“…There is something oddly alluring about smartly designed but freakishly small spaces. I know this because enough other people must be into these things to warrant the steady stream of them flowing from my Twitter feed. I also know this because I have never met a link promising a teeny tiny home that I was not compelled to click on.
So what is it about these places? I’ve got no interest in slide shows of the world’s most palatial mansions. But show me a studio the size of my kitchen, and I could stare at it all day.…”
Emily Badger in article titled: I Can’t Stop Looking at Photos of Absurdly Tiny Homes: https://www.theatlanticcities.com/design/2012/03/i-cant-stop-looking-photos-tiny-homes/1443/
This came in a few days ago from Yogan, a carpenter in southwest France, whose treehouse is shown in Tiny Homes (pp 154-55).
“Lloyd, i see sometime your blog and i see that you make a new book “wheels and water.” With my collaborator carpintero (his name is Menthé) we made a new shelter, the principle is a base from 15m² so you can connect 2 trucks (my mercedes and the volkwagen of menthé). The base serves as kitchen, office, bathroom …with a wood stove, and the truck serves as bedroom.…
If you come in france you’re welcome
bye
yogan”
See construction photos: https://picasaweb.google.com/108938182056636113134/ConstructionCambane?locked=true&feat=email
Mike Litchfield, author of the excellent book In-laws, Outlaws, and Granny Flats (Taunton Books), is going to interview me on the subject of tiny homes on the local West Marin radio station, KWMR, this Thursday at 9 AM, Pacific Time (PST -0800): https://www.kwmr.org/
A great review of Tiny Homes appeared on the flagship of the tiny house movement, the Tiny House Blog, run by Kent Griswold.
Due to that, and the Wall Street Journal’s and New York Times‘ article last week, we had web orders for 41 books today.
More on the tiny homes front: Our neighbor. fisherman Todd, told me that a few weeks ago he gave a book to a farmer friend, and the guy is already building something he saw in the book. Last night I saw John Korty, the filmmaker, at a movie in San Rafael and he said that his son was looking at the book and getting ready to build something out of it. It never occurred to me that the book would be such a motivator.
“40 Tiny Houses in 40 Days – Day 1
February 2, 2012
I’ve been shooting pictures of other folk’s tiny houses for over a decade now. While I’ve put some of my images in The Small House Book, I’ve still got some more stuff I should put out there. Here, then, are a few of my favorites- some new, some old.”
– Jay Shafer, Tumbleweed Tiny Houses
https://shltr.net/thjayblog
Cabin built of slab wood by Dave Sinaguglia near Hartford, CT
A ton of great cabins have been posted in the last few days:
https://freecabinporn.com/
Article by Penelope Green with short mention of our book
Excerpt:
“…Lloyd Kahn, once the shelter editor of The Whole Earth Catalog, and the dean of the hand-built movement.
Mr. Kahn, 76, has been publishing steadily under his own imprint, Shelter Publications, since 1973, and has influenced generations of passionate D.I.Y.ers. He has his own new book, Tiny Homes, Simple Shelter: Scaling Back in the 21st Century ($24.95), a glorious portfolio of quirky makers and dreamers…”
https://shltr.net/THNYT
Here’s a link to getting the whole article (for 7 days) without subscribing to the WSJ:
https://online.wsj.com/article_email/SB10001424052970203363504577187231003879046-lMyQjAxMTAyMDMwMDEzNDAyWj.html?mod=undefined
Excerpts:
“It may be one of the most intriguing trends in homebuilding: do-it-yourself tiny homes.Š Lloyd Kahn’s ‘Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter,’ a quirky photo-rich book that preaches the benefits of a ‘grassroots movement to scale things back.’ It has already sold 5,200 copies in the U.S. and Canada since going on sale Jan. 15, making the title a genuin e hit in a distinctly niche market.
‘It’s about fantasy,’ said Jonas Kyle, one of the owners of Spoonbill & Sugartown Booksellers in Brooklyn, N.Y., which reordered it after a modest initial order sold out.…
‘What all these books reflect is that people are interested in living more simply,’ said Patricia Bostelman, vice president of marketing at Barnes & Noble Inc. “The economy declined, and people are finding ways to downsize.” Barnes & Noble is carrying “Tiny Homes” in several hundred stores in major markets.:
‘What I’m saying with this new book is don’t get a mortgage, don’t pay high rent, and don’t go into debt,’ said Mr. Kahn. “If you’re young enough or you’re just starting out and don’t want to work 12 hours a day, here’s an alternative.”
There are 6 photos from the book in WSJ online
“…There is something oddly alluring about smartly designed but freakishly small spaces. I know this because enough other people must be into these things to warrant the steady stream of them flowing from my Twitter feed. I also know this because I have never met a link promising a teeny tiny home that I was not compelled to click on.
