Category Archives: community

Inventing Tiny House Community

Posted on April 8, 2016 by

It’s always fun for me to ask people at a tiny house workshop (like our recent Tiny House 101 Workshop in DC) or events (like the Tiny House Conference last weekend) whether they are interested in living in a Tiny House … Continue reading →

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Tiny Tours Near Asheville

Posted on April 6, 2016 by

I’m spending this week following the Tiny House Conference in Asheville, NC and working alongside fellow work-from-homers, Matt & Laura LaVoie. The past couple days they’ve been gracious enough to also take me on a couple of tiny house tours. … Continue reading →

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2016 Tiny House Conference Recap

Posted on April 4, 2016 by

This was the third year of the Tiny House Conference and my third year speaking at the event. There were around 350 people in attendance this year and the conference was split into two tracks with one focused more on lifestyle and one … Continue reading →

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Tiny House 101 Workshop in Washington, D.C. in March

Posted on February 18, 2016 by

I’m thrilled to be teaching a Tiny House Workshop (TH 101) in Washington, D.C. this March through the Tiny House Collaborative. This workshop is geared towards the tiny house curious crowd. (We’ll be teaching an intermediate tiny house course (TH … Continue reading →

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Tiny House Collaborative

Posted on February 15, 2016 by

I was on Hawaiian Time when the Tiny House Collaborative launched, so I haven’t yet taken the time to tell you how very excited I am about being part of this group of fabulous people. The short answer is pretty … Continue reading →

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Lina’s Tiny House: The Lucky Penny

Posted on February 12, 2016 by

For those of you new to The Little Life, welcome! My name is Lina Menard and I live in a tiny house called The Lucky Penny. I designed and built the Lucky Penny in 2014. This profile will introduce you to … Continue reading →

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Small Developer Bootcamp in Portland

Posted on February 11, 2016 by

Yesterday, on a gorgeous spring morning, my landie Jake and I rode our bikes down to the Native American Center at PSU to attend the Small Scale Developer Bootcamp hosted by Eli Spevak of Orange Splot, LLC and John and … Continue reading →

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Hawaiian Time

Posted on February 8, 2016 by

  I recently returned from a much-anticipated 9-day vacation in Hawaii with Isha, The Guy Next Door. I’m in that happy in-between space where it’s so nice to have been gone and so nice to be home again! And I … Continue reading →

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Biz503 Radio Show re: The Future of Green Building

Posted on January 22, 2016 by

Later today I’ll be one of the guests for a radio show on Biz503 (a segment about business in Portland on the Portland Radio Project station). This particular episode is focused on the future of sustainable building and I am … Continue reading →

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Support Living Tiny… Legally

Posted on January 11, 2016 by

At the Tiny House Jamboree in Colorado Springs, I met Alexis & Christian of Tiny House Expedition. They’ve been traveling for the past several months to make a film called Living Tiny… Legally, which explores how people across the country … Continue reading →

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