Category Archives: Principles

The principles of EarthArtBuild are as follows:

Do right by people

Build wonderful places

Enjoy our brief time here on this planet

In the news!

Posted on April 17, 2014 by J. Sky Orndoff

Tinybuild.net and earthartbuild got a great bump from McKenzie Homan in her April Helena Vigilante article.  Homan interviewed Orndoff in his tiny kitchen.  Read the full story here: http://helenavigilante.com/archives/12328

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Folding kitchen peninsula

Posted on April 11, 2014 by J. Sky Orndoff

The kitchen is small, and so must be well designed.  One feature is the peninsula.  This is the heart of the kitchen, where there are seats, where we eat, with a cutting board top and a pull-out cutting board below. … Continue reading →

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Design principles:

Posted on April 2, 2014 by J. Sky Orndoff

Examples of the principles we use to make our houses: accommodate two adults living in a tiny space.   Provide a fun domicile for very cheap.   Look great.   Feel homey and wonderful.   Push our limits a little. … Continue reading →

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Design principles of the little house:

Posted on March 26, 2014 by J. Sky Orndoff

This house was designed to: Accommodate two adults living in a tiny space. Provide a fun domicile for very cheap. Look great. Feel homey and wonderful. Push our limits a little. Not cause us to go into debt. Kick us … Continue reading →

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Tiny House–Posting Flood Warning!

Posted on March 21, 2014 by J. Sky Orndoff

Hi subscribers! I’m in love. With a house.  That I built.  Humble?  No.  Small?  Nifty?  Cozy?  Crazy?  Yes. Thank you for following EarthArtBuild.  It has been a source of a lot of good feelings in my life these past few … Continue reading →

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Tiny House Electrical System Video

Posted on April 23, 2013 by J. Sky Orndoff

So I went through and explained our electrical system and how it works in a video.  Not well enough that you could build one for yourself, but enough to get the gist. Check it out! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXqFMvmZ3tE

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Building Tiny in the Swan Valley

Posted on February 18, 2013 by J. Sky Orndoff

Progress on the tiny house has stalled over the past nine days, because I’ve been on vacation.  First it was the weekend, then we looked for lynx tracks in the North Fork of the Blackfoot. Then it was the weekend … Continue reading →

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Land Yacht Making Headway

Posted on January 22, 2013 by J. Sky Orndoff

Cross country skiing to work through a mile of lovely Swan Valley snow is hard to complain about.  Especially when “work” means designing and building the cutest little mobile home you’ve ever seen.  Sky Orndoff and Laura Arvidson embarked on … Continue reading →

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Land Yacht’s Maiden Voyage

Posted on January 16, 2013 by J. Sky Orndoff

December 29, 2012, will go down in history as the day we moved the land yacht.  A shell of a building, 13 foot 6 inches tall, pulled by a 1987 Dodge truck, went from the residential neighborhoods of Helena, 127 … Continue reading →

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The Mountain Yacht–Floors and Walls!

Posted on December 11, 2012 by J. Sky Orndoff

The past couple of weeks have been a lovely journey for Laura and I in our tiny house production.  We renamed it, for now, the Mountain Yacht.  A little pretentious, but cozier than “mobile home,” and more original than “tiny … Continue reading →

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