The Bird House Tiny Cottage in Asheville, NC on October 2, 2015 This is the Bird House tiny cottage in Asheville, North Carolina. It’s a tall and skinny foundation home in a great location and available as a vacation rental through Airbnb. This little home has an interesting floor plan because it offers three levels of living space! When you head downstairs using the black spiral staircase you’ll find the kitchen and dining area in the first level. Related: 624 Sq. Images © Airbnb/Dana Learn more: You can share this Bird House cottage with your friends and family for free using the e-mail and social media re-share buttons below. Ex-Masterchef's Kathryn Minchew to open a restaurant in her garden SHED A former Masterchef contestant has been given the green light to open what will be one of the world’s smallest restaurants - in her own garden shed. Kathryn Minchew, 32, set up Gloucester Studio in a purpose-built hut in her Cotswolds garden 14 months ago, after reaching the semi-finals of the BBC1 cooking competition in 2008. She was given six months to see if the culinary business would work, beginning in January 2015, and says she had a great response from diners - despite the restaurant only being available for 'exclusive hire'. Scroll down for video Former Masterchef contestant Kathryn Minchew, 32, has set up a restaurant in her back garden in Gloucester Gloucester Studio can serve up to eight guests at a time, but with prices starting at £495, it's not cheap Kathryn has now been given permission to run her tiny eaterie in Gloucester as a fully-fledged restaurant, on a pre-booked basis for no more than eight diners at a time. Former Masterchef semi finalist builds her own MasterShed
Steel Clad 350 Sq. Ft. Modern Cabin on Stilts with Shutters on August 15, 2014 Check out this 350 sq. ft. low-maintenance and virtually indestructible modern cabin on stilts with steel shutters. The owner’s hired Olson Kundig Architects to build a weekend cabin that could provide them with a rural retreat during their get-aways to Washington’s Olympic National Park. As you walk up the stairs to the front door and through a small entry way you will see the bathroom on the left and straight ahead the main living space. A large overhanging roof provides the balcony and windows shade from the natural sunlight. It was built using steel and structural insulated panels (SIPs). The entire cabin is up on stilts to protect it from occasional floods. Modern Cabin on Stilts with Steel Shutters Images: Benjamin Benschneider I love the see-through mesh balcony that looks out towards the river. Resources: Related Posts: If you enjoyed this steel clad 350 sq ft modern cabin on stilts with shutters you’ll love our free daily tiny house newsletter with even more!
Japanese House Built by Off Grid Champion - Brian Schulz The Japanese Forest House is a confluence of my love of small spaces, my passion for local materials, and my fascination with tradtional Japanese architecture. For those familiar with the intensely refined art of traditional Japanese carpentry, applying the title of 'Japanese' onto my house might be laying it on a bit thick. It's true I've fallen short of the refinement found in the homes of the upper classes, however, the work still embraces the design principles that make the traditonal tea houses (which were, ironically, modeled after peasant shacks) so appealing. Oversized beams, live edge slabs, natural timbers, real plaster walls, and minimal decoration, all encourage a deep sense of calm. What I love about this structure is that it is architecturally honest, meaning that where a lag bolt or a deck screw or a 16 penny nail was used, no attempt to was made to conceal them.
Add a Room - Hem Kristine Kemp "Mit grundmodul er som skabt til sine nye omgivelser og udstråler en sikkerhed i landskabet. Det er solidt, forankret og alligevel som et skib, der sejler mig gennem det skånske landskab. Elisabeth Bengtsson "Har en ganska liten sommarstuga i Sorunda vid Stockholm, kände att det skulle behövas mer sängplatser till gäster. Michael Tolstrup ”Syddjurs Kommune har samarbejdet med Add a Room om etableringen af en udstillingsbygning, der i dag står smukt på havnefronten i Ebeltoft med udsigt til Mols Bjerge.
Custom Living Tiny Home A custom tiny home built by Tiny Living Homes in Delta, British Columbia, Canada. Charles Finn's Micro Cabin Built with Reclaimed Materials on October 22, 2015 This is Charles Finn’s micro cabin that he built using reclaimed materials. It’s an 8′ x 12′ structure with a 5 foot loft called the Potomatic Cabin. It’s even been featured in Lloyd Kahn’s Tiny Homes, Simple Shelter book. Finn is now building more tiny cabins using reclaimed materials. Images © Charles Finn Learn more: You can send this tiny house story to your friends for free using the social media and e-mail share buttons below. Slumtube: Affordable Housing Made From Shipping Pallets! Remember the efficient and affordable Pallet House from last spring? Well designers Andreas Claus Schnetzer and Pils Gregor have bested their original design with an even lower-cost shipping pallet home that was completed this year in South Africa. The 'Slumtube' utilizes discarded pallets along with other local materials like clay and straw to make an insulated and affordable home that can withstand the extremely hot and cold temperatures of Johannesburg. Schnetzer and Gregor built upon what they learned from constructing modular pallet houses, improving upon their original design to make it even more affordable. In previous designs, the pallets were used as floors, walls, ceilings and cladding, but they required sturdy wood beams, which were the most expensive part of the home. The new round design eliminates some of these expensive beams, but it’s still designed and built to European standards for structural soundness. + PalettenHaus Images © PalettenHaus
Gammelgarn Mattsarve / LLP Arkitektkontor Architects: LLP Arkitektkontor Location: Ängmansvägen, 623 69 Katthammarsvik, Sweden Architect in Charge: LLP arkitektkontor AB, Mattias Palme architect SAR/MSA Engineer: Björn Yttergren, Tyréns AB. Building Proprietor: Lisa and Martin Johansson Builder: Byggria/Laszlo Nemeth Area: 62.0 sqm Project Year: 2012 Photographs: Robin Hayes From the architect. The summerhouse is located along an old countyside road going inland from Katthamarsvik on Gotlands eastern coast. Floors of pine, walls withe.
Refreshing 480sf Country Cottage With Room To Breathe - Tiny House for UsTiny House for Us This Blanco, Texas, dwelling is a great-looking example of a Kanga Room Systems cabin with all the options. The 480-square-foot house has a 16′ x 30′ footprint and comes with a full-length covered front porch plus an eight-foot screened porch on one side, as well as a complete kitchen and stylish full bathroom. When you don’t feel like hanging out on the porches, a peaked roof and two ceiling fans keep the air circulating during muggy weather. The front porch adds precious square footage that comes in handy on a smaller house like this. Kitchen storage seems to be mostly left up to the occupant rather than built in. Aside from leaving space for the fans, the high ceiling results in standing room in the loft and a living area that’s positively stately. No worries about hitting your head in the spacious sleeping loft. Well chosen tiles and fixtures make for a modern yet traditional bathroom. With its own fan, the screen porch looks like a great place to unwind on hot nights.
This guy built his own tiny home for less than $500 using salvaged materials | Inhabitat New York City Everywhere you look these days, some high-end designer is coming up with a pricey way to put all kinds of luxury options into the tiniest of spaces. Some tiny homes available on the market cost more than a standard size home. But that's not the way Scott Brown sees the tiny house movement. Rather than try and trick out a tiny space with granite countertops and fancy appliances, Brown went the old-fashioned route -- and found a lot of recycled materials to incorporate into this tiny, low-cost home. Using salvaged materials and a few gifted items — like a sweet woodstove — he built this little home for under $500. RELATED: 6 Great Ways to Organize Your Tiny Home Even though the house is tiny, there’s lots of natural light from a recycled skylight. Scott Brown leads an interesting life. Via Gizmag Images via Scott Brown.
Building Small Has a Big Payback Building Small Has a Big Payback by Sigi Koko Let's get one thing straight right away...When I say "small", I don't mean living in a shoe box. What makes a space feel comfortable is sizing appropriately for the intended use. For example, the nook above is in a house with kids. Why build small? Building to the size you need (and no more) offers many tangible benefits (besides feeling more comfortable and intimate). this is a mini strawbale cottage on an old 2-car garage footprint 4 design strategies So how to build smaller without feeling cramped? Below are 4 design strategies that make small spaces feel comfortable without feeling claustrophobic. 1. connect to outdoors One way to make a small space feel more expansive is to connect it visually and/or literally to the outdoors, using windows or glass doors. we replaced a small back door in this urban Washington DC home with a huge sliding glass wall to connect the kitchen with a screened porch 2. excellent well-lit space 4. integrate storage