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ASSOCIATED PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS Jay Shafer, owner of Tumbleweed Tiny House Co., says the 500-square-foot house he shares with his wife and son has all the space they need. He builds and sells tiny houses for $50,000 or less and sells about 50 blueprints a year for $1,000 or less.
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In this photo taken Oct. 14, 2010, Jay Shafer, owner of Tumbleweed Tiny Houses, exits a tiny house he built for himself in Graton, Calif. In a country where most people want to live large, Shafer helps people live small. The California homebuilder has become a leader in a small but growing corner of the American housing market: the tiny house. Shafer, who lived in a 89-square foot house with his wife before his son was born last year, builds houses that are smaller than most people's living rooms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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In this photo taken Oct. 14, 2010, Jay Shafer, owner of Tumbleweed Tiny Houses, reads a book in the loft of a small house he built for himself in Graton, Calif. In a country where most people want to live large, Shafer helps people live small. The California homebuilder has become a leader in a small but growing corner of the American housing market: the tiny house. Shafer, who lived in a 89-square foot house with his wife before his son was born last year, builds houses that are smaller than most people's living rooms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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In this photo taken Oct. 14, 2010, Jay Shafer, owner of Tumbleweed Tiny Houses is seen on the front porch of a tiny house he built for himself in Graton, Calif. In a country where most people want to live large, Jay Shafer helps people live small. The California homebuilder has become a leader in a small but growing corner of the American housing market: the tiny house. Shafer, who lived in a 89-square foot house with his wife before his son was born last year, builds houses that are smaller than most people's living rooms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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In this photo taken Oct. 14, 2010, Jay Shafer, owner of Tumbleweed Tiny Houses is seen in front of the tiny house he built for himself in Graton, Calif. In a country where most people want to live large, Schafer helps people live small. The California homebuilder has become a leader in a small but growing corner of the American housing market: the tiny house. Shafer, who lived in a 89-square foot house with his wife before his son was born last year, builds houses that are smaller than most people's living rooms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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In this photo taken Oct. 14, 2010, Jay Shafer, owner of Tumbleweed Tiny Houses, left, works on construction of a frame with worker Zeke Gifford in Graton, Calif. In a country where most people want to live large, Shafer helps people live small. The California homebuilder has become a leader in a small but growing corner of the American housing market: the tiny house. Shafer, who lived in a 89-square foot house with his wife before his son was born last year, builds houses that are smaller than most people's living rooms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
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In this photo taken Oct. 14, 2010, Jay Shafer, owner of Tumbleweed Tiny Houses is seen inside one of the homes he built for himself in Graton, Calif. Shafer helps people live small. The California homebuilder has become a leader in a small but growing corner of the American housing market: the tiny house. Shafer, who lived in a 89-square foot house with his wife before his son was born last year, builds houses that are smaller than most people's living rooms. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)
