Intersecting Interests: Church and Small Portable Spaces

From October 2008 National Geographic

DRIVING FAITH
"New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Maryland, with a combined population smaller than Poland...have more automobiles in service than the whole world outside of the United States," wrote William Joseph Showalter in his October 1923 National Geographic article, "The Automobile Industry." Pictured in that issue was one of those New York cars in service—to a higher power. The Reverend Branford Clarke's Brooklyn-based "traveling chapel" was equipped with stained-glass windows, an organ for his wife to play, and a fold-down steeple to help the whole thing fit in his garage.

Link Love for Tiny Houses

A few of my favorite links for small dwellings.

• Tiny House Blog
• Modern Shed
• Gratitude Millworks
• Tiny House Designs
• This Tiny House
• Gado Gado Indonesian House
• Gypsy Coach
• Penny Pincher Barns

Sustainable Dwellings

In my ongoing search for small houses and sustainable dwellings, I found this charming and uber modern shed system:



I love the sleek modern lines. This makes me want to paint Mondrian type paintings in my mid-century chair...

The website shows a whole setup -- main dwelling, studio and guesthouse. I would love one of these to go into a little "village" of different types of architecture; several small dwellings of different styles to share with my friend and family; a sort of "retreat village."

Dreams....