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Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter (2012)

by Lloyd Kahn(Favorite Author)

4.23 of 5 Votes: 4

ISBN

0936070528 (ISBN13: 9780936070520)

languge

English

genre

Nonfiction

publisher

Shelter Publications

review 1: A concise survey of the tiny homes movement current and past, _Tiny Homes_ provides an excellent introduction for those unfamiliar with the topic while providing enough comprehensive coverage on the topic for those interested in building primary or secondary tiny homes. In addition to providing an impressive number of resources for a book of its size, Lloyd Kahn provides readers with an extensive array of photos and a wealth of personal accounts from tiny home dwellers. While the books layout and formatting weren't up to my exacting standards, the beauty of the homes being showcased shown through nonetheless. Even if you have no intention of downsizing, _Tiny Homes_ is worth the read for anyone interested in ecology, design, remodeling, upcycling, interesting stories, and... more beautiful photographs. *Disclosure: I received a free copy of this ebook in my capacity as a reviewer.
review 2: Written as a collaborative work featuring the homes and space, written by the people who built them, Tiny Homes is a great source of inspiration for smaller more sustainable living. Many of the homes and spaces (studios, saunas, offices) were built using salvaged materials, opening up the readers options, not only in size, but also in economy.Covering a great number of less-than-conventional but earth and pocketbook friendly construction methods, like straw bale, cobb, and palate, and including an article on the basic municipal planning and building approval process, Tiny Homes: Simple Shelter is a valuable resource for people dreaming tiny.After reading this book, I look around my ridiculously oversized spaces filled with too much stuff and feel compelled to pare down the clutter and live with more of the things I use and less of the things that just take up space.What makes this book special, beyond the valuable information, is the peak into the lives of the diverse people who have decided to live somewhere tiny and sometimes hand built for very different reasons and in very different places. I also like that tiny home builders featured throughout the book are easy to find and contact because the inclusion of website information from the contributors. All in all, it's a great resource filled with beautiful pictures sure to plant the seeds of a plan in readers' minds. less

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