Author: jonave
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NestPod Tiny House by Jonathan Avery
The NestPod™ Tiny House- a new take on the mobile home, caravan or living wagon. I have just finished building the first NestPod™ which is a mobile multi use tiny house on wheels otherwise known as a caravan, living wagon etc. There are three models in the range – the Solo, Outback and Venture and four form factors. NestPods…
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NestHouse Tiny House by Jonathan Avery
Tiny House Scotland completed building the prototype NestHouse in June 2016 – a culmination of over two years research and development by designer and craftsman Jonathan Avery to produce…a highly insulated modular moveable micro house. This energy efficient, eco-friendly, sustainable Small House or Cabin, can be on-grid, off-grid or hybrid powered. It is a very comfortable 3.4m wide and is available in several lengths and module…
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Greenland Place
My favourite photo of my Dad George and I taken inside Greenland Place in Camden, London – my photography and graphics studio circa 1986. This was my second premises, having been in a Council incubator unit with Nick and our business The Image Factor, just around the corner in Carol Street Workshops for a year…
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The Shoal Sculpture
Carved poplar wood fish, copper pipe, oak base. L60cm. ©JMA2016
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Lloyd Kahn’s next book.
I am super-stoked (!) that my Nesthouse will be featured in Lloyd Kahn’s next book which is currently in preparation. Called ‘Small Houses’ it is the latest in an influential line of architectural tomes which have formed the backbone of ecological self builders’ inspiration world-wide for decades.
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Feature in Campfire Magazine
The Nesthouse and I are happy to have been featured in an article in Campfire – the online magazine for those who love the outdoors. They have written an excellent little article about Tiny Houses which gives a good contextual overview of this US phenomenon which has been part of my inspiration to create an innovative and sustainable new housing…
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Sneak peek at the Nesthouse interior!
I have been working on the interior photography of the main space in the Nesthouse this week – so here’s an early release to whet your appetite! Now you could just have your Nesthouse completed to shell finish – so it is ready for you to furnish, or, I could design and custom build every furniture item…
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The Nesthouse meets new friends!
We had a family party this weekend with friends and family travelling long distances to visit and celebrate Jo’s birthday. As a by-product, this also amounted to the Nesthouse’s debut public event with around 40 curious party-goers taking the tour! Mind you, it has had quite a few previous visits at various stages of construction by potential…
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Nesthouse Moveable Modular Small House System
I have designed the Nesthouse as a modular system – each of the three sizes 3.6m, 4.8m and 6.0m comes in a basic form (Live) available with three optional extra modules – Entry, Bathe and Sleep – giving internal areas ranging from 11.5m2 – 32.7m2
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Sparrow condo’s from Tiny House Scotland
After seeing a great piece by the RSPB on trying to help our beleaguered House Sparrows by putting up communal nest boxes – I decided it was time to ‘Practice what you preach’! These cute little birds were a very common site when I was a child – always nesting and chattering around the eaves of…
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Hare returns?
I’ve not seen a hare in the field for over two years but now we have a wheat crop next door again and I saw one over the hedge in that field the other evening. You can imagine my delight when I spotted this pair of ears on my morning walk this morning and rushed back…
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Gothic Arbour – Tiny House Scotland
Tiny House Scotland’s latest construction – a garden arbour in a neo-gothic style. To be used as a view point, weather shelter and sculptural landmark. L 2.1m x W 1.1m x H 3.3m. Heavy timber frame post and beam with new and recycled materials. Redwood shiplap cladding. Sixty degree roof. Hand cast concrete piers. Recycled windows set asymmetrically…
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Garden Gate 3
Rustic Garden gate made from treated timber and roundwood (holly) with boat hook decoration.
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Garden Gate 2
Rustic garden gate with a combination of recycled pallet, treated timber and roundwood detailing by Jonathan Avery.
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Kingfisher on Shangri La bridge.
The hide has been set up for a week or so now to catch this little chap – but then I gave up because water levels in the stream have dropped again and didn’t expect to see him until we had some rain. Hey presto, whilst eating lunch today, he arrives and stays for a…
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Knife Block
Last week we bought three new Japanese Tetsuhiro kitchen knives from Niwaki and seeing as our old knife block was looking very tired, I thought I would rattle up a new one in the workshop! This is the heavyweight replacement – alternating layers of beech and quarter-sawn oak with a danish oil finish and 12 degree…
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Artwork for Tiny House Scotland project.
Further work on updating the THS logo…(its now a year old) and producing somw promotional images for print and web!
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Latest design and build.
Just competed this post and beam framed barn at Shangri La Farm. For more photos and details visit my site at tinyhousescotland.co.uk.
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Happy Christmas everyone!!
Committed to saving the planet…here is this year’s digital Christmas card for all our family and friends around the world. Happy Christmas everyone and a prosperous New Year in 2015.
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barns
I have a few little creative ideas on the go at the moment and decided to line up some of my barn illustrations…to see where it might lead.
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Felix’s logo
Felix is out in Guatemala travelling and has started a new side line making sandwiches (well he is a chef)…on top of his usual hand crafted jewellery and knives. I had a bit of an inspirational moment and came up with this!
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Tiny House Scotland
New website started for Tiny House Scotland. Its a work in progress as the product is still at prototype stage.
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Start of the barn raising.
That’s the first bent frame up and fixed; the rest will follow pretty quickly.