The Big Calm Blog
Little Wonders
Raised Garden
The community garden at Big Calm was once a certified organic operation. Untended for a few years, grasses and weeds…
Project Update (Year-end 2022)
2022 ended much as it began – with a big dump of snow and a deep freeze. Tough reminders that…
Lofty Energy Saving and Eco Design Goals
A building project is a long series of design choices. Some are prescribed and imposed by regulations but many come…
10 Tiny Home Interior Ideas to Help Complete Your Space
We were recently invited by US real estate brokerage Redfin to offer our perspective for an article they just published…
Project Update (Year-end 2021)
2021 wasn't an easy year in which to build a project like Big Calm. Slow bureaucrats, busy contractors, wildfire evacuation…
The Pocket Getaway at Big Calm
We're thrilled to welcome the first tiny house to Big Calm! Last month, a 25-foot Jaunt tiny house on wheels…
Fire Break
Old-timers in the Kootenays sometimes refer to June as “Juneuary,” a month with cooler, wetter weather. But June 2021 definitely…
Home Isn’t Just a Place
Most of our conversations these days are with people getting into tiny homes. Recently, however, we were contacted by Mike…
The Bigger Picture on Tiny Homesteads
When we first contemplated building a tiny home community in the Slocan Valley, we thought a lot about how it…