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sisu and south carolina
For those of you familiar with the Finnish or Finnish American community, you know about Sisu. The dogged persistence that Finns are known for. According to Wikipedia, “Sisu is…loosely translated...
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build update: lee’s tiny house
House Update: I came back to DC after a few weeks on the West Coast and can see progress on my house – thanks, Tony! We were feeling frustrated with all the modifications needed, but they are mostly...
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preparing for the hurricane: roof and windows on lee’s house
DC is preparing for Hurricane Sandy: the metro system has closed, federal government has shut down, and sandbags were put in all around my neighborhood. While I’m a bit worried about the fate of our...
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fall is for building: work weekend at the boneyard lot
It was a busy weekend at the boneyard studios lot. Thanks to beautiful fall weather and the friends who came out to the lot, we are slowly making some good progress on the exterior of my house. A...
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on choosing plans: designing by doing
Like most people building tiny houses, I had limited options when purchasing plans for a tiny house over a year ago (up until recently there were only a couple options), and none of them fully met all...
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insulation options for tiny houses
Let me start by saying I like comfort despite a relatively high tolerance for misery. In my teens I spent more weekends in a tent, or a hand built “survival shelter” than at home, I have slept wet and...
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it’s not about the house…
Yes, bad timing and cliche to draw on Lance Armstrong, but it fits the story I want to tell. In Lance’s case it wasn’t about the bike, but about the D’s: drugs, doping, deception, denial, and duping...
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Boneyard Studios presents a Tiny House Concert
We spend a lot of time building, gardening, and hosting open houses, but it’s also important to have some fun once in a while. As a live music fan who loves NPR’s tiny desk concerts, I decided to...
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Storytelling and Siding
Last Friday, after a week of rain and two nights of storms and driving rain, I found a little leak in my house. We investigated and investigated but could not find the culprit. It took removing half...
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Tiny House Design Workshop – Special discount for 2!
We had a great raffle for the tiny house design workshop being organized by Open Source Tiny House Sept. 14 and 15 in Washington DC. Given the level of interest we have received from couples or...
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West Coast versus East Coast: Tiny Houses
Okay, in all honesty, that title was just to grab your attention. There’s really more collaboration than competition, and Portland has some great tiny house action happening! Indeed, part of what...
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preparing for the hurricane: roof and windows on lee’s house
DC is preparing for Hurricane Sandy: the metro system has closed, federal government has shut down, and sandbags were put in all around my neighborhood. While I’m a bit worried about the fate of our...
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Another impact of the government shutdown – siding on Pera house finally...
As many of you readers know, I work as a geographer for a government agency which means that I have been furloughed this week. Although Congress cannot get their act together, I figured it was a great...
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Boneyard Studios featured in Dwell magazine
Boneyard Studios was fortunate to be featured in the November issue of Dwell magazine. The current issue highlights small space design and we were photographed and interviewed for an article on...
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Insulated at last…Pera house update
What a busy month it’s been. After I finished up the siding of my house with other furloughed feds at the beginning of October, I built my my kitchen cabinets with a professional cabinetmaker at the...
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A workshop designed like a tiny house
We believe tiny house workshops should be like tiny houses: small, intimate, and designed to your individual needs. That’s why a couple of the professionals involved in building houses at Boneyard...
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The Postcard Underground – supporters of the tiny house movement
Unless you’ve built a tiny house, you may not realize that it can often be a very lonely and discouraging process. Sure, it’s fun and exciting, but there are many things that are challenging and...
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Boneyard Studios is moving (and needs your help!)
Two years ago, three tiny house enthusiasts got together on a crumbling alley lot in Northeast DC and built the first intentional tiny house community in America. Since its humble beginnings in early...
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The Search for Space: where do you park a tiny house?
How do I find a place to park a tiny house? After two years of talking with thousands of people about tiny houses at our monthly open houses, workshops and conferences, that is the most common...
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