Building The Tiny House Blog
how-to guides, tutorials, and resources for your tiny house journey
The Tiny Guide to Tiny House Retirement
Usually when you think of someone living in a tiny house, you think of young singletons and childless couples like myself. Tiny houses are appealing to people my age because they cost less to buy and run than regular houses. Moving into a tiny house is fairly easy for us too, because we tend to have no children and fewer responsibilities than older people.
8 Composting Toilet Tips for Happy Tiny House Living
Composting toilets are the most common type of toilet used in tiny houses. They are also better than normal toilets for a number of reasons: They turn your waste into compost. They reduce water consumption. You can make a DIY one for under $100. They're really simple...
Want to buy a trailer for your tiny house? Here's what to look for.
Updated: November, 2019. Picking the right trailer for your tiny house is one of the most important decisions you’ll make, but how do you find the best tiny home trailer for your build? Should you buy a tiny house trailer from a specialist manufacturer like Tiny Home...
An Introduction to Grey Water in Your Tiny House
To live in a tiny house, especially if you want to live off-grid, there are a lot of things you have to think about that you might never have considered before. One of these things is what to do with your waste water.
How To Find Local Tiny House Communities
Being a tiny house owner is great, but it can sometimes get a little lonely. "Normal" people often look at you like you're crazy when you tell them where you live, so it's not a surprise that many tiny house dwellers find themselves wishing they had likeminded...
Should Your Tiny House Have a Skylight?
The idea of sleeping under the stars is a romantic one, so skylights are something that many tiny house builders dream of incorporating into their plans. But just how easy are they to install? Are they as practical as they are beautiful?
How To Finance A Tiny House
Part of the appeal of tiny house living is being able to avoid spending your whole life paying off a huge mortgage. Many people in the tiny house community are also minimalists who endeavour to live simply and debt-free. But, while building or buying a tiny house does cost way less than building or buying a regular house, it still doesn't come cheap.
My Propane Refrigerator Problem and What I’m Going to Do about It
No matter how much research you do before building your tiny house, you'll always realize mistakes that you made after you’ve moved in. Case in point: my propane refrigerator, the Norcold N-300.
Why I Decided to Build a Tiny House on Wheels
One question that I've been asked over and over is ”why did you decide to build your tiny house on wheels?” The answer is multifaceted and I'm sure each tiny house dweller’s reasons are slightly different from one everyone else's. However I'm sure many other tiny house dwellers would identify with my reasons.
How to Choose the Right Tiny House Heater
I'm often asked how you choose the right heater for your tiny house. It's a good question because there are a number of different elements you need to consider when deciding how to heat your tiny house. In this post, I'll take you step-by-step through the process of finding the right heater for you and your tiny house.
Tour of the Tiny House Loft
Have you ever wondered what it's like to sit or sleep in a tiny house loft? Are you currently debating whether or not to include a loft in your tiny house? Have you wondered what difference an extra few feet can make in a tiny house loft?
How I'm Preparing My Tiny House For Winter
Now that winter is well and truly on its way, I thought I'd give you an update on how things are going in my tiny house and on how I'm preparing it for the cold Vermont weather. I recorded the video below on a rainy day to show you the changes I've made to the tiny house to keep us warm this winter.
Complete Tiny House Video Tour
When the ever creative Derek Diedricksen offered to let me shoot a tour of my tiny house to post on his youtube channel, I jumped on the opportunity!
Podcast Feature: Extra Pack of Peanuts
I join Travis to talk all about tiny houses, how to build them, how to decide if they’re right for you, and most of all, how they afford you more freedom to travel. We go in depth about how much it cost me to build my house, the problems I faced, and the great rewards...
Podcast Feature: Listen Money Matters
Listen to Ethan Waldman talk about tiny houses on the Listen Money Matters Podcast.
Tiny House Hyperlapse
I've been having a lot of fun with Instagram's new time lapse app, Hyperlapse. Particularly for capturing goings on at the tiny house. Here are a few of my recent captures: How I make Coffee at the Tiny House Approaching the Tiny House And a few nice still shots: Have...
What I Learned from Dee Williams at the World Domination Summit
I had the immense pleasure of attending the World Domination Summit this year in Portland, Oregon. Even better though, is that Dee Williams was one of the keynote speakers. Dee told her story: The story of waking up in a hospital after suffering a heart attack and...
Your Questions, Answered
I answer every single email that I receive, because I like to extend the courtesy that some kind tiny housers gave to me while I was building. I've been getting some really good questions lately, so I thought I'd share some recent ones with you here on the blog.
Living Small Documentary
Guess what? I'm in a movie! Okay, I know I'm being silly, but it was exciting. The talented Stephen Hewitt, an MFA student from Emerson College, traveled to Vermont last fall to interview me at the tiny house. I think the finished project is wonderful. I highly...
Moving Day
September 8, 2013 That was the day that I moved my tiny house from the place where I built it to the place where I live in it. Despite being less than a 10 mile journey, it was exciting, exhilarating and terrifying all at once. The second the house started to roll, I...
