Do-It-Yourself Downsizing: How To Build A Tiny House

Re:Do-It-Yourself Downsizing: How To Build A Tiny House by RiderOfGiraffes on Monday June 28, 2010 @06:31AM (#1467533)

Why does this turn up so often here on HN? It's cute, and interesting, and perhaps a fun hack to try to do, but I've seen it several times now.

Here's one earlier version found in 30 seconds with http://searchyc.com :

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=921959

... and here are some related links:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=659799

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=651810

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1298314

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1377012

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Re:Do-It-Yourself Downsizing: How To Build A Tiny House by dabent on Monday June 28, 2010 @11:20AM (#1468204)

To me, the most interesting "hack" here is how the Tumbleweed house company has hacked its way onto Oprah, NPR and the top result for "tiny house" on Google.

I wish my startup could do that.

They've done a remarkable job with PR and are effectively the Apple Computer of trailer homes.

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Re:Do-It-Yourself Downsizing: How To Build A Tiny House by ekanes on Monday June 28, 2010 @10:09AM (#1467947)

I'm guessing that people post it as a physical hack. Hack in the sense that they're doing more with less than "should" be possible. Add that it's mildly counter-culture and environmentally friendly, and people vote it up.

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