off grid west coast + modern dwellings
have teamed up to bring you live and online courses and workshops to help bring your tiny home vision to life on or off the grid.
sharing knowledge
about us
modern dwellings
Modern dwellings has been a pioneer for container homes and tiny home design on the west coast since 2014 and now we want to help you build your dream tiny home or ours.
We are sharing our knowledge gathered from over a decade of first hand experience in all things tiny living.
We bring experience with design, build, living, on and off grid applications.
off grid west coast
Off grid west coast was created to be a resource for all things off grid and to house the educational content that modern dwellings has been creating over the years of container and tiny home builds.
We have done it and now we want to share our knowledge to help you achieve your tiny home dreams.
come learn with us.
our online knowledge library will continue to grow as we roll out our first course offerings.
ehaglund
design
erick haglund is a serial entreprenuer who started in the welding arts over 20 years ago creating custom furniture with modern metal bases and expanded his furniture line to include lighting, large dining and conference tables for commercial and private use.
In 2008 he launched columbia riverwood and began salvaging old growth douglas fir out of the columbia river.
A line of wood products followed, including edge grain butcherblock, beams, paneling and flooring. After many years of growing from coffee tables and dining tables to larger commercial projects including micro breweries and art galleries.
In 2014 he verticly integrated ehaglund design + columbia riverwood into modern dwellings and jumped into the container tiny home business launching at the tiny home show at Portland State University in November of 2014.
Off grid west coast is his latest venture into online educational content to share all of the knowledge gained in 20 years of designing and building.
