When it comes to funky design and creative use of reclaimed material Derek “Deek” Diedricksen is the building master. In this case it’s a custom designed and built 140 sq. ft. off the grid cabin called the Glass House because it’s loaded with recycled windows.
Using recycled glass, windows, wood and other odds and ends Deek came up with the Glass House. When you go inside you’ll see it’s great for weekend getaways. But with some modifications you might be able to make this funky tiny cabin livable year-round. What do you think of this funky off-grid cabin? Please enjoy and re-share below. Thank you!
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Funky 140 Sq. Ft. Off-Grid Cabin
Images © Derek Diedricksen
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This 620 Sq. Ft. Container House in Dallas, TX is a guest post by Amber Richter – share yours!
Our container house is 620 sq. ft. with two bedrooms and two bathrooms. It will be finished at the end of August! Spray foam and drywall are done. House is painted. We put the floors down and building the kitchen now. When all is said and done our container home cost about $60,000. Once we decided to go all in and start this project I rented my condo in California, quit my job, and moved to Dallas so we could start building.
The most difficult part of transitioning into a tiny home? Selling all of my furniture and clothes. Definitely, a difficult thing to do. A tiny home forces you to only have what you need. Our bedroom closet is also our laundry room and water heater room, which leaves me space for maximum of 10 outfits plus some PJ’s and shoes under the bed. Nothing else. It’s been fun to find small furniture pieces together that works for the both of us. A great way to start our new life. Please enjoy, learn more and re-share below. Thank you!
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620 Sq. Ft. Container House in Dallas, TX
Images © Amber Richter
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This 450 Not-So-Square Ft. Yurt is a guest post by Jen McGeehan – share yours!
Our little love yurt is nestled within an Ohia forest, one of the few remaining (they were almost completely wiped out when the sugar cane industry arrived!) on our island in Hawaii.
The God of our universe is still in the business of financial healing and restoration! Travel to paradise as one financially devastated couple take a flight-of-faith, leaving the economically-challenged mountains of Southern California for the unknown off-grid lifestyle of a rented yurt on the Big Island of Hawaii.
The country-wide real estate and banking collapse of 2008 sent millions of American families into financial ruin. Many hung on for dear life, believing the market would correct itself within a year or two. By 2010, no correction was in sight.
In my book, “My Year In A Yurt“, I tell the true story of how my hubby, Pat, and I filled a 40-foot Matson container, shipped our two vehicles, along with our twenty-nine year old equine and three-year old goat, and flew the friendly skies in search of a simpler way of life.
Our enormous debt of over $600,000 came as invisible baggage, as did the painful memory of handing our realtor the keys to our 3,000 square-foot home after three and a half years on the non-existent real estate market. As foreclosure and bankruptcy – additional unwanted travel companions – reared our heads, I sent yet another urgent prayer to heaven asking for God’s divine intervention.
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My Year in a 450 Not-So-Square Ft. Yurt
Images © Jen McGeehan
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These are the collapsible hotel rooms of Flexotels. They’re used at festivals and events all over the world and they even have extended versions with bathrooms. These fold-out and ready to assemble micro shelters can be put together in 10 minutes.
The largest version is even equipped with a shower, hot water heater, toilet and sink, to provide people with more comfort. These micro shelters contain two box spring beds, two chairs and a table, storage space and electricity. They are rented with linen and towels. Up to 10 rooms can be put onto one truck and delivered. This may not be the best long-term housing solution, but for areas and for people in desperate need, this can be a great housing solution, don’t you think? Please enjoy, learn more and re-share below. Thank you!
Flexotels Collapsible Micro Shelters Set Up in 10 Minutes
Images © Flexotels
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This 144 Sq. Ft. Toy Box Tiny House is a guest post by Frank Henderson – share yours!
This tiny house is a custom design. Using reclaimed materials and high quality fixtures, the motto of this build was “Downsize and Upgrade”.
There is a spacious sleeping loft (7’x8′) and all of the windows are new and operable. The double patio door offers tons of natural light, and the loft windows create a nice breeze using stack effect.
The house is not set up to go off grid, but can be hooked up to a solar powered system. We have installed a solar vent to keep constant air flow throughout the house.
The base of the house is surrounded by a planting trough in which flowers or succulents can be planted.
There is no toilet, because it was our thought process that a buyer might want something other than what we would provide. The house is plumbed in case you would want to add a water operating toilet (RV flushing toilet).
The trailer is a Tumbleweed, designed specifically for building tiny houses. It has working brakes and lights. Please enjoy, learn more and re-share below. Thank you!
Toy Box Tiny House
Images © Frank Henderson
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This is a 70 sq. ft. vardo caravan wagon.
The Trillium Caravan is a sleeper camper in the traditional style of the 19th Century English vardo, built by master woodworker Jim Tolpin.
Jim says, “It is impeccably detailed in hand-hewn wood and steel fabricated to the highest highway-worthy standards. One needn’t sacrifice the beauty of traditional materials and antique fixtures for modern convenience.”
The interior offers ample seating–and comfortably sleeps two adults in a queen-size bed. There are beautiful stained glass windows in the front and back of the wagon to allow sunlight to come in.
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70 Sq. Ft. Trillium Vardo Caravan Wagon
Images © Jim Tolpin
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This 600 Sq. Ft. Cottage on Farm in Mexico is a guest post by Michael Mckenna – share yours!
Tiny houses in Mexico…why Mexico? Why not build in a climate that is sunny most of the year and a pleasant 80 degrees with little humidity.
So pleasant that neither heat nor air conditioning is required. The utility costs are minimal here. The property taxes are $100 per year. Sound good?
At Simple Choice Farm you can either rent a 600 sq. ft. cottage for $550 US per month including utilities. Or buy a 600 sq. ft. cottage for $80,000 US that including the land.
Located in the mountains of central Mexico, the property has a pool, hot tub, and huge circular gardens with vegetables for the picking. Presently I have 2 homes for sale and I’m building 4 more rental units.
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600 Sq. Ft. Cottage on Farm in Mexico
Images © Michael Mckenna
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This DIY pallet house is a guest post by Priscilla Crighton – share yours!
This is a pallet house built by engineering student, Angus Hughes. The house is located on his family property on the outskirts of Rockhampton and is just about water proof.
There’s no running water but electricity is available courtesy of a durable power cord running from the family shed.
“The size of the pallets dictated the size of the house which is three pallets high, three pallets wide and five pallets long,” Angus said. “The exterior and interior walls are made from pallets while the floor has been created from packing timber which was donated by a local glazing business.”
The second year civil engineering student, who is currently studying at Central Queensland University, recently moved in a few modern conveniences – fridge, TV and barbecue – along with beds and other furniture made by his father, making it the perfect student pad. Please enjoy, learn more and re-share below. Thank you!
Student Builds Recycled Pallet Tiny House
Images © Peter Lawrence
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This is a guest post by Kelly Patton – share yours!
I started the life of a tiny dweller when I moved to the country in Northern California. I landed at a sweet community spot where other artists and farmers lived, and was thrilled at the idea of having my own space, no matter how tiny. It was common to find people living alternatively and exploring a range of creative and inexpensive spaces.
Many of these people were artists, and other creative types living comfortably in trailers, buses, cabins, attics, warehouses and barns. Over the course of 1 year I moved around the land from a veggie powered school bus, to a studio with an attic loft in a warehouse, and a small 8’x8′ shack. There was a community kitchen and bathroom available on the land, and the people shared these amenities. It was a very sweet and community interactive situation.
That experience gave me the notion that I could live with less furniture, and so I found ways to make my things more mobile in case I wanted to move my studio at any given opportunity. I learned more about what I could do without, and more about my basic needs in daily life.
As an artist, I tend to collect lots of little fascinating relics and natural objects as reference for my drawings. These objects don’t move everywhere with me, but have proven to be useful as they reflect the environment around me and appear in my paintings. In a special way, they are preserved in the artwork, so there is an ongoing acknowledgement that all stuff is replaceable and this helps me curb my long term hoarding. Please enjoy, learn more and re-share below. Thank you!
Kelly Patton the Traveling Artist and Tiny Dweller
Images © Kelly Patton
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