Tiny House Pathfinder
Tiny Houses
An Introduction & A Pathfinder
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In 1950 the average home in the United States was 1500 square feet. Today the average home is closer to 2,300 square feet. A small house is less then 600 hundred square feet. A tiny home is often less then 200 square feet and sits on a trailer. What differentiates a tiny home from a 'mobile home' or and RV is that a tiny house is often built like a traditional house but at a small scale, a classic variation on this theme is a 'gypsy wagon' or 'sheep wagon'. For the last ten years or so there has been a growing small house movement brewing in the United States. There are books, blogs, and journals dedicated to the subject. The homes themselves can be parked in a parking spot, sitting in the backyard of another house or on a plot all their own. These houses are the central component to the small house movement, but the movement itself has a unique philosophic backing concerning notions of downsizing ones own life and often have sustainability, simplicity and self sufficiency.
Pathfinder
This pathfinder is intended for individuals living in America who have interest in the small or tiny house movement. This could be anyone from architects or builders to any individual who has an interest in downsizing their lives and the space they live in. Likely these people live in suburban or rural areas where land is more plentiful, though tiny houses can also be of interest to people living in small apartments in the city (who are in need of innovative storage solutions which are often integral to the designs of tiny houses). Though likely not of interest to most children tiny houses are of potential interest to everyone, regardless of age or economic status. The library-type where these individuals would seek for information on this topic is likely the public library. The ideal patron would be an individual interested more in the philosophy of the movement and less an individual looking for a building guide.
Books
Online Resources
Print Resources
Note of warning - the majority, but not all of the Print Resources have links to Lexis Nexis Academic Database.