By James Witts If you’re beginning the process of building your new home, you likely are already aware of how the costs are going to stack up. Creating a home is not cheap, and while you may be overwhelmed already by the total cost, you should consider planning for an eco-friendly home. While some eco-friendly […]
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Space Saving Ideas for Small Houses
The tiny space you decide to live in must be used effectively. This is achieved through smart, often multi-purpose, furniture. To provide inspiration, I have compiled a few well-known as well as less-well-known space saving ideas for small houses which are mostly quite easy to construct. Space saving tables and chairs The classic dining furniture […]
Interview With A New Proud Owner Of an A-Frame Cabin Plan – DAN BABAN
Remember Alexis? Well she has arisen from the… from its foundations, this time in Romania! Yup, that’s right! Romania! Our little baby has made it all the way down to mountainside, and what is more, *shed tear*, she is making the people around her even happier, and here is how it all came to be: […]
An Interview with Dianna Greetan, a Proud Owner of one of our Sustainable Cottage Plans
We are so happy to have Dianna for this interview. Many thanks for her time, and mainly, for her positive comments! If you are considering buying one of our house plans, here are ideas from one of proud owners of our house plans, Louise, more precisely. Njoy! What made you choose pinup houses? How did […]
Brand New Member to Our Pin-Up Houses Family!
Aloha, everyone! We are so proud to inform you that our family has become even bigger with a brand-new family member – Elisabeth. This time, the pictures are from Hawaii! Her majesty Elisabeth is beginning to arise from the ashes to rise and shine and to reign (with its view) over the beautiful lands of […]
Timber – Beams, Boards, Planks, Joists… for Your Small House!
Buying the correct timber (Beams, Boards, Planks, Joists…) In previous entries to our blog, we discussed what to be careful with when building foundations, floors supporting walls and many other things. In this entry, we want to focus on types of timber. Believe us, there’s much more to building houses than just a few wooden […]
Free Cabin Plans
Free cabin plans available to download HERE. We are architects who are big supporters of tiny house movements and concentrate on designing easy to build micro house plans off all kinds. You have probably noticed that, if you have been following us alreadt, but maybe you just stumbled upon our small house blog for the very […]
Prefab Tiny House France, Part 2
Construction of our experimental prefabricated tiny house continues successfully. We are assembling wall, floor and roof panels. Refresh your memories of what we have done so far here and then enjoy these new pictures!
Prefab Tiny House France, Part 1
The process how I am building the new Pin-Up Prefabricated house called France!
Cabin Cheryl – Press Release & Pictures
Download press release & pictures of the Cheryl Cabin project: pictures + press-release The Cheryl cabin Location: Czech Republic, south of Prague Costs: $2,900 Construction time: 28 days Number of builders: 1 Design: Joshua Woodsman- architect In the beginning, I dreamed about designing small living spaces, which could be built by anyone anywhere. This led to the […]
New York City
Hi there! My second post is here. I would like to tell you about our trip. We, me and Joshua, decided to visit NYC couple weeks ago. The main reason of our visit was the modern and interesting architecture of the city. I was really happy to be there, truthfully mainly because of Joshua, because it’s […]
Mind Map
I created mind-map of the Pin-Up Houses project yesterday. I tried to find the right way for my enthusiasm. I have to find the best mood that my dreams could come to reality. Mind-map is a suitable tool to connect your dreams with the proper plans, so you can see all aspects of your project together. […]
Let’s Build a Cabin!
I will start building cabin Cheryl next week. I bought wood and other parts of the cabin in a store according to the material list. I will take all the material to the building site over Easter and prepare everything. I will install a time-lapse camera and shoot some short clips during the construction. After that […]
My Personal Blog
Hi, I am starting to post some news from my business. I will be posting some pictures of new cabins and cottages. I hope that my modest articles will be inspiration for builders throughout the world. Have fun, Joshua Woodsman