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Tour a tiny home at the Seattle RV Show

February 4, 2013 by

If you’re curious about tiny home living, there’s no better way to learn more than to tour one in person!

Seattle Tiny Homes Ballard model

You can tour a tiny home with no admission fee at the Seattle RV Show!

You can do that starting this week (February 7-10) when Seattle Tiny Homes’ Ballard model will be parked outside the Occidental Street entrance of Century Link Field. Because we’re outside the main show area, you don’t even have to pay to visit us!

Here are the details:

February 7-10, 2013
11 am – 8 pm Thursday & Friday
10 am – 8 pm Saturday
10 am – 5 pm Sunday

Additional information is available here (www.theseattleRVshow.com).

Come learn why more and more people are turning to tiny homes for vacation homes, extra space for in-laws or guests, or even as a fulltime residence. We hope to see you there!

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A tiny home instead of a tree house!

January 20, 2013 by

Fanny always thought she wanted to live in a fancy tree house in her daughter’s backyard after she retired.  That was until she toured a Seattle Tiny Home.

Being a professional artist, Fanny knows beauty when she sees it.  After experiencing a Seattle Tiny Home and talking with founder Sharon Read, Fanny realized she would rather live out her dream in a different way.  She would live in her daughter’s backyard up on a little hill in a tiny, comfortable home that was more versatile and useful in many ways than her own current home.  And she could move her home around the country and live in other children’s backyards if she wanted to take turns.

Fanny customized her Ravenna model with a bedroom on the main floor.

Fanny customized her Ravenna model with a bedroom on the main floor.

Fanny took delivery of her dream home on Christmas Eve 2012. “I love to sit here and admire all the details in this house,” says Fanny. “I feel like I’m living in a piece of art.  And I like knowing I will be able to live in this beautiful home the rest of my life – yet I’m not restricted to this one place.”

Thank you, Fanny, for giving Seattle Tiny Homes the opportunity to help you fulfill your dream!

Filed Under: News, Photos

Come see a tiny home at Whole Foods-Redmond

October 13, 2012 by

For our friends in the Puget Sound region – you’re invited to come tour a tiny home at Whole Foods-Redmond on Saturday, October 20, 2012!

Tiny home exterior

Come see our Ballard model on Saturday, October 20.

We’ll be there at the front of the store from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. with our Ballard model – a beautifully crafted tiny home with all the amenities you need for simple, sustainable living. See how you can fit a kitchen, a functional bathroom, a washer/dryer, and a comfortable living area all in 174 square feet. Plus, two sleeping areas and a mini office!

You’ll also meet Sharon Read, tiny home designer and owner of Seattle Tiny Homes. It’s a great opportunity to learn if a tiny house is right for you.

Tiny house interior

See how you can live a full life inside a tiny space!

The details again are:

Saturday, October 20, 2012
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m
Whole Foods Market - at the front of the store
17991 NE Redmond Way
Redmond, WA 98052

We hope to see you there!

Filed Under: News, Photos

Tiny homes featured in the Kitsap Sun newspaper

July 6, 2012 by

Tiny homes made headlines in this week’s Sunday edition of the Kitsap Sun, a newspaper serving the Kitsap Peninsula in western Washington. Reporter Amy Phan did a great job interviewing Seattle Tiny Homes founder Sharon Read and telling more about the tiny home movement.

You can read the full story here, and also watch a video here.

Thank you, Amy and the Kitsap Sun, for a great article and for spreading the word about the tiny house movement!

Filed Under: News, Photos, Videos

Thank You

June 12, 2012 by

A big THANK YOU to everyone who purchased a tiny home or backyard cottage from Seattle Tiny Homes this spring! We appreciate your trust, and enjoy having this opportunity to help you fulfill your dreams. We’ve designed each model individually for each customer, and look forward to bringing these handcrafted homes to life!

Filed Under: News, Photos

Come see a tiny home at the Mother Earth News Fair this weekend!

June 1, 2012 by

It’s hard to understand the attraction of tiny home living until you’ve actually experienced one. There’s a feeling of serenity and happiness that comes over you when you step into a beautifully crafted tiny dwelling and realize that everything you need for comfortable living is within just a few feet of you.

You’re attracted to the sustainability of living in this kind of home with a minimal environmental footprint and minuscule utility bills. You love the fact that cleaning it would only take minutes. And you imagine the possibilities of a much, much lower house payment (perhaps even none).

Or perhaps you’re envisioning a tiny dwelling as a vacation home, an office/studio, or a backyard cottage for an older family member, college student, or guests.

If a tiny home of any kind is appealing to you, come see our Ballard model at the Mother Earth News Fair this weekend! Here are the details:

June 2-3, 2012
Puyallup Fairgrounds
110 9th Avenue Southwest
Puyallup, Wash. 98371
Saturday Fair hours: 9:00 AM-7:00 PM
Sunday Fair hours: 9:00 AM-6:00 PM

Seattle Tiny Homes will be at booth 940 – two rows up from the food court. Stop by and say hi – we’d love to see you there!

About the Fair
MOTHER EARTH NEWS FAIRS are fun-filled, family-oriented sustainable lifestyle events. The Puyallup Fair features practical, hands-on demos and workshops in:
• Renewable energy
• Small-scale agriculture
• Gardening
• Green building and more

Go here to learn more and buy tickets.

Filed Under: News, Photos

Thanks to everyone who visited us in Seattle!

March 28, 2012 by
People visiting Ballard model tiny home.

Participants from the Tumbleweed Tiny House seminar in Seattle checking out the Ballard model.

Ballard tiny house in Seattle

Welcome to our tiny house!

A view of the kitchen and a sleeping loft.

A few weeks ago, our Ballard model made its first-ever public appearance . . . at the Tumbleweed Tiny House workshop in Seattle. We had a great time meeting tiny home fans from around the country, and we appreciate everyone who visited and their enthusiasm. Thank you! We were too busy talking to people to take photos, but fortunately, Derek “Deek” Diedricksen of relaxshacks.com was there with a camera and got some great shots that we’re sharing today. Thanks, Deek, and be sure to visit his website to see all the photos and check out his tiny home books!

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Take a look at our finished Ballard model

February 16, 2012 by

We’re way behind on blogging (hard to write when you’re building!), but we wanted you to see a picture of the finished product. If you want to see it, it will be in the Seattle area on February 25 and later. Let us know if you’d like to make an appointment to see it. Just email us: info@seattletinyhomes.com. We’ll try to catch up later with some additional blog posts about how it was constructed.

Filed Under: General, Photos

Make a house look like a home (and keep it stable)

December 30, 2011 by


For a truly homelike feel, there’s nothing like cedar siding on the exterior. For the Ballard model we’re building, we used kiln-dried, tight-knot cedar. We chose a lap pattern with a seven-inch reveal alternating with a one and three-quarter-inch reveal. We love the distinctive look it gives.


Here’s a close-up of one of the dormer windows. We used cedar sidewall shakes rather than continuing with the siding. Someone is going to enjoy his or her view out of the little red window!


A bay window also adds a homelike touch, but window manufacturers don’t build bay windows small enough for tiny homes! So we had one custom built. It’s installed at the back of the home and adds a sense of light and extra space.


Each corner of the tiny home is secured with a hurricane tie-down. For added safety, the stud securing the hurricane tie-down is affixed to five inch steel tubing on the trailer.


In addition to working on our tiny home, our building team has been busy with another tiny structure. We thought you’d enjoy a shot of their handiwork. Notice the classic gambrel roof that makes this little building really stand out.

Filed Under: Construction, Photos, Safety & Stability, Siding, Windows

Details that make a difference

December 19, 2011 by


So what’s this and why are we showing it? It’s an image of the tiny home’s electrical box (above), which is where electrical power enters the structure. It’s also the location for the breakers. We also wanted you to notice the metal drip edge and extra flashing just above the box. It’s details like this, duplicated over all the windows and door, that ensure that air and moisture stay in their places.


Here’s another detail you might appreciate on the Ballard model tiny home we are currently building. We’re putting beautiful kiln-dried, tight-knot cedar siding on it, and we insert a metal plate – like the one you see above in the photo – behind the planks at every seam. Why? It’s just one more step to keep water out so the happy owner of this home will never have to deal with mold or rot.


The exterior of the Ballard model tiny home we’re building will soon be done! Here’s a shot of the cedar framing we’re adding to all the doors and windows (above). You’ll also notice the double flashing system to keep water and moist air out of the home. The first line of defense is the metal drip edge that slightly overhangs the window or door. Then, in addition, we’re also using Tyvek flashing tape to seal the top of the metal drip edge – creating an additional line of defense.

Filed Under: Construction, Electrical, Photos, Siding, Windows
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