As our time building our tiny home is drawing to an end, many of y’all might be wondering how this whole project was funded! Well, we have partnered with Georgia Organics to be able to donate this home to an organic farmer in need. While we have partnered with Georgia Organics, they are funding this … More Tiny House Funding!

Tiny Homes are typically much cheaper than conventional homes. Check out this article about a nonprofit who is fundraising to build tiny homes for veterans. Just like our home that will be donated to a Georgia Organic’s farm, this home will be donated as well. http://www.salisburypost.com/2016/12/05/local-nonprofit-fundraising-tiny-house-village-vets/

Last week, Dr. Skobba was a guest speaker for another Family and Consumer Sciences class at UGA where she discussed sustainable housing as well as our tiny house class! I am a student of this class as well so I was able to add in a few comments about our home. One question she raised … More Why do you think Tiny Homes are so popular?

As a final reflection due in class, we were tasked to look into one aspect of tiny houses that interested us personally the most. There are many aspects of tiny houses that are interesting to look at. I choose to look into the sustainability side of tiny houses. This info graphic is a great summary … More Reflecting

On the Tuesday before our Thanksgiving break, the tiny loft’s walls were finished. With these walls finally being paneled, this was the last area of the walls that needed to be finished! The bathroom and the tiny loft walls took longer to install due to the tight cracks and little space. Oh the dilemmas of … More Tiny Loft

As a part of our class, we have learned about many different types of unconventional housing. Last Tuesday, we had an in class speaker, Ken Paris, come in an talk about modular homes. While there is an idea that these modular homes look like prefabricated trailers, these homes are much more than that! These homes are … More Modular Homes

While normally our class splits into two sections to work on the house, we all went down to the house to talk about it last week. Our whole class stood inside the house to admire our work so far. One big change that neither group was there to witness was having our walls and roof … More How to Make Your Tiny House Even Cozier…..