Check us out at @actuallytiny where we are building a smart, simple, tiny house on wheels.
In addition to my work with skin-on-frame boatbuilding, my other big passion in life is sustainable living and specifically small, off-grid structures. Over the years I’ve built a cordwood sauna, an off grid house, several off grid cabins, a hybrid solar/wood-fired bathhouse and sauna, gutted and remodeled an Airstream (never again!) and a host of other natural and conventional building projects.
One thing I’ve always been curious about though is the whole tiny house on wheels phenomenon. Having actually lived in super minimalist spaces for the better part of two decades I have to admit I’m deeply conflicted about tiny houses. I get why people are attracted to them but in my more sarcastic moments I’ve been known to quip “everything a tiny house accomplishes conventional camper trailers have been doing better for 70 years”. It’s not completely true but you get my point. I think it’s bonkers to spend 70k on a dangerous-to-tow tiny mansion, but I do think that there are certain super-simple builds that actually do make sense, and I’ve just always wanted to make one.
I’m hoping I can add some of my unique ideas to the concept keeping with the same philosophy of my boats: simple, lightweight, easy to build, inexpensive, livable and hopefully beautiful.
Along the way I’m going to make some free instructional videos covering a few topics that I think are underrepresented in available tiny house videos and literature. We are also putting together some weight/cost/energy efficiency and sustainability comparison tools to help people make easier informed building choices. Overall it should be a fun project and I’m looking forward to showcasing a few ideas you don’t usually see in tiny houses.
We are posting a daily time lapse on Instagram, and photos and notes as well. The boat posts will be sparse for a while, but we are alive and well on @actuallytiny – check it out!
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This post was originally featured on our Instagram feed.
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