Giving Tuesday was created in 2012 as a simple idea: a day that encourages people to do good. Over the past ten years, this idea has grown into a global movement that inspires hundreds of millions of people to give, collaborate, and celebrate generosity. Wind River would like to celebrate this year's Giving Tuesday by encouraging you to donate to a cause that is meaningful to you. Here are a few causes that are close to our heart.

Creative new housing options are emerging that allow older residents to stay in their community, but in a place better suited to their needs than their long-held home.

Wind River presents Tellico tiny home model to building officials at the International Code Council's annual Conference and Expo to showcase build quality and suitability for full-time living.

With Chattanooga constantly growing and undertaking various developments, we figured it was time to talk about the cost of planting some roots in the Scenic City. Check out this article by Nooga Today. They have broken down the cost of living in Chattanooga, TN, comparing it to other states and the US national average.

Peace Village includes five unique floor plans to support a variety of small households. The compact homes are extremely energy-efficient, and are designed to use around 50% of the amount of energy as a similar sized home built to minimum code standards.

Learn how camping has evolved over the years and what the next-generation camper is looking for in campgrounds and other accommodations today.

Homelessness is a consistent problem the City of Chattanooga has been trying to deal with. And a new pilot program is trying to help aid the situation while they work on a more permanent solution. The City of Chattanooga announced Friday that they've launched a new pilot program utilizing 3D-printed, single-unit structures as temporary shelters for people experiencing homelessness.

Curious about the cost-effectiveness of tiny homes? This article breaks down the financial advantages of downsizing and explains why it's a smart move for your wallet.

There are several things to consider when choosing the width of your tiny house trailer. Many people instantly think that they want the widest trailer possible to get the most room out of their house. But if you don’t think this decision through, you may end up with something you really don’t want. Wind River is a licensed trailer manufacturer, designing and overengineering the best foundations a tiny home can have.

The Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) estimates that about 33,100 veterans were homeless as of January 2022. To address the persistent problem of veteran homelessness, a bipartisan group of lawmakers has introduced a bill with grants that would facilitate the construction of LEED-certified tiny homes.

Looking for a way to add extra living space to your property? ADUs may be the solution you've been searching for. Learn more about these tiny homes with a big impact.

In this interview we delve into the world of tiny home shipping with Taylor Tefft from One Call Logistics, a renowned nationwide transport company. With their expertise in transporting tiny homes all across the country, One Call has become a go-to choice for many homeowners. We'll be exploring the intricacies of tiny home shipping and discussing the factors to consider when choosing a shipper.

South Park Cottages (nickname- THE PARK) is making history across state and nationwide becoming the 1st black-developed and 7th largest micro/tiny home community in the United States and the largest tiny home community here in Georgia.

If you think home price increases have kept up with income growth, think again. We’re all painfully aware by now that home prices are at all-time highs. Now, a new report breaks the reality further down to square footage, and the squeamish may want to turn to avert their gaze.

In this interview, Laura talks about everything from financing, site work, storage, utility set up, and what it’s like to live with large pets in a tiny home. She gives honest opinions on the reality of living tiny, and shares her own personal experience.

Looking for a way to add extra living space to your property? ADUs may be the solution you've been searching for. Learn more about these tiny homes with a big impact.

Learn about the planning process, our Chattanooga parks and outdoor opportunities, and why your input is needed.

Looking for furniture that fits your tiny home? Look no further! These four types of furniture are designed to make the most of your small space.

Owning a home won’t make you happy. Filling it with love will. Choosing whether and where to buy a home is nerve-racking even if your only concern is your wallet. But the decision is also, in no small part, an emotional one.

Welcome to the Finley St Cottages! A car lite community where preservation meets progress in a distinctive collection of homes for everyone. Inspired by the historical footprint of two 1920’s Craftsman Bungalows that have been lovingly reimagined, this incredible collection of 1, 2, & 3 bedroom homes effortlessly merges neighborly charm with modern amenities.

Right in our backyard, Chattanooga planners have approved a proposal for 46 single-family detached micro-homes in Eastdale as a developer said he's trying to bring more affordable housing to the city.

Ever wonder how tiny houses and RVs compare? This post will provide an in-depth look into how these two lifestyles differ, allowing you to make the best decision for your needs.

Need help decluttering your closet? Our guide offers five simple tips to help you downsize your wardrobe for tiny home living.

"Granny flats” are popping up in backyards across the country, affording Americans a new housing option. Some communities are not happy about it.

Need to find a comfortable, private workspace while working remotely? Our tiny office on wheels is the perfect solution! Get ready to enhance your work-life balance and experience the convenience of a mobile office setup.

Beyond Shelter is a new urban typology in Los Angeles that may hold answers for the city’s homelessness crisis.

Meet the company building luxury tiny homes in Eastern Tennessee. Could you live in a tiny home? More and more people are saying 'yes' to downsizing, and this Chattanooga team is here to help.

In this Q&A with the Chief Design Officer of Wind River Tiny Homes we discover why, for some, tiny-home living aligns with a healthy lifestyle.

In this interview, Adrianne talks about everything from inspiration, design, tiny home communities, finding land, site work, and what it’s like to work from home in a tiny house. She speaks realistically about the compromises of living tiny and gives advice for others considering the lifestyle for themselves.

The former Airport Inn could potentially turn into permanent supportive housing. Chattanooga Mayor Tim Kelly recently brought forth a plan to the City Council to turn the abandoned Airport Inn into 70+ new units of permanent supportive housing complete with wraparound services.p>

It's incredibly important to understand proportions when designing the interior of your small space. Accurately placing furniture and pieces within a tiny home can make a major difference in how the space feels. This article lays out various simple and affordable steps to make your small space feel larger according to Atlanta’s top interior designers.

Tiny houses and homelessness are frequently discussed together. In this Wind River Interview Nolan English speaks with us about his nonprofit organization, Traveling Grace Ministries, and the importance of both emergency housing and wrap-around, supportive services.

Breaking Tiny House News! In Santa Cruz, people may now move a tiny house on wheels onto a residential property, and then live in it. This will save years off the usual process of building a house, obtaining many building permits, inspections, and costly utility hookup requirements.

Whether you already manage a short-term rental or are considering leasing your second home, it’s highly likely you’re considering listing on Airbnb. This article will explain the ins and outs of what's required to get your property listed, as well as a few insider tips and tricks.

Bigger isn’t always better—think of the tiny home trend and the overall popularity of downsizing. In many cases, less is more. Tiny living can require considerable downsizing efforts, but how can you downsize the space you're in? This article discusses various ways to cut back on the excess within your home.

This week we reflect nationwide on the goodness in our lives. We set aside differences, gather around a table with those we love, and share a home-cooked meal with gratefulness as the centerpiece.

We often focus on the small steps to becoming more eco friendly like reducing, reusing, and recycling. These are great habits to implement in daily life, but how can we make a difference through other, bigger, decisions. Buying a house, choosing a car, and deciding where to live have a huge impact on the environment.

We all love a nice cabin in the woods, but chances are you probably still want internet at your tiny home. This article discusses the options currently available for rural internet service as well as the pros and cons associated with each.

"NIMBY," an acronym for "not in my back yard," is a word to describe those who oppose developments in their neighborhoods that they view as undesirable. Often, a primary argument is that increased density will negatively impact the values of existing single-family homes. But a report released by the Kem C. Gardner Policy Institute at the University of Utah suggests otherwise. Single-family homes in Salt Lake County located within half a mile of new construction apartment units actually saw higher overall price appreciation than houses located farther away. Salt Lake County Mayor Jenny Wilson says, "We are going to need to embrace density in our communities, and with that, there’s a responsibility of developers to do it well."

There’s a new tiny home community opening in 2023 with an amazing story and mission. Tiny Timbers Agrihood is a planned community that incorporates agriculture into a residential neighborhood. Each of the 16 spaces at Tiny Timbers includes space in the communal gardens and access to an orchard and food forest, composting, root cellar, bee yard, greenhouse, crop farming, raised garden beds, chicken coop, and more!

We recently had the pleasure of sitting down virtually with one of our clients that we built for in 2019. In just three years, Stacey has traveled with her 36’ tiny home “The Vista” from Texas to Colorado, and eventually put down some semi-permanent roots in an RV Resort in Utah. While she owns a home in Iowa, she travels out to her tiny home as much as she can. She lives with freedom and autonomy, and in this interview she shares what she’s learned along the way. Her foremost bit of advice for aspiring tiny home dwellers is “Know where you’re going to park your tiny home!”

Exclusionary zoning practices have shaped the history of America’s cities for decades, and now our leaders struggle to dismantle these barriers. Tim McCormick advocates for legalizing vehicle residency in the Cascadia area and details the progress as well as the remaining challenges mobile dwellers face. We need innovative solutions to affordability. Why not allow people to create their own American Dream with mobile housing?

One of the trickiest parts about tiny home living is finding a place to park. You can avoid the hassle by joining an established tiny home community.

The American household has been shrinking for 50 years and counting, yet we keep building larger and larger. Homes less than 1400 square feet used to make up the vast majority of annual new construction in the post WWII era. That number has dwindled to less than 10% in recent years, and at a time when over half of America lives as 1-2 person households. Why the massive misalignment? This New York Times article tracks the disappearance of small homes and the modern barriers preventing their comeback..

Going tiny on a piece of property you own is a not-so-tiny undertaking. We get it! We aim to be a resource for all tiny home enthusiasts.

Community and family are key components to our overall happiness. Yet, one of the fallouts of the housing recession is that aging in place has become more difficult, with few options to downsize within one's community. This forces people to move farther away from families and friends, contributing to feelings of loneliness and isolation. We can do better for ourselves and our families by advocating for a New Urbanist approach to city growth, adopting ADU-friendly ordinances, and supporting the development of walkable neighborhoods.

Less can be more—more rewarding, more financially freeing, more reflective of the things that matter most. It can also mean more cost per square foot. Why is that? We get this question pretty frequently, so let’s talk about it!

The tiny home movement is championed by people rewriting what it means to live the American Dream. But people have also found other solutions to alternative housing, exploring multi-family arrangements in areas where the middle class is being squeezed out of home ownership. Learn how one Oakland family found an unexpected fondness for the community-minded ethos of co-living.

With the tiny home movement on the rise, the legal barriers to tiny living are making their way into headlines. In response to the current housing shortage in America, many cities are making room for housing alternatives, but many cities have implemented minimum square footage requirements that make smaller housing alternatives impossible.

The tiny homes movement has grown significantly in the last decade, but tiny homes are still not legal everywhere. Learn more about where tiny homes are and are not legal.

Proper crisis preparation is important, but may be a bit more challenging if you're living tiny. Here are 6 tips to get you started.

As of July, tiny houses on wheels are now permitted in Blaine County, Idaho. Robin Butler with NOAH shares this breaking news.

Going tiny can be overwhelming. Alaska with The Tiny House Concierge shares some tips and offers education and consultation services for those starting on their tiny home journey.

Learn about the benefits of tiny homes on wheels for tiny home community development and short term rental properties.

For those interested in homesteading or an off-grid lifestyle, here are 10 micro homesteading tips for tiny living.

Learn more about Chattanooga ADUs and the opportunities this new ordinance brings to our community.

Tiny home builders are fielding an increasing number of inquiries from those dreaming of going tiny or investing in a tiny home as an ADU for an extra revenue source. The Institute of Justice has some great high level information on what you should know about zoning regulations and types of tiny structures. Check out their post on how to live legal in a tiny home! (Image: Giordano Poloni)

A tiny living room doesn’t have to mean small style. Check out this post from Spruce with lots of great living room ideas for living tiny.

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to live as a family with small children in a tiny home? We recently did an interview with Wind River tiny

Land is so scarce in the densely populated City of Clarkston that few new residential units have been built in the past decade. Going small could help this.

The average size of houses in the US has steadily increased over the past several decades—more than 1,000 square feet since the 1970s (a 60% increase). At the same time

This month, City Council members in Oakland, California unanimously voted to approve a creative housing ordinance legalizing the use of RV's and tiny homes as dwellings on private property. The Construction Innovation Ordinance (COI) puts Oakland among the nation's leaders in addressing the dire need for more affordable housing options.

Discover fair pricing for tiny homes and see how you can get the best tiny home for your money.

Learn how you can reduce your carbon footprint through tiny home living and make a positive impact on the environment.

This tiny home showcase features the Lupine, a Wind River legacy tiny house with a warm, inviting palette that mirrors its mountain home.

There's a lot to consider when preparing a site plan for your tiny home. This post will give you some pointers and help get you oriented with where to start and what questions to ask.

We often read about things we can do within the home itself to live a more sustainable lifestyle, but there are also things we can do for the landscape around our homes. Check out Shades of Green Permaculture's recent blog post on how to expand your positive impact to the land around you.

This article provides a treasure trove of information on the different parking options available for tiny homes. Finding a place to park is the first and often largest hurdle for tiny home ownership. Explore your options with the help of this detailed guide from The Tiny Life.

We get inquiries every week from families with small children looking to downsize into a tiny home. Is it possible? Will we all fit? Check out this article from Tiny Home Builders to help gauge your family's readiness to take the plunge.

Atlanta now has a micro-cottage community in a ground-breaking new development on a half-acre property in Clarkston. This climate-conscious village consists of 8 tiny cottages on foundation incorporating solar panels and regenerative landscaping. Check it out!

This post highlights the incredible work by Mobile Loaves & Fishes in Austin, TX to create a transformative residential program serving people experiencing chronic homelessness.

Learn about our collaboration with Ingenity Electric to build an Experience Center for the world’s first 100% electric towboat—the multisport Super Air Nautique GS22E.

Kudos to Mayor Mendenhall and the other strategic partners in an initiative for affordable housing for the homeless in Salt Lake City.

We interview a previous client about living in a tiny home community, and the benefits of having a developer set up your home and living with like-minded people. We also talk about some advice for living with less and maximizing your living space by extending it outdoors.

This post features a permaculture concept for a tiny home pocket neighborhood, created by our friends at Shades of Green Permaculture.

We interview a previous client and tiny home dweller about the challenges, frustrations, and triumphs of their tiny home journey. She offers important insight into zoning and permitting, electric, and water, as well as other general advice about going tiny.

Thinking about going tiny? Here are some things to consider before taking the plunge.

Some things to consider and questions to ask when looking for a tiny home builder.

Learn more about Park Model RV certification and the challenge of understanding the legality of tiny home placement.

A place where people share land, tips, and ideas about all things tiny. Tiny house communities create a place where people can coexist in their tiny homes. In this post we take a look at tiny house communities on the East Coast.

Whether you're already a tiny house dweller or just beginning to make plans, this post hits on some important tiny home maintenance considerations.

This post includes some of our favorite tiny house interior design features. Unique accents can help make your home an expression of who you are.

This tiny home showcase features the Lykke, a 24ft Wind River legacy tiny house with a cozy interior inspired by Danish design.

Take a closer look at Wind River's legacy build The Mayflower, a 24 ft tiny home with dark cherry stains and sea glass blues.

Take a deeper dive into Wind River's legacy tiny house The Rook. The industrial style of The Rook, with an old-world feel, showcases Wind River's ability to capture any aesthetic and to create a look and feel that is unique to each client.

One of our legacy tiny homes, The Pacific Drift, was exported to Japan! Read our post about some of the challenges of shipping a house to another country.

This post features the Penobscot, one of Wind River's legacy builds. Named after the river in Maine, this tiny home is reminiscent of the coastal cottages of Maine.