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Tiny House Basics: Living the Good Life in Small Spaces (Tiny Homes, Home Improvement Book, Small House Plans)

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The Perfect Guide to Little Space Living1 Best Seller in Small Homes & Cottages"Joshua and Shelley get you thinking about what you can do to live a little simpler, even if you’re not building a tiny house."―Mario Soto, Tiny House MD. With this tiny homes idea book, learn how to redefine what a house is and master organization, location, and happiness to make the best of your little space. You’ll want to live in a mini house after reading this book. Tiny House Basics is an adventure in off-grid living. In their debut book, mini house living experts Shelley and Joshua Engberg show how you can join the revolution to downsize without giving up everything you hold dear. As avid campers and off roaders, together they help you enter the world of comfortable and entertaining small spaces. Learn the best tips and tricks to owning tiny homes. Whether it’s cottage-style small houses or a mini getaway house, Tiny House Basics makes tiny house plans practical and accessible. With advice easily applicable to any small home, including spaces like apartments and studios, this micro living book turns any little space into the mini house of your dreams.Inside, find advice on small home interior design and learn:How to maintain a good relationship in a little space The pros and cons of off-grid living and on-grid living How to make your small space feel big Practical storage solutions and design tips Small space living with pets If you’re looking for ways to ramp up your little space, coffee table books for tiny homes, or small modern house gifts—like Tiny House Designing, Building, & Living; Small Space Style; or The Little Book of Living Small—then you will love Tiny House Basics. Read more

Publisher ‏ : ‎ TMA Press


Publication date ‏ : ‎ May 16, 2017


Edition ‏ : ‎ 1st


Language ‏ : ‎ English


Print length ‏ : ‎ 172 pages


ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1633535711


ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 18


Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 15.2 ounces


Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.4 x 0.55 x 9.21 inches


Best Sellers Rank: #352,096 in Books (See Top 100 in Books) #97 in House Plans #225 in Small Homes & Cottages #483 in Decorating


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    • Invaluable Experience of People Who Build AND Live In a Tiny Home Invaluable Experience of People Who Build AND Live In a Tiny Home
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This was a very enjoyable read! This book tells Joshua and Shelley's journey of going tiny and the headaches and hiccups they got through a long the way. If you're still not sure living tiny is right for you, well they weren't either. It was encouraging hearing their process and what motivated them to take the leap. There is even a nice little quiz to help you analyze if you are ready to do the same. They walk you through all the basic steps: researching, analyzing your needs, downsizing, finding a good trailer foundation, the costs and work involved with DIY, design and layout, storage and organization, pets in a tiny space, getting along with others in close quarters, on-grid vs off-grid and more. They've been living in their tiny house for almost a decade, so they know what it's like, what works and what doesn't. And they love it so much they made a business out of building tiny homes and trailers, so you know they are passionate about the topic. Loved the full color photos too! Really helps you visualize how stunning and inviting such a small space can be. I would definitely recommend this book. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2023 Reviewed in the United States on June 17, 2023 by Amazon Customer
    • Very important buy for anyone looking at tiny houses.
Format: Paperback
This book is so important any who wants to go tiny should read this and if you can go to a tiny house festival. We even contacted the authors who live what they preach and are super nice people. Now that being said we actually got an amazing offer on a house that we are taking but my husband and I both applying some of the style and aesthetics into our new home. Everything we own needs to have multi purposes. We even went out and mapped out the square footage in our driveway on how big of a house we wanted. One day for our retirement we would love a tiny home and travel till than we will keep camping and keep traveling and working on our goals. Thank you Joshua and Shelly for making such an amazing book and for being their for your customer base! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2017 by Julianna Pritchett
    • Low key, pleasant discussion of Tiny House issues
Format: Kindle
This is a pleasant read - mostly focuses on the headspace needed to live in a tiny home. It goes into a fair amount of depth about the author and spouses personal experience off why, how, when and the details of some of the design trade-offs they made in designing and building their tiny home. So it is a good book for someone who is curious about why one could decided to go tiny, and their personalvexperience of the result. Your experience might (will) vary, but the glimpse into their experience is enlightening. The book is a little repetitive and a little disorganized. Could have benefited from from some thoughtful editing. But again - a good starting point for someone curious about the experience . ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on February 2, 2021 by Walrus
    • Honest, Practical, and Encouraging
Format: Paperback
This is a must-read if you're thinking about going tiny, or wondering why people are doing it! Joshua and Shelley take you through their thought process as they started learning more about tiny houses while living in the SF Bay Area, and do an excellent job of boiling down to the heart of the issue. In the book they take you all through their tiny house, explaining how they designed it and why they built each of the features as they did. The minimalist movement is huge with tiny houses, but the Engbergs show how it's possible to still have room for the things you love and live tiny without having to become completely minimalist. Their practical advice--such as how to choose a trailer, how to downsize, which couch to choose, and what it's like to live with another person in such a small space--is honest, realistic, and well-written. And very encouraging! Highly recommend. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on June 20, 2018 by A P
    • Great read to inform!
Format: Kindle
My wife and I was in the market to build a tiny house so we searched for a informative book. When I tell you we got the jackpot with this book I mean it. Josh and Shelley really let you into their mind as you start the process. Helping you to navigate not just the building process( what to look out for etc.) but also the downsizing process. This is a must read for anyone that is thinking of starting out on this adventure. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2022 by Corey Whitfield
    • I was really hoping this book stood out more than it did
Format: Kindle
I really wanted to like this book, but unfortunately, I felt it was a super-quick write that didn't provide much more information than what you could glean online or from common sense. At the time I bought this book because my family and I were living in California and considering moving into a tiny home. We watched the shows, read a lot of tiny home blog posts, and went to tiny home conventions. So, I was really excited to find this book was written by tiny home builders nearby. Unfortunately, I just didn't feel the book lived up to what it could have and was written quickly to market their company. There is nothing wrong with using a book to market your company, but writing a book for that purpose is a way to show off your company, and this can have consequences as well. Even a book about the basics should have more than just what I can find in a Google search and should probably go through another couple of rounds of editing. I did give three stars because the book does cover the basics and doesn't oversell themselves. But, compared to other basic books on Tiny Houses it doesn't quite stand up. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2020 by Jody Mabry
    • I added this book to my tiny house library, Love this book!
Format: Paperback
I added this book to my tiny house library, Love this book! If you are thinking about going tiny, order this book and few others to help you make decisions, This book has great tips, info , details and more, It makes you think about things, it helped me, also started me thinking about design (what works and what might not) Glad I found Tiny House Basics, hope to work/build my tiny with them soon! ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on September 26, 2017 by Chad Logan
    • One step closer to my tiny house...
Format: Paperback
This was a quick read. My favorite aspect was the close-up pictures of their home that I had not previously seen on social media, but had wondered about. Some of the tips were very helpful, as I'm currently in the dreaming/designing phase of tiny house ownership. The main reason I only gave 4 stars is because the book appears to have missed the proofreading stage, and there were MANY typos, spelling, grammatical, and punctuation errors. This was quite distracting to me as I read. I also wish there was a little more detail on things like, what WAS the final cost of the build? And what kind of insulation did you choose? How much are your monthly utility expenditures? Even without these details, I still enjoyed reading this book. And I can always reach out to the authors via social media for more information. I would likely consult them for my tiny house project. ... show more
Reviewed in the United States on May 26, 2017 by Lina Metz

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