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Very little house on the prairie; Small homes. (2009, February 21). The Economist. Retrieved May 7, 2009, from http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/frame.do?tokenKey=rsh-20.863525.1976928153&target=results_listview_resultsNav&reloadEntirePage=true&rand=1242179779611&returnToKey=20_T6547107187&parent=docview.
This article concerns itself with two tiny house companies, the Tiny Texas Houses and the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. It also draw the comparison of tiny home dwellers to Manhattanite tiny apartment dwellers.
Shay, S. (2007, May 1). "How large is this house?!". Natural Life. Retrieved May 7, 2009, from http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/frame.do?tokenKey=rsh-20.416921.09640747256&target=results_listview_resultsNav&reloadEntirePage=true&rand=1242180230475&returnToKey=20_T6547135475&parent=docview.
Shay's article is written in a humorous tone but it is a fascinating article about a tiny home which was built out of cob. This cob house has less then 130 round (not square, for the house isn't square, it is rounded) and was built like a gloves and
“not boxes. Wrap the space around the actions of your body, rather than building a neutral space and trying to fill it.”
This house is designed differently from the other small houses, but it is none the less still a small house.
Poet, J. (2007, March 4). Living Small. American Profile, (March 4th 2007 Issue). Retrieved May 7, 2009, from http://www.americanprofile.com/article/20947.html.
This article focuses again on Jay Shafer, the founder of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. It includes Jay Shafer's history and a discussion of the future of the small house movement. This article also focuses some on the anti-materialist philsophy inherit to the small house movement.
This New York Times article centers on answering the question of why a successful 40 year old would choose to make an eighty square foot tiny house when already has a wonderful 1,800 square foot home. They then examine some of the philosophy behind the small home movement and talk to other people with in it, including the Small House Society and other individuals who live in homes smaller then some closets.
Edge, B. S. (2009, March 13). SQUEEZY LIVING; They're portable luxury homes the size of a shed, ranging from 6ft to 18ft in length and you don't need a mortgage. So could you live in a Tiny House? The Express. Retrieved May 7, 2009, from http://www.lexisnexis.com/us/lnacademic/frame.do?tokenKey=rsh-20.163279.58837159563&target=results_listview_resultsNav&reloadEntirePage=true&rand=1242212586051&returnToKey=20_T6550284327&parent=docview.
This article centers on Jay Shafer who is a leader in the Small House Movement and the owner/operator of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. It discusses his tumbleweed house and has quotes from Jay Shafer about why he started building these houses. It also discusses the cost of getting your own Tumbleweed (~$37 thousand).