Category Archives: design

A Tiny Announcement from Lina & Isha

Posted on March 14, 2016 by

Now that the Meyerhofer’s Tiny House, Cilantro Poncho, has sprung to life in Tucson, AZ through last week’s build blitz, Isha and I have decided it’s time to make a tiny announcement of our own. As many of you know, last … Continue reading →

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Tiny House Design Workshop in Asheville, NC (April 4-8, 2016)

Posted on March 3, 2016 by

I’m delighted to be speaking again at this year’s Tiny House Conference in Asheville, NC about tiny house design considerations and strategies. I’m also excited to be teaming up with Laura LaVoie of Life in 120 Square Feet and John Labovitz of … Continue reading →

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Living on the Green Side

Posted on February 20, 2016 by

It was a pleasure to have a chat a couple months ago with Sierra Dickey ’15, a fellow graduate of Whitman College who wanted to write a story about me and my little house, The Lucky Penny, for an upcoming … 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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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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Less Is More 2016 Wrap Up

Posted on January 9, 2016 by

It was great fun Kicking Off 2016 with Small Home Design by teaching Less Is More at Yestermorrow. Monday and Tuesday we went on field trips to small houses in the Mad River Valley and Montpelier. We got to see five … Continue reading →

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