Realizing your own Tiny dream home is a project of scale; a whole adventure where you have to make many decisions along the way. I imagine you might be a little worried about that, or even dread it. The way you look at such a project makes a big difference in how you experience it […]
DIY vs. craftsmanship
You can build your own Tiny House. Even if you have no construction experience. There are already many Tiny House residents, including those who live in the Netherlands, who have proven that it is possible. For every part of the construction process there are resources that guide you step by step through the job. From […]
Are you living in a Tiny House yet?
In November 2016, Monique van Orden and I gave our very first workshop “Realize your own Tiny House”. We had rented a room in Utrecht in which we worked with twenty students for a day. After having given fifteen workshops across the country to about 300 students, we decided to turn it into an online […]
Tiny House offers a view of nature
One of the things that makes living in my Tiny House so pleasant is that I have many windows in it that allow me to look at the surrounding greenery. That makes it no problem at all to live small; many windows gives a spacious feeling to the house. You bring the outside inside to […]
Book tips for overcast days
Due to the drizzly weather of recent times, you might naturally feel like relaxing on the couch with a good book. Candles lit, heater on, nice and cozy. I have some great tips again for you for books with the theme of small and simple living. This way, you will also have something to put […]
Space for diversity and customization
Having a home is a necessity of life. It is a right. At least, it should be. But housing in the Netherlands has become a luxury item. Only accessible for the rich among us. Our government has made a choice to leave housing largely to the free market with all its consequences. I think that […]
Tiny Houses: beyond the pilot phase
The demand for Tiny House residential locations is still increasing. Municipalities are getting more and more questions from residents about the possibility of living in a small, simple and environmentally conscious way. But concrete residential locations are only appearing slowly. What is the reason for this, when this new form of living is clearly an […]
Build your own Tiny House
You must have seen it pass by at some point. When you spend a bit of time in online Tiny House circles you can hardly miss it. The newest addition to the Dutch Tiny House library: Build your own Tiny House by Jan-Willem van der Male and Noortje Veerman. And it is really to be […]
Tiny Houses and the Building Decree
When you want to live in a Tiny House legally, you will need an environmental permit for building. Even when your house is built elsewhere and is moved to the place where you are going to live in it, the environmental permit is for “the construction of a building”. The 2012 Building Decree is a […]
Back to the basics
You often hear the term burnout these days. Everybody’s tired, it seems. I too, was on the brink and had to step on the brakes. Not surprising though, the past year has been a madhouse. It was great, but crazy! With a clear goal in mind I speeded forward like a ball of lightning, and only […]