Build it and They Will Come

Yesterday afternoon from 1-4 pm we held a Tumbleweed Open House. We opened the doors of the Fencl and invited folks to personally come in and experience a tiny house up close. It was a huge success! Approximately 75 people showed up over the course of the afternoon, the weather cooperated beautifully and I had a blast ‘talking tiny’. It was a wonderful way to pass a sunny Sunday afternoon, proving once again that if you ‘build it, they will come’. There is something totally appealing about downsizing your life from massive waste and overconsumption to something small and simple. Thoreau experimented with the idea over 100 years ago and created a modern day best seller, but he didn’t take it far enough, trying it out for size for one year only. Tumbleweed founder Jay Shafer has lived in a 96 square foot home for a dozen years. It can be done, it can be enjoyable, and considering the amount of major press he’s received and the immense popularity of the subject, it seems to speak to many others around the country as well. When the Fencl is not rented out to guests, we give daily tours from 10-12 noon. Folks everywhere are discovering for themselves that the idea of Tiny Living is hugely liberating!