with Tim in early January, 2011, in his tiny house, perched on the brow of a high field on his Vermont land. See this blog and others at http://curiouslylocal.com

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