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Jay Shafer of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company gives us a tour of his 89-square-foot home on wheels parked in Sebastapol, California. He sells plans for the Epu model for $859. Ready made: $45997 Build it yourself: $19950 Original story here: faircompanies.com

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www.pbs.org Given the state of the current economy, a growing number of Americans with ordinary lives are choosing to scale down — way down. They call themselves the "tiny house" movement. Need to Know visited one of the movement's proponents, Dee Williams, at her small home in Olympia, Washington. Williams says that the downsized living arrangements bring her a sense of contentment. Need to Know airs Fridays on PBS. Watch full-length episodes of Need to Know at video.pbs.org

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This is a special message from Gregory Johnson to recent requests for more information about the small house movement. Gregory states, "Our website has had over 30000 visitors over the past few days expressing an interest in small houses. I wanted to provide a more personalized response to these inquiries, so that's why I made this video." This video was recorded on an iPhone 4 in low light at 640 x 480p using the display-side video camera, and then transferred to a computer before uploading to YouTube.

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When Forge Ahead Construction's Jenine Alexander and Amy Hutto built a 128-square-foot unit in Healdsburg, CA, they put their tiny home on wheels to get around the area's minimum limit. Since in Sonoma County a trailer can only be legally parked on a property on a temporary basis (if building a new home), Jenine and Amy spent a some time on the move. Original story here: faircompanies.com

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This presentation by Gregory Johnson offers an introduction to the Small House Movement. To learn more, visit: www.SmallHouseSociety.org

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In the age of mc-mansions, the mentality that bigger is better has become the American custom, especially when it comes to houses. Multi-million dollar mansions are popping up across the country. But, with a stagnant American economy and foreclosures on the rise, a growing number of American are choosing to dream big but live small. It's called the Tiny House movement and from San Francisco to Pennsylvania, houses a third of the size of the average home are popping up. Could this lifestyle be a solution for Americans facing foreclosure? RT introduces you to a few of the people that are cramming their entire lives into a couple hundred square feet. youtu.be Like us and/or follow us: twitter.com www.facebook.com

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Gregory Johnson responds to seven questions about the small house movement.

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Margaret Krome-Lukens shows us the cob home being built by interns at North Carolina's Pickards Mountain Eco-Institute. Since iher new home is less than 150 square feet, she talks about the joy of giving up stuff to move in.

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TV producer and Internet-video personality Kirsten Dirksen invites us on her journey into the tiny homes of people searching for simplicity, self-sufficiency, minimalism and happiness by creating shelter in caves, converted garages, trailers, tool sheds, river boats and former pigeon coops....

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It's a 240-square-foot home on wheels, but Stephen Marshall (of Little House on a Trailer) says his original home on wheels isn't a tiny house, but simply a little house. The kitchen is outfitted with a mini-sink and refrigerator and the bathroom uses an incinerating toilet ($2000, no septic nor sewage hookup needed). Original story here: faircompanies.com

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The manipulation of light and space makes the Penguin House in Tokyo seem much larger. Tokyo: Living Small in the Big City : THURS MARCH 20 8P et/pt : channel.nationalgeographic.com

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Johnny Sanphillippo has never made more than $20000 per year (he works as a housekeeper, as well as, a gardener and house painter), but he knew like "any other American" that he wanted to own his own home. When he talked to bankers about qualifying for a home loan, "they look at you and their eyes glaze over and you realize, they're going to give me a lollipop and send me home, which is pretty much what happened". So he decided that if he went far enough away from his hometown of San Francisco he could find something he could afford to buy with cash. He finally heard about a deal in Hawaii (back when oil was cheap and airline tickets were $99 from SFO) and for $3000 cash he bought himself an empty lot in a failed subdivision on the Big Island. Without a loan, he knew he couldn't afford to build a conventional home. He'd always loved tiny houses, but the permitting office wasn't as enthusiastic about allowing him to build small. So he had plans drawn up for a conventionally-sized home, plus a 400 square foot garage. He just built the garage. Once the inspectors signed off on his fully-equipped garage (which included a bathroom, utility sink, electricity, septic system and rainwater capture), he let them know he wasn't planning on building the house. Then he set about swapping the garage door for sliding glass and the utility sink for a regular kitchen. Instead of relying on a loan to buy a house up-front, he had to do it the slow way, in stops and starts as he worked to <b>...</b>

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Full movie here: www.youtube.com I stumbled into the Small House Movement by accident of location- my parents live within miles of the tiny house poster boy Jay Shafer and his 89 square foot home-, but within a couple of years I had become a part of it as one of the few, and perhaps only, videographers documenting small shelters on a regular basis. When I first interviewed Shafer, he was one of just a handful of "Tiny House People" visible to the press. In the past 3 years I've helped turn a handful of inhabitants of small shelters into micro-celebrities (currently, 5 of my tiny home videos have over 1 million views; a couple have more than 3 million). After filming hundreds of hours of tape, I am now telling my version on the tiny house story in the forth-coming documentary We the Tiny House People (Release date: April 23, 2012). I'm reluctant to claim there's some sort of magic in small abodes- I'm sure some people are watching simply for the "house porn" (as Shafer describes it)-, but it's obvious these stripped-down shelters reveal for us the essence of home, and for many, make it a bit easier to "suck the marrow out of life". More info on original story: faircompanies.com Music credits: Opening/closing track by Sivia- siviasivia.tumblr.com Down the Rabbit Hole by Dave Warstler- www.davewarstler.com

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Bakari Kafele invited us into his tiny home: a 150-square-foot RV where in a month, he uses about 500 gallons of water and 40kwh of electricity. Original content here: faircompanies.com For more details on Bakari's RV home see his blog post: faircompanies.com

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Some places beckon with promise. A Bungalow-In-A-Box answers the beckoning call of a special place with prefabricated, easy to assemble kits. See this 14'x20' kit crafted in the shop and raised on site in this 8-minute video.

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This is an interview and video tour of the Mobile Hermitage, the small home of Gregory Johnson. This video is being used according to fair use guidelines, and also with the full written permission of the television station that produced it.

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Peak Moment 119: Builder and author Shay Salomon finds that the happiest home builders are often the ones with the smallest houses. They're less costly to build and maintain, more likely to be finished, use fewer resources and help people simplify their lives. One version of "smaller" is to share a house, which can ease our loneliness while building our social network. Co-founder of the Small House Society, Shay notes that scaling down can enable a ratcheting up of our whole lifestyle, as we revalue quality over quantity. Declaring "Enough", she says, is the most ecological thing one can do. [ www.littlehouseonasmallplanet.com ]

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Stephanie Reiley's tiny floating home on the Columbia River outside of Portland, OR. For more information on Steph, her home, and the small home movement, please see ComingUnmoored.com.

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This 1949 two bedroom home is a tidy little house for a small family, second home, or beach cabin on your island lot! It is very solidly built and has oak floors throughout. At 780 sq/ft it qualifies for an ADU in most building codes. Or you can double the square footage by adding a basement floor back onto the house. It is bright and sunny, has been well cared for and has a lot of character. This house also has a low roofline, so the costs of getting it to your lot will be comparatively low. Please call our Everett office to arrange for a person tour!

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Gregory Johnson responds to five questions about simple and small living. This also covers the Small House Movement.

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Check out Deek's Tiny House/Cabin Design Book HERE- www.amazon.com

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A short video shows the interior contents, artwork, and text from Derek Diedricksen's 100% independent, trash-funded, hand assembled book "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks..." which was recently featured on NPR with host Jon Kalish. The book is available for purchase through www.relaxshacks.com

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Bigger is not always better and it's nice to have options. Or that is how Cloverdale (CA) artist Joe Hawley chose to live in a tiny house with a couple of shipping containers for an art studio.

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I thought to upload this video as Jay Shafer at www.tumbleweedhouses.com/ has many ideas about building small houses.......and how to design for small spaces.....With the coming Economic Storm many people will be losing their homes...So hopefully some will prepare before this happens fully...Just trying to provide positive ideas....

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Check out Deek's Book in Tiny Housing/Cabin Designs... www.amazon.com Derek "Deek" Diedricksen from Relaxshacks.com tours the first-build, Jay Shafer- Tiny Tumbleweed Home/House in Boston, MA- which at the time is/was for sale. Deek is host of the online series "Tiny Yellow House", and a small home/shelter builder.

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Downsizing has become a trend among Americans who think they have more house than they need. As Jim Axelrod reports, these houses are taking downsizing to a whole new level.

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This short video features tiny house builders Jim and Caleb Wilkins, who explain how building and living small can have a positive impact on the environment. This video also features the research of University of Minnesota scientists studying households and urban pollution. The Twin Cities Household Ecosystem Project aims to quantify the cycles of carbon, nitrogen, and phosphorus through households along an urban to exurban gradient in the Saint Paul-Minneapolis, Minnesota metropolitan area. To learn more about this research project: www.tchep.umn.edu This video is part of the 'Sustainable Shelter' exhibit at the University of Minnesota's Bell Museum of Natural History www.bellmuseum.org Video Produced by Shanai Matteson and Matt Ehling copyright 2010 Regents of the University of Minnesota

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In a town where the median home price is over half a million dollars, Jenine Alexander decided to build her own. Using resources like the tiny house blogs and the 1950 bestselling DIY book "Your Dream Home: How to Build It for Less Than $3500" (a gift from a friend), Jenine spent less than $3500 on her home. In fact, she used nearly only materials recovered from the dump or found on craigslist and the only things she paid for were a used trailer and fasteners (nails, screws, hinges, etc). She built it on wheels not just to get around minimum size standards, but mostly because she couldn't afford land in her hometown of Healdsburg, California. More info in original story: faircompanies.com

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People who live in wee homes now have their own movement. It's a bit of a media event, but it's not a fad, argues tiny home builder Stephen Marshall (of Little House on a Trailer). While his 112 square foot caregiver cottage makes great press, he argues the perfect tiny home is 400 sq ft. For most of those in the movement, McMansions have no appeal tiny homes are human-sized. Original content here: faircompanies.com

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Great commentary on Tiny Houses, the tiny house movement and reasons why people are living smaller.

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We all know and love Jays amazing design that truly sparked the imagination of thousands. When most people say Tiny House, we see in our minds an image of a Fencl or a Lusby, but it is important to remember that Tiny House come in all shapes and sizes. This is important because by choosing a Tiny House we are breaking out of a mold, but sometimes we find ourselves in a new mold. The out-of-the-box thinking that started Tiny Houses must be continued to improve an already great idea. I submit these five improvements of the Tumbleweed Houses, but the face of Tiny Houses isnt limited to Tumbleweed by any means.

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Derek ("Deek") and Dustin Diedricksen head to the mountains of Vermont, where Deek and his brother have been working on a cabin in the woods for several years. Away from the noise and chaos of city life, this tiny home away from home offers a place where friends, family, and neighbors can kick back and enjoy nature, play music around a campfire, and enjoy the simple things in life. Derek is the author of "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks..." a book which showcased this cabin and its design and story, among others. This book is soon to be re-issued through The Lyons Press.

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Jay Shafer of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company holds an open house for his newest creation- the 120-square-foot Craftsman style box bungalow. It's a slight step up from the 96-square-foot he just sold, but this one has modular elements so buyers can put the kitchen and bathroom wherever they choose. More info in original story: faircompanies.com

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Jay Shafer takes you inside his tiny 89 square foot home. www.tumbleweedhouses.com

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CHECK OUT/BUY DEREK'S TINY HOUSE/SALVAGE BUILDING BOOK: www.amazon.com Derek "Deek" Diedricksen, host of "Tiny Yellow House" TV, gives you a tip on saving money AND space while building your small/tiny home or cabin. Video #1 in an upcoming/ongoing series. Derek runs the micro-living/architecture blog Relaxshacks.com.

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When Loren Amelang bought some land in the California back country in the 1970s, he had intended to use as a weekend place, but a decade later- tired of the corporate world- he left his Silicon Valley job (he's a pioneer in C++ programming) and moved onto the property full-time. The only real shelter on the property was an old sheep barn, leftover from when the property was homesteaded a century ago. So he decided to build a small shack inside the structure as a home. Inside his 96-square-foot shelter, it was tiny, but very comfortable. A small cast iron stove heated the place in a very short time with very little firewood (chopped tiny to fit the appliance, of course). All of his possessions- books, dishes, condiments, and electronics- were within arms reach. More info in original story: faircompanies.com

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Jay Shafer, the architect and designer behind Tiny Tumbleweed House Company, talks about why tiny houses are for him in FLYPs video interview. See the full story on tiny living at www.flypmedia.com

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Host, Derek Diedricksen, from Relaxshacks.com and "Tiny Yellow House" TV explores an old lakeside cabin in Maine, that has sadly been neglected and abondoned for years.

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Derek "Deek" Diedricksen, host of "tiny yellow house" tv (not an episode of) surprises his brother, Dustin, in the deep woods of Vermont with a prefabricated two-sleeper treehouse he built on his cabin-land up in the Northeastern Kingdom. The treehouse/treehome employs very simple and inexpensive construction and design, and was created as a future, possible shelter idea for the homeless and for emergency relief shelter-situations/disaster.

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The average home size in the US doubled in the past century but happiness levels stayed flat. Serial entrepreneur Graham Hill argues that we should take note of this and cut, cut, cut. He calls his mantra LifeEdited and he believes we'll actually be happier if we cut the size of our homes, cars, collection of stuff and even our number of friends. To take the conversation public, he's bought a tiny apartment in New York's Soho and he's preparing to crowdsource its redesign. Hill shows us the "before" of his 420-square-foot mini apartment and talks about his vision for a wall-less "jewel box" where smart multifunctional furniture can transform the space depending on need. Original story here: faircompanies.com

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WorldHaus is a kit home that can be put together by a family in less than a week. And that DIY labor is one of the ways its creators are hoping to keep the cost of the home below $1000. Original story here: faircompanies.com

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Suchin Pak visits her friend Graham Hill (entrepreneur, founder of TreeHugger.com) in his new digs in New York City's SoHo- all 350 square feet- to talk about his idea of LifeEdited: how editing our lives (homes, cars, toys, even friends) is to the 21st century what supersizing was to the 20th. Original story here: faircompanies.com

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A Barcelona mother shows us her 500-square-foot apartment that she is transforming for the birth of her 2nd child. She has transforming furniture ("Murphy tables") and creative storage (shoes between stair steps).

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"Black Kettle" hasn't lived in a home since 1974 which might explain why he chose to build his own when he finally opted for a roof over his head. Short of the insulation just about everything is secondhand. Here he shows us his windows from a remodel job, the old fence posts he used for exterior walls, his outdoor bed and his backyard garden with corn and amaranth. Original story here: faircompanies.com

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Even if you don't own land, you can own your own workspace, provided it's got wheels. Stephen Marshall of Little House on the Trailer sells a tiny office- or in this case, a mobile art studio- that can be moved as a wide load for $1000. Original content here: faircompanies.com

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Building a small house in Guatemala.

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Boston University Student Yoojin Cho, stops by Stoughton, Massachusetts to interview Derek "Deek" Diedricksen, tiny shelter/house/cabin builder (recently featured in the NY Times/New York Times ("The $200 Microhouse")- and author of "Humble Homes, Simple Shacks, Cozy Cottages, Ramshackle Retreats, Funky Forts (and Whatever The Heck Else We Could Squeeze In Here!)". Diedricksen also hosts the show "Tiny Yellow House"- a web tv program on micro-architecture....

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