Most tiny houses try to prove how much life you can pack into a small footprint — a full kitchen, a flush toilet, a real shower, all squeezed under one roof. This one goes the other direction. The Mantra Micro Cabin from Simplify Further Tiny Homes is, by the builder’s own description, their most basic model: a single insulated room with a memory-foam queen bed, air conditioning, and a desk — and that’s about it. Listed as a “Glamping Cabin Getaway with A/C” near Lake Butler in North Central Florida, it trades an indoor bathroom for a starry walk to a shared outhouse and a hot shower out under the pines. It sounds rustic, and it is — but that’s exactly the point. Let’s take the tour.
The Mantra glamping cabin by Simplify Further Tiny Homes. Images courtesy of Simplify Further Tiny Homes.
Recently we toured the Tommy by Craft House; today we’re back with its gable-roofed sibling, the Erica — and this one comes with a twist. The Erica is a 7.2-meter mobile tiny house built in Poland with a single sleeping mezzanine, a full kitchen and bathroom, and the same all-season construction Craft House is known for — but the company shows it in two dramatically different custom builds: one dark, moody, and glamorous, the other a bright Scandinavian version with a rooftop solar terrace and off-grid power. It’s a perfect illustration of just how customizable these homes are, so let’s tour both.
The Erica mobile tiny house by Craft House, shown here in its bright Scandinavian build. Images courtesy of Craft House.
If your idea of tiny living leans modern — clean lines, big glass, and a finish level that rivals a boutique hotel — the Tommy by Craft House belongs on your radar. Built in Poland, this all-season mobile tiny house wraps a warm Scandinavian-spruce interior in a crisp shell of dark standing-seam metal and thermo-pine, then floods it with light through floor-to-ceiling glass — all packed into a 7.2-meter, two-loft home that lives far larger than its footprint. Watch Craft House’s official walkthrough below, then take the full tour.
The Tommy mobile tiny house by Craft House. Images courtesy of Craft House.
The new eVista King Limited is Escape’s most affordable, design-forward cottage yet, blending the most-loved features of the eVista with the elevated comforts and wider floor plan of the Classic King: a bright, spacious main-floor home with a fabulous stainless kitchen, a full bathroom, a washer/dryer, a private walkaround King bedroom, and a generous screened porch, all wrapped in low-maintenance siding and a steel roof and ready to ship almost anywhere in the U.S. Best of all, this one is currently offered at a discount and the sale ends soon — you can see the listing and current pricing on Escape’s sale page.
Tru Form Tiny has delivered its latest Cascade Max to Colorado, and it is a beautiful example of what happens when a tiny home is designed around one person’s very specific vision. Built for homeowner Noelle’s Southwestern-inspired take on a modern mountain retreat, this 38-foot park model on wheels packs 399 square feet of single-level living beneath 11-foot vaulted ceilings — plus two bonus lofts up top.
From the Pewter Green exterior to the walnut details handcrafted throughout the interior, the Cascade Max blends the comfort and function of a full-size home with the craftsmanship that defines high-end tiny living. Let’s take a closer look.
Some adventure vans are built for a postcard. The Kōri was built for a Tuesday-night practice three hours from home. Created by Yama Vans in Calgary, this Mercedes-Benz Sprinter conversion belongs to a family in Penticton, British Columbia who spend their winters chasing puck drops around the province — and it is purpose-built to make those early rink mornings and tournament-weekend road trips dramatically easier.
Kōri is one example of Yama’s Teton 01N, the company’s most popular floorplan. It pairs a compact 144-inch wheelbase with a clever two-zone sleeping layout, a chest-height fridge, and an 85-cubic-foot rear gear garage that — in this family’s case — swallows hockey sticks, helmets, and bags of pads without taking over the living space. It’s a four-season machine engineered for Canadian winters, and it shows.
The Kōri, a Teton 01N build by Yama Vans, sits on an all-wheel-drive Sprinter chassis built for four-season travel. Images courtesy of Yama Vans.
Most tiny houses ask you to imagine living small — the Rasa Tiny Home by Simplify Further lets you actually try it, and guests have made it one of the most loved homes on Airbnb (a Guest Favorite with a 4.84-star rating across 198 reviews). Tucked into the Florida pines near Lake Butler, this 20-by-8-foot tiny house on wheels sleeps four across two cozy sleeping lofts, with a full kitchen, a walk-in-shower bathroom, an in-unit washer/dryer, and a boho-bright interior wrapped in knotty pine. Best of all, it sits right at Simplify Further’s tiny-home building facility — so a night here doubles as a “try-before-you-buy” tour of the homes they build. Let’s step inside.
The Rasa tiny home by Simplify Further Tiny Homes. Images courtesy of Simplify Further Tiny Homes.
Most camper vans are built for a season, a trip, or a phase of life. Nanuq was built for a way of living. This Yama Vans conversion is the rolling home base for two Alaska-based dentists who split their year between remote clinical rotations and time spent deep in the wild places that drew them north in the first place. When your work takes you off the road grid and your time off takes you even further, you don’t need a weekend toy — you need a four-season basecamp that can keep up.
Named for the Inupiaq word for polar bear, Nanuq is built on Yama’s flagship Logan01N platform: a 170″ all-wheel-drive Mercedes-Benz Sprinter engineered from the chassis up to live comfortably off-grid for weeks at a time. It’s one of the most capable expedition vans we’ve featured, and the story behind it is a great reminder that the best builds start with how someone actually lives.
After more than a decade of tiny living, Joshua and Shelley Engberg of Tiny House Basics are passing the torch: their beloved “Entertaining Abode” — the home where their whole tiny house journey began — is going up for sale.
This is the original build behind one of the most popular tiny house plan sets out there. Over the years, the Engbergs have helped hundreds of people build their own version of this 28-footer from its plans. Now the real thing is looking for its next owner.
