Living in a Train Caboose
When I was little there was a train caboose in the parking lot of the Crandon Park Zoo in Miami. We loved it. Our parents had to drag us into the zoo. I found a photo of the caboose in the parking lot of the …
Other Small Houses
Rammed Earth Home
A mystery I am reading (Exit Wounds by J. A. Jance) has mentioned over and over that the sheriff lives in a new “rammed-earth home” with “thick walls and high ceilings”. It is “pleasantly cool”, despite the over 100 degree weather. I guessed “rammed-earth” was …
Granny Flat Zoning Temporary Use Permit
Someone I know thought she was going to have to sell their small home and move, so they would have enough space to care for her mother-in-law. Momma was no longer able to care for herself, but their house was too small to move her …
starENERGY 18×36 Small House Kit
This new complete house kit on Amazon makes a 648 square foot small house. It is small, but big enough to be a home. Or add it beside your house to use for guests, office space or to earn extra money as a long term …
Building a 1350 square foot Spec House
We heard chainsaws a few weeks ago that went on and on, so we walked out to see what was going on. They were clearing trees for a new house. They cut so many trees.
Roof pitch on an A-Frame with Bump-out Shed Dormer
This A-frame house is in our neighborhood. If this feels like a re-run, I wrote a short post about this last year. But we were on a different road and realized we can see the back of it here. So this blog post is more …
Tiny A-Frame in the Mountains
Isn’t this tiny A-frame house adorable? It is 540 square feet inside with hardwood floors and ceilings. Downstairs is a living room and a kitchen with an adorable tiny pot-belly wood stove. The bathroom has a claw-foot tub. The living room, upstairs loft bedroom, and …
A-Frame House on the Beach
We saw this A-Frame driving down A1A and I just had to share it. This is the view from A1A. See the sidewalk in front of the house? There are little windows poking out of the roof on both sides. The house is right …
Build This Kit House in 3 Hours
This is another origami house you can buy complete and set up anywhere, the Weizhengheng 2 or 3-bedroom Expandable Home. They call it a container house. This isn’t a house made from a shipping container. It is a partially assembled house kit that is delivered …
A-Frame with Bump-out Shed Roof Addition
This modified A-frame house is near our new house. The house itself is only 26-feet wide. It was built in 1978. The deck wraps around the front and side of the house. It is big enough to put a table and chairs on and use …
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