Small is Beautiful Blog

Video Blog: The Tiny House Notebooks...

In this week’s video blog we chat about the Tiny House Notebooks we’ve made and the film’s progress [with a few dance moves in there]. Watch The Making of the Tiny House Notebooks:?http://bit.ly/tinynotebooks — Subscribe to our Mailing List: http://bit.ly/subscribetinyhousefilm — Subscribe to our YouTube Channel: http://bit.ly/tinyhousefilmYouTube . Read More.

In search of a Portland, OR based...

Are you a Portland, OR based Illustrator/artist? Or know someone who is? Awesome. We wanna collaborate with you! We?re looking to create artwork based around our tiny house documentary.  [Not based in Portland, but able to work remotely? It might work, let?s chat] You?re a passionate, drawing-loving, legend-face with skillz. You draw for fun, for love and . Read More.

The tiny house movement and Small is...

On Tuesday night we were featured on Channel Ten’s The Project, chatting about our film and what’s going on with tiny houses in Australia! Watch the feature story here.? Sorry to all our friends in the USA (and elsewhere outside of Australia; you won’t be able to watch the video because they’ve geoblocked the episode due . Read More.

How the Tiny House Film is shaping up...

Hello lovely people! We’ve just wrapped up two weeks of spring filming and wanted to share some pics and updates with you. After combing through all the footage and transcripts, we began to envision how the different story lines of the film are weaving together, meaning we had a clear focus going into the next . Read More.

Shockingly Simple Electrical for Tiny Houses!

Howdy, folks! For many people, the most daunting aspect of building a tiny house or other alternative dwelling is the electrical system. Today we want to tell you about a great resource on electrical systems: A new ebook by Ryan Mitchell of TheTinyLife.com called Shockingly Simple Electrical. Shockingly Simple Electrical is a clear and concise . Read More.

Successful Pozible Campaign and Lots of...

Hi guys! It’s high time to share what we?ve been up to here at Small is Beautiful these past few months. The Thanksgiving mindset of gratitude hasn?t melted away with the snow, and I?m excited to tell you about some of the things we?re grateful for. After wrapping up phase one of filming in late . Read More.

Tiny house info graphics

One of the most fascinating parts of the tiny house movement is the statistics. Ryan Mitchell from thetinylife.com made a fantastic info graphic and he was kind enough to share the data with us.  These stats and more of the tiny house world will be in our film Small is Beautiful – A Tiny House film.  . Read More.

Interview with Logan Smith & Tammy...

Being between filming phases is giving us the opportunity to continue chatting with tiny housers far and wide. This week, we’re sharing Logan and Tammy’s story from a recent email interview.?Logan writes Smalltopia and Tammy writes RowdyKittens. Logan and Tammy?document their?downsizing journey?beautifully?(including the switch from?cars to bikes?and the?refrigerator experiment)?on their blogs. Through their blogs and . Read More.