This is my favorite house in the world. When I first saw it, I sat down. I was stunned. Every feature about it was beautiful, inside and out. It was built by master carpenter Lloyd House, and is shown in detail on pages 36-41 of Builders of the Pacific Coast. Unfortunately, it burned down.
I just started looking through the photos from this book (which in many ways is the best building book I’ve done) and decided to post some of them large-size here.
I’m also going back into blogging — bigger and more often.
Photos on a smart phone (Instagram) are pretty skimpy.
For tiny homes, I like the curved roof (as in vardos or Gypsy cabins). It gives you a feeling of spaciousness, as opposed to, say, the typical steep gable roof used in tiny homes. Another factor, which I learned from master builder Lloyd House, was to have windows at eye level; this focuses your attention on the outside, and the room feels much larger than it actually is.
The paneling is from a recycled hot tub. I had the staves band-sawed. Insulation is with recycled denim. Most of the work on this was done by Billy Cummings.
More details on this building are in The Half-Acre Homestead.
Here is a 2020 update on Swedish world sailor Sven Yrvind, whose lifetime of solo sailing was documented in Tiny Homes on the Move (pp. 148-151). Here are a few glimpses of what we referred to as “Sven’s Next Boat” on p. 151, and a 15-minute interview.
“At sea, I can find my youth.”
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Homemade swim fins made from old tennis shoes and plexiglas by Cal Deam.
Teo Briseño did the beautiful bathroom in SunRay Kelley’s temple dome at Harbin Hot Springs, near Middletown, California (which unfortunately burned down a few years ago). It’s shown in Builders of the Pacific Coast.
Here’s his most recent creation, a dome bathroom inside a conventional home in Southern California.
Hello Lloyd…
Here is most recent work of mine towards living in natural sculptured environments.
This dome is made with natural stone and wood; some is locally harvested and wood was cured for 2½ years.
Thin-shell dome construction of one-inch-thick cement over basalt rebar and mesh without metal, so will not rust, corrode or block natural bio-magnetics between the Earth and ourselves.
Planters are sculpted in wall: they include drip irrigation and recycling water drain to flush toilet.
Carbon-sequestering plasters: made of natural lime plaster, an “Old World” technology — warm, inviting, breathable, and is resistant to bacteria.
The shower is of the finest natural lime plaster, giving a smooth, burnished, monolithic finish called Tadelakt, and sheds water as ancient Moroccan bath houses do.
Offering natural bathrooms for healthy self-care environments…
Bringing the outdoors in … naturally, with ancient building ways.
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18 solar panels charge a Leaf battery bank that powers the electric motor. When battery runs low, a diesel generator kicks in to power the motor and extend the range.
It has a 1937 Willy’s front end and custom-made doors and grill.
Will be featured in our next book, Rolling Homes.
It’s for sale: SunRay@SunRay Kelley.com.
If you know of any unique road rigs, contact me at: lloyd@shelterpub.com
