Do something BIG in your world… by simply doing something TINY!” – John & Fin Kernohan
The United Tiny House Association (UTHA) was founded on August 15, 2015, by John and Fin Kernohan, as an organization for the advocacy and support of the tiny house movement and for those individuals either living the tiny house dream, desiring to start their own tiny house journey, or those simply interested in what all the excitement and buzz is all about in regards to tiny houses and the tiny house movement.
Within a few short years of being formed, the United Tiny House Association has grown to be what is considered the largest tiny lifestyle support organization in the entire World with over 51K+ members as of June 1, 2022.
John and Fin began their tiny house love affair living aboard a narrow boat and traversing the canals of the English countryside in the UK after meeting each other when Fin was living in London and John was living in South Florida. After Fin proposed to John and asked for his hand in marriage, they settled in the United States where they have been living in their self-built 304sqft tiny house, known as “Beloved Cabin”, since December 2011.
They now reside on their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay in the woods of Georgia, where they have embraced solar energy, rain water collection, methane gas production for cooking fuel, composting/soil creation, raising chickens, growing their own vegetables and fruits, solar thermal energy, and more to facilitate their off-grid and minimalist lifestyle.
They also share their personal collection of multiple tiny houses on wheels, a skoolie, 2 geodesic dome homes, and 2 yurts, on their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay with others so they may experience unique getaways and short-term vacations in a true tiny house community. (John and Fin are currently building another small guest cabin and a tree house from an elevated grain silo.) You can see all their available getaways HERE.
John and Fin also have their towable 148sqft tiny house, the World-known “Tiny Firehouse – Station No. 9“, which is both their personal travel home and tribute tiny home honoring firefighters and emergency responders.
Fin was raised in Thailand as a Buddhist, is a vegetarian, yoga instructor, massage therapist, fitness expert, acclaimed interior designer, and personal trainer. John is a retired immunologist, the handyman of their property, a skilled craftsman (his family is Amish), DIY fanatic, re-purposing expert, and an avid outdoorsman who fills the freezer throughout the year with wild game and fresh fish. Together, John and Fin strongly believe it is their diversity and being so different in many aspects, as well as having so much common ground, that has created and solidified their “tiny house love affair”.
After years of organizing not-for-profit outdoor concerts and festivals as fundraisers for students and college-bound homeschool students, as well as being on Florida’s state board for home education, John, along with Fin, created the For-Charity Tiny House Festivals; including the now famous Georgia Tiny House Festivals (2016 – 2022) and the 60K+ attendee & 116 tiny structure Florida Tiny House Festivals (2016 – 2021); as well as 13 other record-breaking for-charity tiny house festivals in California, DC/Virginia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Tennessee (3x’s)… as well as the Nation-wide & historic TINY HOUSES across AMERICA and the FREE International Online Tiny House Festivals.
On May 23-24, 2020, John and Fin organized and hosted the first ever FREE International Online Tiny House Festival, which spanned two days and involved 5 countries, over 30+ tiny home tours, more than 2 dozen speakers, and live entertainment… and was held for a second year on June 19-20, 2021.
The For-Charity Tiny House Events from the United Tiny House Association embrace all modalities of tiny living and tiny homes, whether they are professional-built tiny houses, private-owned tiny houses, DIY structures, ADUs, tree houses, skoolies (converted school buses), yurts, campers, vardos (aka – gypsy wagons), or any other tiny residences anyone calls home.
Also, all tiny house lifestyles are encouraged and supported. These include, but are not limited to, off-grid living, on-grid living, wilderness living, ADUs, and both suburban & urban living.
Most importantly, United Tiny House Association’s For-Charity Tiny House Events are designed to support local communities and charities, through the fundraising activities at its Tiny House Events and as a means of giving charities and non-profit organizations a platform to share with others. To date, the United Tiny House Association has given away and donated over $743K from the proceeds of their 25 For-Charity Tiny House Festivals to over 100+ charities, non-profits, and great causes.
John and Fin, and their tiny homes, are currently being featured on the new A&E television series, “Living Smaller” (2022), which airs each Saturday on A&E at 12PM EDT and 12:30PM EDT. They and their unique tiny creations have also been featured on HGTV, the DIY Network, TODAY, The Rachel Ray Show, JEOPARDY!, AOL, FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS, and countless newspapers, newscasts, magazines, Vlogs, Blogs, and Podcasts around the World. They are regularly invited to speak at colleges and events, emcee festivals, meet with Local/National/Federal government officials, work with individuals one-on-one, and partner with other organizations in their efforts to bring both the tiny living community and those outside the tiny living community together in a common understanding of what living tiny is all about.
Within a few short years of being formed, the United Tiny House Association has grown to be what is considered the largest tiny lifestyle support organization in the entire World with over 51K+ members as of June 1, 2022.
John and Fin began their tiny house love affair living aboard a narrow boat and traversing the canals of the English countryside in the UK after meeting each other when Fin was living in London and John was living in South Florida. After Fin proposed to John and asked for his hand in marriage, they settled in the United States where they have been living in their self-built 304sqft tiny house, known as “Beloved Cabin”, since December 2011.
They now reside on their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay in the woods of Georgia, where they have embraced solar energy, rain water collection, methane gas production for cooking fuel, composting/soil creation, raising chickens, growing their own vegetables and fruits, solar thermal energy, and more to facilitate their off-grid and minimalist lifestyle.
They also share their personal collection of multiple tiny houses on wheels, a skoolie, 2 geodesic dome homes, and 2 yurts, on their 16-acre Beloved Cabin Tiny House Homestead & Stay with others so they may experience unique getaways and short-term vacations in a true tiny house community. (John and Fin are currently building another small guest cabin and a tree house from an elevated grain silo.) You can see all their available getaways HERE.
John and Fin also have their towable 148sqft tiny house, the World-known “Tiny Firehouse – Station No. 9“, which is both their personal travel home and tribute tiny home honoring firefighters and emergency responders.
Fin was raised in Thailand as a Buddhist, is a vegetarian, yoga instructor, massage therapist, fitness expert, acclaimed interior designer, and personal trainer. John is a retired immunologist, the handyman of their property, a skilled craftsman (his family is Amish), DIY fanatic, re-purposing expert, and an avid outdoorsman who fills the freezer throughout the year with wild game and fresh fish. Together, John and Fin strongly believe it is their diversity and being so different in many aspects, as well as having so much common ground, that has created and solidified their “tiny house love affair”.
After years of organizing not-for-profit outdoor concerts and festivals as fundraisers for students and college-bound homeschool students, as well as being on Florida’s state board for home education, John, along with Fin, created the For-Charity Tiny House Festivals; including the now famous Georgia Tiny House Festivals (2016 – 2022) and the 60K+ attendee & 116 tiny structure Florida Tiny House Festivals (2016 – 2021); as well as 13 other record-breaking for-charity tiny house festivals in California, DC/Virginia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, New Jersey, North Carolina, and Tennessee (3x’s)… as well as the Nation-wide & historic TINY HOUSES across AMERICA and the FREE International Online Tiny House Festivals.
On May 23-24, 2020, John and Fin organized and hosted the first ever FREE International Online Tiny House Festival, which spanned two days and involved 5 countries, over 30+ tiny home tours, more than 2 dozen speakers, and live entertainment… and was held for a second year on June 19-20, 2021.
The For-Charity Tiny House Events from the United Tiny House Association embrace all modalities of tiny living and tiny homes, whether they are professional-built tiny houses, private-owned tiny houses, DIY structures, ADUs, tree houses, skoolies (converted school buses), yurts, campers, vardos (aka – gypsy wagons), or any other tiny residences anyone calls home.
Also, all tiny house lifestyles are encouraged and supported. These include, but are not limited to, off-grid living, on-grid living, wilderness living, ADUs, and both suburban & urban living.
Most importantly, United Tiny House Association’s For-Charity Tiny House Events are designed to support local communities and charities, through the fundraising activities at its Tiny House Events and as a means of giving charities and non-profit organizations a platform to share with others. To date, the United Tiny House Association has given away and donated over $743K from the proceeds of their 25 For-Charity Tiny House Festivals to over 100+ charities, non-profits, and great causes.
John and Fin, and their tiny homes, are currently being featured on the new A&E television series, “Living Smaller” (2022), which airs each Saturday on A&E at 12PM EDT and 12:30PM EDT. They and their unique tiny creations have also been featured on HGTV, the DIY Network, TODAY, The Rachel Ray Show, JEOPARDY!, AOL, FOX, NBC, ABC, CBS, and countless newspapers, newscasts, magazines, Vlogs, Blogs, and Podcasts around the World. They are regularly invited to speak at colleges and events, emcee festivals, meet with Local/National/Federal government officials, work with individuals one-on-one, and partner with other organizations in their efforts to bring both the tiny living community and those outside the tiny living community together in a common understanding of what living tiny is all about.
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