Biography

John and Fin Kernohan are the Founders of the United Tiny House Association and Georgia Tiny House Festival®, LLC (originally known as the Georgia Tiny House Association), the Founders and Hosts of the highly successful (and charitable) Tiny House Festivals, including what is considered by many to be arguably the Nation’s largest tiny house event – the 60K+ attendee and 97 tiny structure 2016 Florida Tiny House Festival, members of the American Tiny House Association (John is also a Board Member of the American Tiny House Association), the Georgia contacts for the Small House Society, and owners of Tiny House Rescuers.

After spending his adult life creating/developing several at-home medical specimen collection mechanisms and immunoassays, John retired at the age of 49 when he realized, while lying in a hospital bed and being diagnosed with a life altering condition, that his life-long quest of accumulating wealth was not a life of living.  He made the decision to sell his medical research laboratory, to reclaim his health (he lost over 80 pounds and shed 10″ off his waist), and began a quest of learning what it really means to be truly happy.

Originally from Thailand, Fin eventually settled in London after earning her Bachelor’s Degree.  She is a world traveler, free-spirit, body builder, yogi, massage therapist, nutritionist, dietician, personal trainer, founder of Fin’s Fitness, and John’s rock.

John and Fin promote the tiny lifestyle with their DIY, off-grid 304sqft tiny cabin, which they have lived full-time in for the past 5+ years; host the Facebook blog, “Beloved Cabin”; are both hosts and admins for numerous other Facebook groups geared specifically for health, food intolerance/allergy support, and tiny/micro-living; and travel the county in the 148sqft THOW known as the Tiny Firehouse – Station No. 9.

Their for-charity Tiny House Festivals have gained international recognition as being some of the largest philanthropy intended tiny house events on record, such as their 60K-attendee and 97 tiny home 2016 Florida Tiny House Festival, which raised MANY THOUSANDS of dollars for 23 charities and worthwhile causes.

Additionally, they have founded and endowed the annual Tiny House Scholarship Fund, which is awarded to a college-bound high school graduate who has displayed high achievements both scholastically and in community service.

In early 2017, John & Fin, along with Free Range Homes, finished construction of their new 148sqft tiny house on wheels, known as the Tiny Firehouse – Station No. 9, which is now their traveling home and is a tribute tiny house honoring firefighters and promoting fire prevention awareness.  Filming of The Kernohans and their Tiny Firehouse – Station No. 9’s build was completed by HGTV for “Tiny House, Big Living” (Season 6, Episode 1) and their episode aired August 17, 2017, at 9:00PM (EST), on the DIY Network.

Their journeys and adventures from the big cities of Bangkok, Miami and London to their tiny off-grid lifestyle in the Georgia woods with their 7 cats, chickens, and Brownie the Wonder Dog, have been featured on television and in numerous magazines, newspapers and web sites around the world.

In addition to their DIY-built 304sqft Beloved Cabin and their 148sqft towable Tiny Firehouse - Station No. 9, John and Fin began a school bus (skoolie) conversion build in August 2017 and, also, own a 14' yurt.

John and Fin are a couple who love their tiny lifestyle and the tiny house movement; and it shows in their love for each other - and in their support of others.