“…a 220 sq. ft. tiny home that is ‘total livability designed for mass production.’ It is small and deluxe, with “top of the line appliances, a gourmet kitchen, a full projection screen to watch your favourite movies, and an outdoor patio. This and more comes standard with the L41. ‘Versatile and affordable compared to conventionally-sized houses, it was “conceived for a generation that understands small is beautiful, and that believes in the importance of the preservation of our precious resources.'”
https://mocoloco.com/fresh2/2011/08/25/l41-house-by-michael-katz-and-janet-corne.php
Just discovered this site that seems quite active, tiny homes for sale all over the country. It’s fun looking through the listings, the same way I like to look at the rural land and homes for sale in The Mother Earth News classifieds. None of these seem cheap compared to build-it-yourself, but compared to a house with mortgage…
“Log cabin with a large living room, 2 bed rooms (or one bedroom upstairs and a study/office), extra loft for sleeping or storage, 2 covered porches (front and back and wrap around on the side) and even a small balcony and a car port!
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“1971 Airstream Sovereign 31′ International Land Yacht travel trailer, hard to find original condition, has twin beds and rear bathroom, lots of space. Has not been camped in in several years, so will need some TLC. I know there are a few plumbing leaks, and one of the windows is shattered. The shell itself does not leak.
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“And just like that, after many long days and nights, we are ready for the rainy season,… and not a minute too soon. As we apply the final pieces of siding, on our brow lay the first signs of the autumn rains. This is the true feeling of exultation. In this moment, life is bonded with the 4th dimension,… invisible, yet like the power of the wind, undeniable … easily missed, rarely found,… this is the way of intimate feeling and experience. …”
https://www.coalsmoke.com/Coalsmokes/Tiny_Homestead/Entries/2011/9/18_A_milestone_of_house_and_home.html
Discovered this at: https://www.tinyhouseliving.com/
Tammy Strobel wrote an essay on downsizing that will appear in our Tiny Homes book. Here’s the latest (October 16, 2011)from Tammy:
“{Every week, I post a short essay about the little house we’re building. Enjoy!}
We only have 8 more days until the little house rolls into Portland! It’s hard to believe we’re going to move in so soon! Last weekend we got to hang out with Dee and Katy and while Katy was in town she had a chance to pick up our roof (pictured below) and kitchen counter.”
https://rowdykittens.com/2011/10/roof-2/
I’ve been sending out email newsletters called GIMME SHELTER for some years now, to a mailing list of around 600.The frequency is a lot less often now that I’m blogging. We post each one on Shelter’s website. Here is the latest: https://www.shelterpub.com/_gimme/_2011-09-28/gimme_shelter-2011-09-28.html
I don’t mean to go on and on about it, but the book looms so large in my mind these days, it’s the main current running through my life and we’re in the final week, Been agonizing over the cover and title page for several weeks, a dozen mock-ups. Yesterday my friend Louie showed up to help me, and he hung in with me all day as we tried dozens of things. Louie says what he thinks, and it’s great getting fresh perspective. At the end of the (hot) day, we went down to the beach. I went swimming; the tide was coming out of the lagoon fast and the water was warm, maybe 60º, and I
swam with the tide, felt like I was flying.
This morning I came out and surveyed the results (+ the carnage, shown here) and it’s lookin pretty good. Lew and Rick are coming in today and the 3 of us will work on it. By the time we get it done, the cover will be the work of 5-6 people.
Spotted this last week in an east Oakland neighborhood (on the edge of the really tough part of the city). Something about it just looked right. A guy came down the street and asked what I was doing. I told them that I was working on a book on tiny houses, that I liked the trailer. He said it was owned by a woman and she paid $500 for it. He was wearing a pale jade pendant, and I pulled out my New Zealand jade pendant to compare. He wanted to know when the book was coming out; I said February, so he showed me where he lived (the little place behind that pink house) and I agreed to bring him a copy in February. Gonna get word out every way I can.
Detritus of about a year’s work as we start our 4th and final printout of all pages, this time on high-quality proofing paper. Rick has sent a selection of photos to our new Hong Kong printers (Paramount) to begin the process of insuring we get the colors right. In our usual seat-of-pants book production process, we’ll now turn to working on a cover, and me to probably several more rewrites of the intro. (I’m still figuring out just what we’ve got here.) Each time I look at it I get more excited.
Author and photographer Andy Couturier will discuss his new book profiling people living simple, sustainable, extraordinary lives in rural Japan, A Different Kind of Luxury: Japanese Lessons in Simple Living and Inner Abundance. This book lets readers feel the flavor and texture of the lives of farmers, artists, philosophers, and craftspeople who’ve chosen lives of reduced consumption and increased satisfaction. Andy will read from his book and show slides from these artists’ ways of life.
Thursday, September 8 – 7:00pm, Point Reyes Presbyterian Church, Pt. Reyes Station, Calif.
Read more about Andy Couturier’s book: https://adifferentkindofluxury.blogspot.com/
“…a 220 sq. ft. tiny home that is ‘total livability designed for mass production.’ It is small and deluxe, with “top of the line appliances, a gourmet kitchen, a full projection screen to watch your favourite movies, and an outdoor patio. This and more comes standard with the L41. ‘Versatile and affordable compared to conventionally-sized houses, it was “conceived for a generation that understands small is beautiful, and that believes in the importance of the preservation of our precious resources.'”
