This is a special Tiny House! Up top it’s a cheerful beach cottage, with sailboats and chaise lounges, and below it’s an underwater-hotel-type experience, with 360° views of ocean life. I’ve looked at this one online ever since I started making these kits but was too chicken to try it. Then, as we neared the […]
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Black Bear, Black Bear, What Do You See?
I see a lone hiker looking at me. If my headline isn’t familiar to you, you don’t know a kid, I’d bet. People have been reading the picture book, Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?, by Bill Martin Jr. and the famous Eric Carle, since 1967. My mom read it to me; I […]
Music Studio Tiny House
I super enjoyed building this kit: it’s the same ratio as my favorite house kits but it’s a music studio, and I built it for my son, Finn. You can see how happy I am with it! Now it just has to not break on the road before I can hand it to him. Singapore […]
Tiny Strange Castle
This bizarre hobby/obsession/brain exercise of mine continues on, and the superlatives advance. This latest Tiny House is so big that I am waiting to glue on the highest roof peak because it won’t fit in my shower storage bin as fully constructed. And what’s with the crosses, anyway? What Is It? It’s got tile and […]
Mermaid Tiny House
I’ve said this before, and I hope to say it again: This was my favorite Tiny House to build! The bummer is that it’s so small (a one-room house) so it took very little time. Still, I’m going to keep it around until I see my friend Jess in Jasper National Park in a couple […]
Jailhouse Rock Tiny House
This is my tiniest house yet, at who knows what scale, but tiny. I made it inside a tin that’s supposed to be a TV set. As you can see, it’s either a well-appointed jail cell or a dorm room, with a bed, a desk, and a bureau. One string of fairy lights had to […]
Contemporary Tiny House
I bought this house kit because of that contemporary-style rock garden at the foot of the steps. I’ve worked on Japanese houses with tall trees in the courtyards, but never a tree inside the house. There’s no roof to this kit, but I’m imagining a tall ceiling for the entire the left half of the […]
Tiny Tea House
Although there’s no swimming pool and no slippers by a plush bed, this is my favorite little house so far. Yes, I always say that! But look how inviting it is. First Floor Downstairs offers two lounge areas for you and a friend, plus a small washroom. Or you can sit on a rattan chair […]
Blogging in Dark Times
As I write this, I’m thinking about the war in Ukraine. Yet, almost two years ago, I wrote about the weirdness of “living on vacation” and writing about it when the rest of the world seems like it’s on fire (George Floyd had just been killed). I’ve blogged about my nomadic life during the worst […]
Whale Tail Tiny House Finished
I did it! My largest, most extravagant, wrongly named (turns out it’s a fish), finished-with-Covid-19 tiny house. It’s a bit lopsided, and I ended up with more mystery parts than usual, but it’s still pretty darn cool. Some of the lopsidedness is due to the design (I think it’s supposed to be slightly off kilter) […]
