Tiny House Building and Living: Living Large in a Small Space

Reader Contribution by Samantha Biggers
Published on May 5, 2011
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This summer I am going to work on this blog a lot more. I haven’t posted in awhile because my camera conked out on me, and it is hard to do a very interesting blog without a few photos. It is also time to get everything planted on the farm.

Recently I discovered that there are a lot more folks than just us building and living in small houses. There is a website called tinyhouseblog.com. This site is for anyone interested in the tiny house movement. When people say tiny house that generally means anything under 800 sq ft.

I feel the need to write a blog explaining what we have learned on our journey building our own house. One thing I noticed is that it pays to build the darn thing yourself. Some companies are taking advantage of the tiny house movement. I have seen some prebuilt tiny houses on wheels that cost more than my 600 sq. ft. house will by the time it is finished. By the time it is finished and furnished we anticipate having about $45,000 in it maximum. For this price we able to have the following features when the house is done: 

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