by ethan | Mar 15, 2018 | Blog
While I love traditional tiny houses, I also enjoy seeing the weird and wonderful homes other tiny house builders come up with. In recent years, shipping container tiny houses have become more and more popular and I love seeing how creative people can get with these...
by ethan | Jan 15, 2018 | Blog
Usually when you picture a tiny house, I imagine you think of one with wheels. If there is such a thing, the “standard” tiny house is built on a trailer, often to get around pesky codes and zoning rules that require buildings to be a certain size in order...
by ethan | Jan 14, 2018 | Blog
One of the parts of building a tiny house that many people worry about is tiny house plumbing. This is one big area where your tiny house will be very different from a regular house. While normal houses generally have permanent access to water because they're on the...
by ethan | Jun 29, 2017 | Blog
One of the questions I get asked most often is, “how much does it cost to build a tiny house?” Of course, that's a difficult question to answer because the cost of building a tiny house varies enormously. Just as it's impossible to say how much it costs to...
by ethan | May 2, 2017 | Blog, video
When I built my tiny in 2012, I considered a SIPs tiny house. “Build a tiny house with SIPs?” I wanted to learn how to stick frame before I would even consider building a SIPs tiny house. Hold on, though. What are SIPs? They're Structural Insulated Panels...
by ethan | Jan 31, 2017 | Blog
How big can a tiny house be? For people who aren't bothered about owning big houses and having lots of possessions, we sure do seem to worry a lot about size! I'm often asked, “how big can a tiny house be?”, “when is a tiny house actually just a...
