Big Ideas, Tiny House

Everything's bigger in Texas … except the tiny house

"...Merete Mueller and Christopher Smith show in the documentary TINY: A Story About Living Small, the concept of home..."

March 10, 2013 SXSW Post by Nora Ankrum

The Good Eye: A (Tiny) Room of One's Own

You call that a small house? This is a small house!

"...to live in a cupboard. To understand who loves tiny houses and why, I scrolled through the comments section..."

April 11, 2014 Column by Amy Gentry

Big Ideas Behind Tiny Town

High school students use STEM skills to create a miniature wonderland at Zilker

"...it is again in miniature, at the heart of Tiny Town. Unlike its giant counterpart, this one changes color,..."

Dec. 19, 2014 News Feature by Richard Whittaker

Habitat for Humanity Builds More Than Houses Foundation of Faith

"...any given time, Habitat has between five and seven houses in various stages of construction; they hope to dedicate..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Features Feature by Jay Hardwig

The Good Eye: Tiny House

The Zilker Faerie Homes & Gardens Tour is just a teeny bit adorable.

"...variety. This miniature house, created and submitted by Pixie Houses Inc., boasts square inch-age to die for and plenty..."

April 10, 2014 Photo Gallery

Day Trips: Kingsland

Tiny homes make a big splash in vacation rentals

"...Granite Lake Rentals outside of Kingsland has two tiny homes on a 4-acre lake for rent that are..."

Aug. 17, 2018 Column by Gerald E. McLeod

Tiny House Tour

It's bigger than a movement

"...SXSW Film Conference Quick Cuts Tiny House Tour..."

March 15, 2013 Screens Feature by Nora Ankrum

My Best Fiend

"...made for other directors. It's strange that such a tiny slice of an actor's output would link him forever..."

March 17, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Dangerous Woman

"...hostilities, illicit sex, mental impairment, alcohol and sprawling old houses. Martha Horgan (Winger) is a damaged woman, slightly impaired..."

Dec. 3, 1993 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

To Marfa, on a Tuesday in December

When high art and hipness move in, what happens to a tiny Texas town?

"...believe in equality: When rich folks buy poor folks' houses, the inequalities of class float right to the surface,..."

Dec. 23, 2005 Arts Feature by Dan Keane

The Real Housewives of Ciudad Juárez

Living double lives in the shadow of the border

"...The street they live on is lined with 40 tiny houses that look like matchboxes, with pastel-colored curlicues swirled..."

Oct. 18, 2013 News Feature by Debbie Nathan

A Man Named Pearl

A self-taught topiary artist in South Carolina is profiled in this amiable but unadventurous documentary.

"...the east and Camden to the west, sits the tiny city of Bishopville, population 4,000. Bishopville, with a farming..."

Aug. 8, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Sliding Doors

"...with the obstreperous aluminum patio portals in soulless suburban houses. Quite the contrary. This lovely little British movie is..."

April 24, 1998 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

TinyFest Texas: Let’s Get Small

Tiny houses on wheels, shipping container homes, and more

"...Find out this weekend during TinyFest at Pioneer Farms, where you can meet the DIYers,..."

Sept. 23, 2021 Design Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

Three Pint-Sized Specialty Food Stores Sprout in Austin

Hold me closer tiny grocer

"...goods. Here are three new local options to try. Tiny Grocer1718 S. Congress; www.tinygrocer.com..."

April 9, 2021 Food Feature by Andrew Turner

Public Notice: Major League

Pushed by mayor, City Council takes the leap

"...The Tiny House movement, as a reaction to suburban sprawl and..."

Aug. 17, 2018 News Column by Nick Barbaro

One More Detour on Holly Street

Power plant demolition delay reprises neighborhood history

"...form of ill-fitting townhomes and duplexes towering over wood-frame houses. As with many neighborhood plans, the Holly plan's stated..."

Jan. 21, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Between Round Rock and a Hard Place

Northridge Acres can't find water, water anywhere.

"...pipes are too small and hooked to too many houses...."

Nov. 15, 2002 News Feature by Walter Howerton Jr

Professor Dumpster Wanted a Dialogue – He Got One

Nora Ankrum responds to the bowtie backlash

"...that took the “less is more” premise of the tiny-house movement to an unprecedented and bizarre extreme. One goal..."

March 11, 2015 News Post by Nora Ankrum

9 Texas Day Trips That Will Inspire You to Hit the Road

We dip our toe in the nearly 1,500 columns from our resident day tripper

"...and wrote his 1,450th this week. We took a tiny sampling of those to keep you moving about the..."

May 13, 2019 Events Post by Gerald E. McLeod

Public Notice: Density vs. Affordability

It is categorically impossible for market forces to build housing in the central city that is affordable by any definition of that word

"...latched on to it as an unexpected windfall: multiple tiny houses springing up where now there is one sprawling..."

Feb. 19, 2016 News Column by Nick Barbaro

Loss of Old Homes Fuels East Austin Debate

Juniper Street says goodbye to another old soul

"...neighborhood leaders have vowed to try to salvage the tiny houses that were once home to Austin's earliest African-American..."

June 17, 2011 News Feature by Amy Smith

Independent Coffee Shops for a Festival Refuel

Seven artisanal java houses worth checking out

"...locally. Be sure to check out these artisanal java houses. Idlewild Coffee..."

March 8, 2024 Food Feature by Taylor Tobin

The Luv Doc: Doing the Legwork for Love

The mighty oak begins with a tiny acorn

"...he was right. The mighty oak begins with a tiny acorn. You can't just wave your wand, scream "Shazam!"..."

April 12, 2019 Column by The Luv Doc

Formerly Homeless Find Good Neighbors at Community First! Village

A week’s stay at Austin’s most talked about neighborhood

"...people live on the property in trailers or custom-designed tiny houses. That number includes missionals, in addition to the..."

Nov. 16, 2018 News Feature by Nina Hernandez

LDC Naivete

"...and vertically orientated single-family or duplex housing (other than tiny houses) with their 2019 land costs, material costs, labor..."

Dec. 10, 2019 Postmarks

Community Gardens to Fulfill Your Secret Farmer Fantasy

Local veggie spots and how to get a plot of your own

"...Do you live in a dorm or tiny apartment? Have pets intent on annihilating anything with leaves..."

Oct. 27, 2018 Food Post by Melanie Laporte

A CodeNEXT Questionnaire

"...prices. The new "missing middle" housing types (cottages, ADUs, tiny houses) could provide smaller, somewhat less expensive choices for..."

June 9, 2017 News Feature by Sarah Marloff

MondoCon Heads Downtown

Pop culture print gathering to occupy Statesman space

"...American-Statesman offices now that the riverfront property no longer houses its printworks. At least its fate is clear for..."

April 6, 2017 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

The Luv Doc: Always High

Who doesn't love sodomy?

"...As far as Mr. Wake and Bake, I can..."

Feb. 26, 2016 Column by The Luv Doc

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