Please note: Our workshop is sold out!
Mark your Calendar and join us for a one-day construction workshop on June 11, 2011 in Olympia, Washington. We’ll focus on basic tiny house construction with an emphasis on:
This is a hands-on workshop. You can learn more (see more) about the workshops through a PBS show, Need to Know, as they participated in last year’s workshop.
Portland Alternative Dwellings likes to set the bar small. That’s why we’re happy to announce our new, tiny how-to manual: Go House Go.
This mini-booklet focuses on how to connect a tiny house to a trailer, and how to keep the walls and roof from twisting, leaning or buckling. We’ve also included information about moisture control and a common list of building materials.
It’s short and sweet, but loaded with enough technical information and resources to get you started.
We have exciting news to share with you! Dee, Katy, and our most recent workshop was featured on PBS last night! Check out the segment.
“Given the state of the current economy, a growing number of Americans with ordinary lives are choosing to scale down — way down. They call themselves the “tiny house” movement. Need to Know visited one of the movement’s proponents, Dee Williams, at her small home in Olympia, Wash.
Her home measures 84 square feet, has a small sleeping loft, a compost toilet and enough closet space for a few shirts and pairs of pants. Williams says the downsizing has brought her a sense of contentment, and many others are beginning to follow her lead.”
Watch the full episode. See more Need To Know.
