We received this as a postcard a few days ago, saying “Can’t wait to order my copy of Tiny Homes. Thanks for all the hard work.” Can’t make out the signature, it looks something like “Anne.”
Darran Maca and Ann Holley’s 192 sq. ft. self-contained”Protohaus,” featured on pp. 66-67 of Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter, is the subject of this new MSNBC video: https://video.msnbc.msn.com/nbc-news-channel/45941488#45941488
Also from: https://themoderncabin.com/ (which seems endless) When you click on a photo, Justin gives you the reference. This one: “Talk about shoestring budget! Chelsea Kohl, a 22-year-old native of Hawaii, built her home on her father’s property for literally…$500. Featured in Dwell magazine a few months ago, this home could pass as a mixed media art installation of found objects: old wine bottles embedded in the wall, windsurf boards as part of the roof, even the flatbed part of a truck for a sleeping loft.…”
When I was working on Tiny Homes, I kept my my cards a bit close to chest. I didn’t post a lot of the homes I was finding because I wanted to save them for the book. Now that the book is out, the flood gates are open,so in coming months, here we go. An example is The Modern Cabin website, run by Justin, with 600 photos of cabins. Whoa! Also, things are starting to pour in from people who have seen the book.
Above, from Justin’s website: “Cabo Polonio, a remote beach village in southeastern Uruguay, sits on a green peninsula between the Atlantic and a desert landscape of shifting sand dunes. Strewn across the grassy promontory are a single lighthouse and a few hundred whimsical dwellings. Rasta-colored flags serve as wind vanes, tinted glass bottles are embedded in walls, and exteriors are painted with pictures of suns, cow spots, rainbows and a Klimt-like rendering of a woman.…”
10 days ago I posted photos of these unique campers, which can be slid off their flatbed truck beds. Alex Pino of Tiny House Talk saw the post and just posted a bunch of great photos of the interiors. They are apparently v. expensive, but also v. spiffy.
https://www.tinyhousetalk.com/detachable-motorhome-fieldsleeper/
One of the rewarding things about this blog is running across so many kindred spirits, especially Irene Tukuafu. She and I and my wife Lesley have emailed back and forth for a year or two. Totally in tune. A few days ago, Irene sent out the below email to her list of about 200 people. Not only kind words, but the sort of thing that helps get the word out about Tiny Homes.
“Family and Folks, okay, sooooooooooooo here’s a book I’ve waited for over a year to read for my self. I’ve followed this guys books for over 30 years and it’s pretty much Lloyd Kahn that I got ideas on building a round house. oh yes, it evolved, but he was the start of it. I’ve just spent 2 hours just “glancing” at the photos…..many photos of this book. I can say that ALL OF YOU would benefit by either getting to a library or just… buy it. There is so much in here that you will learn by just looking at the photos….let alone reading it. yep, gonna read it next and it will keep me SUPER BUSY….for a long time. You will find simple ways to build CREATIVELY. a little green house, a little cabin, a house boat, a camper something. AND you’ll be a knowing what other folks are doing that are NOT paying a big mortgage payment. They’s doing it themselves in these tiny houses. You might not agree with the tiny house way of doing things, but you’ll see things YOU CAN DO that would help you in adding onto a room or whatever you’ve been thinking about but just NEED SOME INSPIRATION. over 1,300 photos.
Nope, I don’t work for him. Just telling you that living a creative live is a JOY and I’m grateful that I became acquainted with his books 30 years ago and I’m still thinking CREATIVELY. I’m not done building creatively and got wayyyyyyyyy too many ideas to even get to sleep tonight. ZOWIE.…”
We’ve never had a book ranked nearly this high. It’s taking off everywhere with a bang. Yesterday we had over 50 orders.
Note: If you have the book and like it a lot, please put up a review on Amazon. Word-of-mouth mojo — like the old Whole Earth Catalog days…
This video showed up yesterday. At 1:10 min. into it, they show a photo of Tiny Homes, Don’t know how they got the book so fast, it’s just out. Glad to see they used phrase “tiny homes.…”
We just may have some buzz starting here. Phone has been ringing off the hook, over 50 books sold today…
Wow!
“…Some are on wheels, a few float, some are pre-fab, but most are handmade shelters placed in odd corners in cities, suburbs and the country. Their variety is stunning. This large book erupts with a cornucopia of 1,300 photos featuring 150 different tiny homes, showing you how they were built, giving resources and helpful tips of their construction, supplying design solutions and inspiration for others, but also conveying WHY they were built. Tiny though they are, they are much more than mere shelter.…”
This is all the more better because CoolTools is my favorite blog. It’s the electronic Whole Earth Catalog, immensely useful to me.
“Take a look at this conversion located in Inverness-shire, Scotland dubbed “The Beer Moth”. Surpassing it’s intended use as a fire service truck, it now houses guests as a vacation rental. The Beer Moth, which is a 1956 Conmer Q4 rescued by Walter, the current owner and now sits at his … ‘The Inshriach House.’
Here in the states it would be quite easy to acquire an old military vehicle similar to this with a canvas back and perform a similar restoration as The Beer Moth to make nice little tiny house on wheels.…”