Prefab and Portable Living Best of 2008

To those who harbor dreams of hitting the open road or shacking up in a tiny modernist prefab cabin in the wilderness: this roundup is for you. Tiny homes, trailers, and prefabs are hot right now, and we've covered the trends in both our house tours and regular posts. Jump below for prefab and portable living, split into six categories: house tours, trailer and RV living, tiny prefabs, not-so-tiny prefabs, shipping container homes, and prefab economics...

Posts shown above are in bold.

Prefab and Portable House Tours:

• Chicago House Tour: James and Rui's Prefab Paradise

• Chicago House Tour: Mark and Katie's Cross-Country T@B Trip

• House Tour Update: James and Rui's LVL Home

• Chicago House Tour: Michelle Kaufmann's Smart Home

• SF House Tour: The Janssen Family's Roving Abode

Trailer and RV Living:

• Little House on the Trailer

• Look! Small Space Living...In a Garbage Truck

• Life in a FEMA Trailer

• Small Space Ideas from an Airstream Trailer

• How Many Small Space Ideas Can You Spot in This Trailer?

• Living on the Road: Motor Homes and RVs

• The Portable Cabin: Natural Log RV

• How to Live Simply in a 39 Foot RV

Tiny Prefabs:

• Modern Prefab Sheds

• Prefab Within Reach: Kithaus at DWR

• CNN Profiles the Tiny House Movement

• The Tumbleweed Tiny House Company

• The $99,000 Solar Home: WeeHouse SMALL On Sale

• Katrina Cottages

• Mini House and Floating House by Jonas Wagell Design

Not-So-Tiny Prefabs:

• Prefab, Fifty Years Later

• The weeHouse Gets Bigger

• Zamore Kit Homes: Pre-Fab Quicker and Cheaper?

• Home Delivery: Prepping the Prefab Housing Exhibition at MoMA

• Survey: Do You Like Pre-Fab Homes?

• Prefab Modernism by Werner Sobek

• Method Prefab Cabins

• Blogging Wired: Best Prefab Houses

Shipping Container Homes:

• Shipping Container Homes by PFNC Global Communities

• Stylish Modern Homes from Shipping Containers

• Cargotecture

• Shipping Container Art Studios

• Container House by Leger Wanaselja Architecture

Prefab Economics:

• Modern Prefab Homeowners Dish on Their Digs

• End of Prefabs?

• Is Building A Prefab Cheaper Than Buying An Existing Home?

• Is Prefab Housing Poised for a Profit?

Comments (4)

Be sure and check out www.umhmag.com (a new magazine from Santa Barbara, CA) for more great articles and ideas on all these categories... amazing stuff happening!

I want a T@B. I've never been inspired by the mobile home lifestyle before, but the first time I saw a T@B, I just wanted it desperately.

One of my neighbors used to have a T@B trailer parked in front of their house, and I always felt a pang of jealousy when I'd drive or bike by it. I really, really want one too.

Question about T@B trailers.
Do you call them "tab" or is it like it looks, t at b?
Regardless, they're adorable!