Tiny House Tour Guides

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<p>We at <i>Utne Reader </i>have been fascinated with the <a href=”https://www.utne.com/environment/home-sweet-tiny-home.aspx” target=”_blank”>tiny house movement</a> since its <a href=”https://www.utne.com/mind-and-body/a-hut-of-ones-own.aspx” target=”_blank”>inception</a>, tracking micro home enthusiasts on their quest for simple, nonconsumerist living. </p>
<p>Now Christopher Smith and Merete Mueller are giving us an inside look into the tiny-house experience. The two are making a short film called <i>Tiny: A Story about Living Small</i>, which documents <a href=”http://tiny-themovie.com/about-the-film/” target=”_blank”>Smith’s adventures building a micro home from scratch</a> in the mountains of Colorado. Construction is underway, writes Mueller in <b>elephant journal,</b> but between raising walls and pounding nails, they are <a href=”http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/tiny-house-video-tour-the-110-square-foot-ico/” target=”_blank”>talking with people already living</a> in homes the size of some peoples’ bathrooms.</p>
<p>Near Telluride, for example, Daniel Aragon resides in a 110-square-foot polyhedral structure he calls <i>Ico</i>, short for <i>icosahedron</i>, a 20-sided dome. “This is a laboratory for what’s essential, what’s not essential, what’s beautiful, what inspires me . . . what’s sustainable,” he says of the home that is made from at least 50 percent recycled and reclaimed materials. Watch a video tour of Ico here:</p>
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<p>The space is minimalist, to be sure, but Aragon seems to have everything he needs. “I don’t have running water, but I like to say I have ‘walking water,'” he jokes, “as I do have a well on the property.”</p>
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<b>Sources: <a href=”http://www.elephantjournal.com/2011/08/tiny-house-video-tour-the-110-square-foot-ico/” target=”_blank”>elephant journal</a>, <a href=”http://tiny-themovie.com/” target=”_blank”>Tiny: A Story About Living Small</a>
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