Charlie Wing - The Tiny House Handbook

Charlie Wing

For the next generation...
in hopes they restore
us to sanity

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Copyright 2021 by Charlie Wing. All rights reserved

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Published simultaneously in Canada

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Names: Wing, Charles, 1939- author.

Title: The tiny house handbook / Charlie Wing.

Description: Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, [2020] | Includes index.

Identifiers: LCCN 2020031687 (print) | LCCN 2020031688 (ebook) | ISBN 9781119581871 (paperback) | ISBN 9781119581895 (adobe pdf) | ISBN 9781119581864 (epub)

Subjects: LCSH: Small housesDesign and constructionHandbooks, manuals, etc. | House constructionHandbooks, manuals, etc. | House constructionPictorial works.

Classification: LCC NA7533 .W56 2020 (print) | LCC NA7533 (ebook) | DDC 728/.37dc23

LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020031687

LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2020031688

Cover Design: Wiley

Cover Illustrations: Courtesy of Charlie Wing

The idea of living in a tiny house is not new. Outside of the developed world, most of the worlds people live in shelters no larger than those now defined in the US as tiny (less than 400 square feet). We have all read of and seen photographs of the Eskimo igloo, Native American teepee, Bedouin Arab tent, Gypsy vardo, Mongolian yurt, and Aboriginal dome. These are not temporary shelters, nor are they what Americans call starter homes. Rather, they are, and have been for millennia, the standard homes for their cultures.

For reasons this book does not address, the average new home in the US has grown to 2,400 square feet of living space, four bedrooms, three bathrooms, and a two-car garage. While many, and probably most, Americans aspire to ownership of these McMansions, an increasing number are questioning, What if a person gets everything and its not enough?

The tiny house movement is not just about tiny houses. Its about lifestyle; its about less is more; its about a smaller footprint but a larger life.

There are already many books on the tiny house philosophy and lifestyle.