Tag Archives: PAD tiny houses

Tiny House Movement Gains Momentum

Posted on May 3, 2013 by

The weekend before last we hosted a build weekend to construct Casa Pequena. This past weekend 29 fabulous folks joined us at the Kenton Fire House for a Portland Alternative Dwellings (PAD) Tiny House Workshop. Participants traveled from as far … Continue reading →

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Tiny House Workshop Weekend

Posted on February 25, 2013 by

It was a pleasure to be part of the Portland Alternative Dwellings Tiny House Workshop this weekend, along with Derin of UrbaNest, Brittany of Bayside Bungalow, and Chris and Melisssa Tack of Tiny Tack House. Tiny house enthusiasts from around … Continue reading →

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Partnering with Portland Alternative Dwellings

Posted on February 8, 2013 by

A few months ago Dee Williams and Joan Grimm of Portland Alternative Dwellings gave me the heads up that they would be restructuring their company. With Katy Anderson, PAD had been doing design and building work for tiny houses, but … Continue reading →

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PAD Tiny House Workshop in February

Posted on January 24, 2013 by

  PAD Tiny House Design Workshop February 23 & 24, 2013 (9am-4:30pm) Historic Kenton Firehouse Are you dreaming of building your own tiny house on wheels but don’t know where to start?  Are you wondering what other people are doing … Continue reading →

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Sightline & Grist on Living Large in Small Spaces

Posted on December 31, 2012 by

During finals Alyse Nelson sent me a request to answer some questions about tiny houses for a piece for Sightline. Alyse did a lovely article that features me as well as my heros Dee Williams of PAD Tiny Houses and … Continue reading →

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A Year of Little Living

Posted on September 20, 2012 by

Somehow it’s already been nearly a year since I moved into a 121 square foot tiny house on wheels and wrote my first blog post: The Tiny House Adventure Begins. And what a year it’s been! This afternoon I was … Continue reading →

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