Monthly Archives: February 2009

Tiny house tour

By Mike (tfb) | Published: Sat Feb 28, 2009
This little video tour gave me a bit of a feel for extreme tiny living. The house is around 100 sq. ft. (not sure if that includes the attic sleeping-storage space). The tour guide is Jay Shafer, founder of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. He’s been living in, designing, building, and selling plans for tiny [...]
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Bed time

By Mike (tfb) | Published: Fri Feb 27, 2009
What to do with the bed when you’re up and about? If you have room for a loft or sleeping niche set up high and out of the way, that’s cool. Otherwise, the bed just lies there all day, taking up space in an unhelpful way. I’m going the folding futon sofa bed route for [...]
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Enter the rice cooker

By Mike (tfb) | Published: Fri Feb 20, 2009
Took the plunge into a sea of automatic rice cookers today with this Black & Decker 6-cup rice cooker, almost the smallest you can get (there’s a 3-cup, too), only $20 (on sale for 15!). It comes with a steamer basket, so you can steam veggies as well. And you can use it for things [...]
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