Tiny Free House

   

Here's a quick link to my latest progress report. Next up is to finish the roof and cover the exterior walls with scavenged plywood sheathing. I'm still having trouble finding a suitable roofing material.

Shouldn't the true value of a home be measured by the happiness and security it brings instead of its size and cost? -Michael Janzen

I’ve embarked on a little experiment. I’m building a tiny house that's cross between Henry David Thoreau’s cabin at Walden Pond and a Tumbleweed-like Tiny House on wheels, the only difference is that it will cost nothing. Any money I spend on building materials will be recouped by selling discarded things I find and most of the wood will come from old shipping pallets. Why Pallets? It just seems like poetic justice for a house that questions consumerism to be made from the very things that carried so many products to market. More...