Tumbleweed Houses on Tour This Summer

One of the sweetest and most tiny of all prefabbed small spaces, the Tumbleweed Home is going to embark on a West Coast tour this summer so that you can see one up close and personal. All the houses that Tumbleweed have designed fall between 50 and 500 square feet and $15,000 and $40,000. Some, like the one pictured, are even roadworthy. Check out the workshops they're offering and when they'll be in a town near you.

The tour schedule has them starting in the Pacific Northwest and working their way down to Southern California by the end of July. This means they're actually driving one of the Tumbleweed homes this entire route and living in it as they travel:

7/24 - Open House in San Luis Obispo
7/25 - Open House in Santa Barbara
7/25 - Open House in Los Angeles
7/26 - Building Workshop in Los Angeles
7/27 - Design Workshop in Los Angeles
7/28 - Open House in San Diego

Check out some of the workshops they'll be offering including the Small Space Design Workshop:

We will focus on how to design a small house of your own. We will discuss what is the human element of living in a smaller space, and you will be taught the tools to design a small home that meets your personal needs. You will have a chance to talk with Jay Shafer, national expert on small living, about the various choices to make about living small.

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It's a California tour, not a West Coast tour. Seattle needs some inspirational downsizing also!

posted by mschwartz on June 17th 2008 at 11:25am
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All right, so I didn't read it correctly. My bad. I'll be in attendance.

posted by mschwartz on June 17th 2008 at 11:27am
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I discovered these little homes a few weeks ago and love them! I'll have to check the tour - thanks for the post!
http://lovinglivingsmall.blogspot.com/2008/04/appreciating-small-space-dwellings.html

posted by lovinglivingsmall on June 17th 2008 at 11:35am
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If you live somewhere that will even let you put one of these in the backyard, why not do a Cob structure instead. I noticed the tour is missing Sacramento completely which is silly as Sacramento homes, for the most part, have enough room on the lots to put one of these. SF lots are crazy small.

posted by Renngrrl on June 17th 2008 at 2:18pm
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