Tiny House Lifestyle Podcast

On today’s show, we will be exploring the possibility of heating your tiny house with compost. Not long ago, I came across a book called The Compost-Powered Water Heater. It's only about 140 pages and I read it in one sitting. Author Gaelan Brown details the experimentation and the work that has been done in harvesting the heat from a compost pile and using that to heat a greenhouse, barn, or...

Brenda Mason downsized from a 3100 sf, 5 bedroom home to a 310 sf converted motor coach tiny home in just 31 days. Brenda is passionate about helping others downsize their own lives, and she recommends doing it fast! In this conversation, Brenda shares her take and tips on downsizing, plus reflections on the emotional attachments we all have to our stuff.  The post How to Downsize Your Life in 31...

 Lee Pera is an early pioneer in the tiny house movement and she actually helped build the first tiny house community that I ever saw, which was Boneyard Studios in Washington D.C. I wanted to have Lee on the show because she is planning a tour to teach classes in construction project management, and in addition to that, she has a lot of experience building tiny house communities. We’ll talk about...

I've been wanting to introduce you to the FIRE movement for quite a long time, and I finally found the guest to do it! If you haven't heard of it, FIRE stands for Financial Independence Retire Early. It's a movement dedicated to extreme savings and investment, and it allows people to retire far earlier than traditional budgets and retirement plans allow. My guest Diania Merriam is b...

As I mentioned in my last episode of the Tiny House Lifestyle Podcast, I just finished teaching a two week design/build course at Yestermorrow Design/Build School in Waitsfield, Vermont. Working alongside other talented instructors was an inspiring experience for me, and a highlight was being able to work with students on framing and sheathing a tiny house on wheels. Teaching this course reminded...

Erin Maile O'Keefe is a talented designer who designed and built the Paper Boat tiny house for herself and her husband, where they live in the backyard of a house that they own. In this conversation we'll break down the Paper Boat design, and in the process, share some of the ways that Erin thinks about designing tiny spaces so that they work for the occupants. The post Design a Tiny Hou...

Lindsay and her husband Eric were not expecting to build their tiny home themselves. In fact, they hired a builder expecting the house to be finished for them. Part way through the build, their builder went out of business and they were left with the shell of a 33-foot Gooseneck tiny house on wheels. In this episode, we'll learn what happened from there, Lindsay's tips for working with b...

Sierra Martin decided to skip the expensive rent in Burlington, Vermont and instead built herself a tiny house on wheels. When she started, she had no building skills. Her beautiful home is heated with a pellet stove and features bright, beautiful wood walls and floors. Oh, and Sierra keeps 3 of her 4 bicycles inside! The post Heating with a Pellet Stove, Getting Outdoors, and Learning to Build wi...

Liberation Tiny Homes combines fine Amish craftsmanship, affordable pricing, and a pretty quick turnaround time to produce a tiny house package that is pretty appealing. They have preset models, they have custom models, and they can work in a range of different sizes and styles. On the show today I’ll ask Matt to give us an inside look at the workings of Liberation Tiny Homes, his tips for working...

As tiny houses are getting larger and more similar, my guest Abel Zyl is still building handmade pieces of functional art. He hand builds windows, doors, roofs, and more, and incorporates amazing curves that lend the houses an almost fairytale or dreamlike appearance.  The post Tiny Houses as Functional Art: Abel Zyl on Hand-Building Dreamy, Moveable Tiny Homes #066 appeared first on The Tiny Hous...

Steven has been involved with the tiny house movement for nearly a decade and is the founder of Tiny House Listings, the world’s most-visited tiny house resource. The post Inside the Used Tiny House Market with Steven Harrell – #065 appeared first on The Tiny House . Send us Fan Mail Support the show Listen. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Apple Podcasts Spotify More... Follow Ethan. Mastodon   Instagram...

Dee built and moved into her first tiny house on wheels in 2004: Dee’s house, life and memoir The Big Tiny have been featured in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, CBS This Morning, Slate.com, Yahoo.com, Yes Magazine, and the National Building Museum, to name a few. The post The Unexpected Benefits and Challenges of Living Tiny with Dee Williams appeared first on The Tiny House . Send us Fan M...

Lloyd Kahn is the former shelter editor of The Whole Earth Catalog and editor-in-chief of Shelter Publications. He has published a series of books on building including Shelter and Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter.  The post Lloyd Kahn’s Advice on Building a Home, Reconsidering a Tiny House On Wheels, and Documenting 50 Years of DIY Dwellings appeared first on The Tiny House . Send us Fan Mail Support t...

Composting in the city can be a challenge, especially if you don't have any yard to put a compost bin. That's where Vermicomposting comes in. With worms, you can have a completely self-contained compost system in any small space.  The post How to Compost in the City Using Red Worms: A Guide to Vermicomposting with Erika Backberg appeared first on The Tiny House . Send us Fan Mail Support...

Meet Asha Mevlana and her ‘Amplified’ Tiny House. Asha is an electric violinist for the Trans Siberian Orchestra. She has toured with Gnarls Barkley, Dee Snider of Twisted sister and performed regularly on the American Idol show. In 2016 she built her dream "Amplified" tiny house in Fayetteville Arkansas where she hosts tiny deck concerts. She eventually hopes to build a tiny house commu...

After over 40,000 miles of traveling in her homemade travel trailer with her two kids partner and a dog, Macy Miller has created an online course to help others learn how to live the mobile lifestyle. The post How to Prepare for a Full Time Mobile Lifestyle with Macy Miller appeared first on The Tiny House . Send us Fan Mail Support the show Listen. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Apple Podcasts Spotify...

While building The Gibran Center, Hajjar developed a way of building domes that gained international recognition. He invented equipment and coined the word Aircrete while founding Domegaia to help answer the need for quality low cost housing. The post How to Build with Aircrete: The Low Cost, Eco-Friendly Building Material of the Future with Hajjar Gibran appeared first on The Tiny House . Send us...

What do you do when you can't afford to buy a house in the place you grew up? My guest Zeena Fontanilla and her husband built a DIY Gooseneck Tiny House and now live completely off-grid and mortgage free. The post Living Off-Grid in Hawaii: Zeena’s DIY Gooseneck Tiny Home for Three – #058 appeared first on The Tiny House . Send us Fan Mail Support the show Listen. Subscribe. Rate. Review. App...

Kathleen Morton travels and lives part time out of her 1987 Toyota van with her dog Peaches. Kathleen is the founder of Tiny House, Tiny Footprint, a community she created to share stories about those choosing alternative lifestyles, living more environmentally consciously, and spending more time in nature. She is also the co-founder of Vanlife Diaries, a social media and online platform that tell...

Now that spring has finally come to Vermont, I thought it would be a good time to talk to you about what it's like to live in a tiny house in the winter in the northeastern United States, where temperatures can get as low as 30 degrees below zero Fahrenheit. In this episode, I'll teach you how to survive a Vermont winter in a tiny house.  I cover both what you can do while you're bu...

Isabelle Nagel-Brice is a tiny house consultant, guiding people through the different phases of their builds. She has put together The Healthy Tiny House Kit, which she offers to DIY and professional builders looking to build a chemical free and healthy tiny home with continuous fresh air ventilation. Additionally, A Tiny Good Thing offers building materials and natural practical goods inside and...

The Humanure Handbook was something of an accidental literary phenomenon. Joe Jenkins began writing the book as a Master of Science in Sustainable Systems thesis in the early 90s. Not content with academic convention, but fascinated with the topic of humanure composting, Jenkins decided to convert the book’s language into a popular format and self-publish the thesis as a book. The post There’s No...

Derek Handeeman Howlett is a digital entrepreneur in Southern Arizona with his wife Hannah. Together they built a 24’ long tiny house and have been living in it together for the past 2 years completely off grid. He documented his entire Tiny House build and his unique projects on his YouTube channel Handeeman The post Tiny Off Grid Living in the Arizona Desert with Derek ‘Handeeman’ Howlett – #053...

Bob Lieb has a 56 Year History in Business, manufacturing, commercial real estate and is the developer behind Escalante Village- Colorado’s first Tiny Home Community in Durango Colorado.  The post From Empty Lot to Tiny House Community with Bob Lieb – #052 appeared first on The Tiny House . Send us Fan Mail Support the show Listen. Subscribe. Rate. Review. Apple Podcasts Spotify More... Follow Eth...

After designing, building, and living with her husband in their off-grid tiny house from 2013 to 2017, Jess Sullivan has become a seasoned tiny house dweller, blogger, and inspirational speaker best known throughout New England. She continues to write their blog - Another Tiny House Story - and participate in workshops, presentations, and conferences related to green and tiny living. She has a cha...