VERTICAL GARDENING IDEAS Vertical gardening is using vertical space to grow vegetables (or herbs, or flowers, even root crops), often using containers that hang in a sunny space. Traditional gardeners have achieved this by installing climbing plants like squashes and beans for centuries by building trellises....
Living in a tiny house is a unique way to live. It’s not a conventional lifestyle and it’s definitely against the grain, but what it adds to our lives is immense and beautiful. It’s interesting how downsizing to live in a tiny house can open...
Tiny houses attract people from all seasons in their lives. You may be a recent college graduate wanting to spend your money on paying off student loans instead of expensive housing costs so you opt for an affordable DIY tiny. Others might be retirees wanting...
By the nature of tiny homes, choosing to downsize and live a more minimalist lifestyle will likely save you money both upfront as well as on monthly maintenance and mortgage costs. When you are in the process of design and building or buying, here are...
There may be a misconception out there that moving a tiny house is basically as easy as hooking up a truck and moving it. There are a select few tiny house dwellers who choose to move frequently with their tiny houses and designed the home...
The framing for a tiny house is an aspect of the build that boils down to experience and choosing which building materials make the most sense. Many professional tiny house builders have experience framing with wood in houses on foundations and choose to continue when...
As the tiny house movement and alternative housing continue to take the real estate industry by storm, people are getting creative to find ways to live comfortably in areas that are already overpopulated and too expensive. Especially within large cities, house hunters are opting for...
The motivation to join the ever-growing tiny house movement is as different as the people building the homes. From skoolie to school class build, THOW (Tiny House On Wheels) to park model on skids, the range of home conversions is endless. Many looking to downsize...
As the tiny house movement continues to grow and evolve, producing never before seen types of tinies, people are shifting to ‘less is more’ in affordable housing for a myriad of motivations. The reason most typically shared in tiny house dwellers is the idea that...
For many tiny house dwellers and enthusiasts, keeping things simple is a must. Additionally, this subgroup of people seeking alternative housing tend to lean toward the love of all things vintage and retro. As more families make the conscious choice to minimize their ‘stuff’ in...