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Tiny House State Guides

By Sharon Villines on 8 June 2021 • ( Leave a comment )

The Tiny House State Guides by  The Tiny Life contain local information for specific states, counties, and cities that is relevant to small houses. So far they have Tiny House Guides for: Arizona… Read More

Home Depot Architecture in Detroit

By Sharon Villines on 7 June 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Quonset hut building in Detroit called the Caterpillar

“Home Depot Architecture: How one developer is turning farm storage into sleek apartments” in this week’s Fast Company is a quick look at an inspiring architectural project going up in Detroit. Since… Read More

Remember Cottages?

By Sharon Villines on 4 June 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Cottage community on Martha's Vineyard

Just hearing the word cottages brings back memories of wandering along boardwalks through a maze of small Victorian cottages on Fire Island to go to the ocean. Or a New Jersey beach with… Read More

Beautiful McClendon Tiny House for $100,000

By Sharon Villines on 29 May 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
McClendon Tiny House Interior

A beautiful McClendon Tiny House for $100,000 that is simple and not tricked out with super expensive custom features. Taylor McClendon and Michaella McClendon were all set up to develop their destination wedding… Read More

Converting a Bed and Breakfast

By Sharon Villines on 15 May 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Logo: Bed and Breakfast for Sale

Converting a bed and breakfast to cohousing will provide instant living space for early joiners and land to add clusters of tiny houses or a new wing. Wow! How? How do you… Read More

Converting a School Bus: A Home for $9,000

By Sharon Villines on 15 May 2021 • ( Leave a comment )
Interior view of onverted School Bus

  Since the first version of this post on converting a school bus was written in 2013f, Hank Butitta’s school bus has become a popular culture icon worldwide, a TedX talk, and… Read More

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