1 post tagged “tiny houses”

Someone at work the other day asked me if I had seen the previous day's episode of Oprah. When Oprah is on here, afternoons, I am either at work or in class, so I hadn't seen it. I looked up the highlights of the show on www.oprah.com , and became fascinated with this guy and his Tiny Houses.

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com/houses.htm

For a long time, I have been interested in eventually getting rid of all my 'stuff' (and there is a LOT of it, I assure you) and buying an Airstream travel trailer as my primary residence. The popularity of vintage Airstream trailers has driven the price up and therefore placed that project on the back burner for me. What a thrill it would be to break free of a mortgage and all my unnecessary posessions and be able to move along if and when I wanted to. These Tiny Houses are a viable alternative that is more realistic in many ways. I am fascinated about the prospect of buying plans, building a house myself on my existing property, then moving it to a more long-term location.

This is the S-House. It's 240 sf floor plan is on the Tumbleweed website. It is my current favorite, as I love the separation between the bathroom and the kitchen and the loft sleeping quarters. There is something I appreciate about every one of the houses this company offers, but just looking at the location of the one pictured here sets my heart racing at the possibilites.

If anyone reading this knows Jay Shafer, ask him how he feels about a woman and a dog moving in to his 95 sf house. I can make it work - I can! As of today, there is still a video feed to Jay giving Oprah viewers a tour of his house and he claims he can have four people in it at a time - comfortably no less! One more unrealized crush for me, I guess. 

All of this tiny house research brings me to two thoughts. One is the motto I started using when I first started thinking about trading my bungalow for a rolling silver castle: "Dream Big, Dream Small... Just Dream!" The other is that this change of lifestyle really fits into my new Quality versus Quantity philosophy. So far I have applied it to beer and coffee successfully, but I am taking baby steps to increase it's use in my day-to-day life. Sustainable living is quickly becoming a necessity more than just a lifestyle choice for the environmentally conscious individual. I've said it before, but art supplies are going to be an issue.