Check out the small houses

[benito]

http://www.tumbleweedhouses.com

I did search the archives and this was discussed earlier this year. It was also on National Petroleum Radio this morning.




You can't dance dance revolution in some of these houses. They are very interesting though. Makes you think about what you need and don't need.

[Jara sang]

1. That would be perfect me.

as a mountain getaway or small studio.

[Jara sang]

5. For get it, I just checked the prices.

For less than $16,000(the least expensive tumbleweed0 I could get a really nice Yurt.

[MissB]

9. No shit. And a yurt would seem like a freakin' palace

in comparison. I love yurts.

I took a gander at some of the prices too. At $39k, I thought "gee, my first house was only $55k and it was 1800 sq feet". Wugh.

I'm building a chicken coop that is nearly as big as some of these homes.

[MissB]

2. I watched some program the other day

that showed a similar sized house. Propane tank heated it. You had to pull out a ladder and set it up between the cabinets in the kitchen and scramble up to the "attic" where the mattress sat on the floor.

I think the bathroom included a bucket that one shat in and dumped daily.

:shrug: I'd find something like that totally claustrophobic.

[KitchenWitch]

3. There has got to be a happy medium between that

and the McPalaces that are being built in suburbs across the US.

[Jara sang]

10. Usonian houses by Frank Lloyd Wright is right between those extremes.

[MissB]

12. And now Jara needs to cough up a link

for missb who is apparently too lazy to google. :P

[Jara sang]

14. Here ya go missb

:hi:

http://architecture.about.com/od/franklloydwright/g/usonian.htm

Definition: In 1936, when the United States was in the depths of an economic depression, Frank Lloyd Wright developed a series of homes he called Usonian. Designed to control costs, Wright's Usonian houses had no attics, no basements, and little ornamentation.
Frank Lloyd Wright used the word Usonia as a poetic abbreviation for United States of North America. He aspired to create a democratic, distinctly American style that was affordable for the "common people."

Usonian architecture grew out of Frank Lloyd Wright's earlier Prairie style homes. Both styles featured low roofs and open living areas. Both styles made abundant use of brick, wood, and other natural material. However, Wright's Usonian homes were small, one-story structures set on concrete slabs with piping for radiant heat beneath. The kitchens were incorporated into the living areas. Open car ports took the place of garages.

[MissB]

15. Those are pretty cool.

And I wouldn't have to breathe into a paper bag every ten minutes or so.

Thanks. :hi:

[MissB]

11. Oh yeah.

I agree completely. No one needs 5000 square feet. Or even 3000 sq feet.

[MissB]

4. Ah yes, it was the "XS House" at the link you provided

It looks nice and cozy, but the "toilet" really was one of those stainless steel cans with the foot-pedal-operated lid. Yeah.

All I could think of when I saw the upstairs "sleeping loft" was - wow, it would really suck to die in a fire up there.

[Mizmoon]

6. I call a place like that a "Ted Kaczynski Shack"

:P

[babylonsister]

7. Retirement

villa? :crazy:

[WeRQ4U]

8. Those things would make bitchin' Ice Shanties

Damn. Catching walleye in January never looked so good.

[name not needed]

13. That;s perfect for me

I can build bombs and write my manifesto in there.