Modern Mini Houses. I had every intention of entering the Greenleaf 2012 Spring Fling Contest, but didn't get past the design stage.
I'm still planing to bash two of these kits when I find the time. The contest ended back in September, but I wanted to share some of my favorites. It's really inspiring seeing what people came up with from this kit. All of the 42 entries can be seen here on Greenleaf's forum here. Keli's Michigan Lake Cottage (iseecerulean) was one of my favorites. Brae's Aero Squadron Lounge (otterine.com) won third place, I'm guessing because the three photos you're allowed to submit just can't capture the unbelievable amount of details Brae packs into such a small space. I would love to decorate the interior of this beauty by Mike Biffin. Krin? I love the roof design on Tim & Brigitte Hostetter's creation. April's Asahi Tea House won first place. In all of these contests there is always one that stands out to me, that I give the "What the... ? " I Like Tiny Houses But I'm Not Tiny, What Do I Do? The other day we got this comment on one of the new Tumbleweed tiny houses that just came out.
How well can someone over 6 feet tall and over 300 pounds live in this? And the best answer I could think of, was this: If you’re asking that, you may want to look at this instead, will probably be better for anyone who likes the idea but needs more space: Then I thought, “I better write about this really quick while the ideas are in my mind.”
So here we are. Let me show you the interior below: Bathroom Kitchen and Living Area Sleeping Loft Entrance and Staircase For more photos of this Park Model tiny home click here. This might not be the best design for you but if you’ve been wondering about more space, maybe a park model is a better option for you than a tiny house? The main difference is that you have to pay a professional driver to move it for you because it exceeds the 8’6″ width and road height requirements for most areas. But Park Models are already widely available. Tiny Homes. Impressive Tiny Houses - Small House Plans. Kokoon Kompak - Tiny House Blog. Alt Homes. These compact apartments and minihouses don't skimp on function or comfort. See how great design has made them enormously livable.
Small house movement. The small house movement (also known as the "tiny house movement") is a popular description for the architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in small homes.
Background[edit] In the United States the average size of new single family homes grew from 1,780 square feet (165 m2) in 1978 to 2,479 square feet (230.3 m2) in 2007, despite a decrease in the size of the average family.[1] Reasons for this include increased material wealth and prestige.[1] The small house movement is a return to houses less than 1,000 square feet, some as small as 80 square feet.
Sarah Susanka has been credited with starting the recent countermovement toward smaller houses when she published The Not So Big House (1997).[1] Earlier pioneers include Lloyd Kahn, author of Shelter (1973) and Lester R. Walker, author of Tiny Tiny Houses: or How to Get Away From It All (1987). Interest in very small homes has been revived in other countries, as well. Simple living. History[edit] Religious and spiritual[edit] A number of religious and spiritual traditions encourage simple living.[5] Early examples include the Shramana traditions of Iron Age India, Gautama Buddha, and biblical Nazirites (notably John the Baptist).
[citation needed] Various notable individuals have claimed that spiritual inspiration led them to a simple living lifestyle, such as Francis of Assisi, Ammon Hennacy, Leo Tolstoy, Rabindranath Tagore, Albert Schweitzer, and Mohandas Gandhi.[6][7] Plain people are Christian groups who have for centuries practiced lifestyles in which some forms of wealth or technology are excluded for religious or philosophical reasons. Groups include the Shakers, Mennonites, Amish, Hutterites, Bruderhof, Harmony Society, and some Quakers. Jean-Jacques Rousseau strongly praised the simple life in many of his writings, especially in his Discourse on the Arts and Sciences (1750) and Discourse on Inequality (1754).[9] Living with less, but only the best.