The Napoleon Complex Tiny House Village

Jay Schafer’s new Tiny House Village is on the drawing board
Jay Schafer’s new Tiny House Village is on the drawing board

I tried to describe my dream ecovillage the other day in Tiny House Ecovillage in a Fruit Orchard. That story was just fantasy, of course, but Jay Schafer of Tumbleweed House Company is planning the real deal – a tiny house ecovillage in northern California. Here are a few tidbits from his new website Four Lights Houses.

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120-Square-Foot Home in The Smokey Mountains Of North Carolina

The LaVoie's live in a 120-square-foot home nestled in the Smokey Mountains just north of Asheville, NC.
The LaVoie’s live in a 120-square-foot home nestled in the Smokey Mountains just north of Asheville, NC.

“Three years go, Laura LaVoie and her husband Matt decided that they were tired of their 2,400-square-foot home and began building one a fraction of its size. Sure, they enjoyed having lots of space so they could invite guests over and throw parties. But at some point, the size became too overwhelming.

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The Tiny Life Blog

“Over four years ago I discovered Tiny Houses and fell in love with them. I have always been fascinated with alternative housing, from the time I was a boy I built countless forts in the woods. So we have arrived, I will be building my Tiny House starting in just a few short weeks!

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Compact Living

The cosy seating corner/manual office. Here I have most things I need at my fingertips in the carousel and drawers.
The cosy seating corner/manual office. Here I have most things I need at my fingertips in the carousel and drawers.

You know you have achieved perfection in design, not when you have nothing more to add, but when you have nothing more to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery

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We The Tiny House People (Documentary)

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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16-year-old Builds Tiny Home to Guarantee Mortgage-free Future

This is how to make a banker cry. It’s their worst nightmare. It’s also how to change the world, one step at a time. Read my comments below after this brief intro. “Austin Hay is still in high school, but he’s building his own house. It’s only 130 square feet, but it makes him a … Read more