{"id":3701,"date":"2007-10-18T12:02:43","date_gmt":"2007-10-18T16:02:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.yummy-wakame.com\/archives\/2007\/10\/18\/3701"},"modified":"2007-10-18T12:02:43","modified_gmt":"2007-10-18T16:02:43","slug":"the-tiniest-house-in-the-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/2007\/10\/the-tiniest-house-in-the-world\/","title":{"rendered":"The Tiniest House In The World"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t help but envy Jay Shafer. For the past 10 years he has been living in a tiny wooden house the size I&#8217;ve always wanted to live in, without any clutter and he sleeps in a divine mezzanine bed. A portable home that can be relocated anywhere he wants to live &#8211; on a river or even up in a tree. (If he was living up in a tree that would be officially unfair). Jay is a designer specializing in sustainable architecture and urban planning. You can find out more about him <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumbleweedhouses.com\" rel=\"external\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.indianpad.com\/view\/53266\" rel=\"external\">Here are some gorgeous interior photos of his home.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><object type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" data=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HGu8ce-TyJw\" width=\"330\" height=\"275\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/HGu8ce-TyJw\" \/><\/object><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;I call the first of my little hand built houses Tumbleweed. My decision to inhabit just 100 square feet arose from some concerns I had about the impact a larger house would have on the environment, and because I do not want to maintain a lot of unused or unusable space. My houses have met all of my domestic needs without demanding much in return.  The simple, slower lifestyle my homes have afforded is a luxury for which I am continually grateful.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumbleweedhouses.com\" rel=\"external\">Tumbleweed Tiny House Company<\/a> will prompt you to \u00e2\u20ac\u0153Think Different\u00e2\u20ac\u009d about the future of housing.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are all the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tumbleweedhouses.com\/houses.htm\" rel=\"external\">tiny houses<\/a> he&#8217;s designed and built. He has even made the plans available! Check out the ultra modern Z.GLASS HOUSE. Amazing designs!!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>You&#8217;re still reading? The best video of all is waiting for you!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.oprah.com\/videochannel\/videochannel_player.jhtml?video=289&#038;category=15\" rel=\"external\">Jay gives us a personal tour of his house<\/a>.<\/strong> Imagine having a simple enough life that afforded you the luxury of living this way!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I can&#8217;t help but envy Jay Shafer. For the past 10 years he has been living in a tiny wooden house the size I&#8217;ve always wanted to live in, without any clutter and he sleeps in a divine mezzanine bed. A portable home that can be relocated anywhere he wants to live &#8211; on a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[212,220,223],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogalog","category-desireth","category-the-pursuit-of-happiness"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3701\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yummy-wakame.com\/weblog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}