About The Company

Pepper Clark is an entrepreneur with a passion for alternative housing that began in childhood. She studied business, worked in marketing, and started a landscape design business before being inspired to start her own company building tiny houses. She now joins the Tumbleweed team, consulting with customers and presenting at workshops. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: My cast iron Dutch oven - the most versatile cookware ever. But life would really suck without my guitar to practice, so that's a hard one.

Ella Jenkins, has recently joined The Tumbleweed Tiny House Company. Ella will be presenting at our workshops. She will also be writing stories about living in Little Yellow inspiring everyone to simplify your life leading by example. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: My Harp.

Paul Farr heads up Business Development and Sales over here at Tumbleweed. We've never met anyone who says "YES" as often or as loudly as Paul. Ah, the power of positive thinking! Paul currently resides in 350 square feet and has already downsized his possessions. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: Opportunity.

Derek "Deek" Diedricksen has been a figure in the tiny house building and designing movement for over 5 years, but he actually built his very first cabin in 1987 (yes, he was ten!). Deek has since authored two books on the subject and hosts/directs the online DIY program "Tiny Yellow House," and is also the man behind Relaxshacks and has his work featured all over the place. Deek will also be hosting a brand new series on building for The DIY Network, set to air later in 2013. He loves coffee. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: Sketch pads and pens.

Austin Hay is the youngest member of the crew. At age 15, he started construction on his own tiny house. Now he's 18 and finished, and lives in it full time in his parent's backyard. When he isn't attending high school, serving as yearbook editor or wrestling, he helps out at the office. Austin is also a star workshop presenter, and will be making appearances around the country this year.The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: He's still thinking...

Meg Stephens is a tiny house designer, and she will be incorporating the best ideas and suggestions into the next iteration of Tumbleweeds! She has a bachelor's in architecture from Ball State University in Indiana, and recently spent nearly 5 years working for a small private university as the in-house architect. Meg enjoys playing games, sailing, camping, and doing electrical work. Her favorite thing to do on Saturday morning is have coffee and go for a walk with her husband and two dogs, Squirrel and Tesla.Favorite Tumbleweed: The Loring and The Fencl.

Joe Coover is the tiny house perfect storm. His experience as a plumber, framer, 3D artist, environmental activist, magician, flying trapese instructor, and theatrical set designer make him an all around "Joe-of-all-trades." He has a degree in Filmmaking from the University of Oklahoma where he lived in a less than 200 sq ft tiny apartment. He enjoys board games, frisbee golf, making funny faces at children and dogs. Favorite tiny house: The Fencl with Dormers. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: Breanna, with out her I think I'd starve and/or go crazy.

Shelbey Weidemann is new to the little house movement and eager to learn. Grew up in central California and currently residing in PartyTown USA (Sonoma). Majored in Pharmacokinetics and working the tiny house dream, makes sense? Favorite Tumbleweed: The B-53. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: My Box of wine!! Keeping it classy since 1991!

Holly Halpin lives in a 500 square foot studio right down town Glen Ellen (right outside of Sonoma, CA) with her fiancé and her dog Lucy Lu. She loves playing softball, snowboarding, and riding her bike! Holly studied Business at Sonoma State University and she is constantly sweaty. We call her Sweaty Betty. Holly is very excited to be a part of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Crew! It’s such a great feeling to wake up and be thrilled to go to work! Holly works in customer service. Favorite Tumbleweed: The Whidbey, with an extra outhouse in the back. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: My magic bullet (It’s a blender).

Rio Rossarne is our Chief Marketing Officer, make-up girl, craft-services lady and often-time Producer. A wearer of many hats, she hails from Christmas Pie, England, has been stateside for the last 20 years and likes to “give the yanks a hard-time” with her own brand of visceral humour. Favorite Tumbleweed: The Rio Special — a custom design by Tumbleweed’s Head of Design Services, Meg Stephens. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: A hefty dose of the BBC!

Adam Gurzenski handles most of the fancy computer stuff that no one else really understands, and makes sure we stay popular in the web world. When he's not at work he enjoys running, hiking, biking or rock climbing with his amazing fiancé Kelsey and yellow lab, MacGyver. Favorite Tumbleweed: The Walden. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: Obviously my fiancé!

Bernadette Weissmann is an 11th grade history teacher. She writes on the side for Tumbleweed, and offers practical suggestions for keeping the office sane. She grew up in Sonoma,CA and now teaches at the same school she attended as a teen. She cooks up an amazing staff meal every now and again, and thus has found her way into all of our hearts.The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: My cooking pots, pans, and utensils.

Steve Weissmann was born in Tiberias, Israel and immigrated to the US when he was 2 years old. He attended UCSD and graduated cumme laude with a degree in Quantitative Economics and Decision Sciences. In 2005, he became fascinated with downsizing, got rid of most of his possessions and moved into a 400 square foot house. Soon after he discovered Tumbleweed and bought into the little startup, becoming its 2nd employee and president in early 2007. He currently resides in Sonoma, CA with his wife and two kids. Favorite tiny house: The Whidbey. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: My Wi-Fi connection.

Valentin Voilean was born in the middle of Transylvania,Romania. He has had a passion for computers since he was 8 years old, and was the winner of a national computing contest at 13 years old. He graduated from the Herman Oberth Engineering College in Sibiu, and is presently a Web Developer. He first found Tumbleweed 2 years ago when he entered a design contest and won it. He decided to continue working for Steve and his tiny house company. Now he's behind the designs, and takes care of the website engine. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: Obviously my Macbook.

Nicola Marchi moved to the US from Italy when he was 7. He studied through High School in Elk Grove, CA and majored in Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology in Chicago. It was there that he found a passion for a more sustainable built environment and design. When he's not traveling or learning, he loves to hike, ski, and snowboard his way through life, hoping to always be within a 3 hours of a few ski slopes. Favorite Tumbleweed: The Weebee. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: My Books!!! There's nothing more relaxing after an exhausting day than reading a book.

Kevin Fitzpatrick is a native of central Indiana and roamer of the Universe. He has been creating and developing for the web since 1999. Kevin is Tumbleweed's web developer so he gets to research and imagine innovative ways to sell our products online. When Kevin is not designing interfaces, or hand-coding websites, he loves to draw, play music & travel. Favorite Tumbleweed: The XS-House, because it promotes the most minimalist lifestyle. The one thing I couldn't go without in a tiny house: A drafting table and mini-drum kit.