Meet Earthship Ironbank: The first building-code-approved Earthship in Australia! Martin & Zoe, along with a team of 60 volunteers, constructed this eco-friendly home inspired by the work of Mark Reynolds, who started the “Earthship” movement (lLearn more about Earthship architecture here). Martin went through the trouble of getting it “council-approved” by the building authorities in [...]
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UK Couple Travelling Part-Time in their DIY Van Conversion
Meet Izzy & Laurie, and their second van conversion named The Grizzly! This campervan is fully off-grid with a solar, gas and water set up that helps the couple climb, hike, and explore the outdoors on the weekends. They began part-time van life in January of 2017 (@camperdreamin on Instagram), when they bought and converted [...]
Family of Four’s $6,000 Tent Cabin in New Mexico
This inspiring couple had a dream to live with their sons off-grid and debt-free, and they made that a reality with their $6,000 tent home on a riverbank in New Mexico! They’re such an inspiration that Living Big in a Tiny House has done two video interviews with the couple: During this most recent tour [...]
Mom, Dad, Baby Girl & Baby Boy on the Way: $12K Skoolie Remodel (No Debt!)
This amazing couple was tired of paying rent for a townhome they’d never own, and so they bought a bus and spent two years converting it into their house on wheels– without going into debt! During those two years they got married, had a baby (the adorable Nora) and are expecting baby #2 (Atlas) in [...]
1000-sq.-ft. Tye Haus A-Frame Cabin With Tiny House Style
Anyone else dreaming of all the places you’d like to go once this pandemic is under control? The Tye Haus A-Frame in Washington is high on my “must stay” list. This is a spectacular Airbnb rental (@tyehaus on Instagram) that sits next to two other similar a-frames. It clocks in at just over 1,000 square [...]
They Built A Van Cabin Capable of Withstanding -40 Celsius Temperatures
Remember our story last week about Virginia’s retirement van-life? Meet Madison and Raynor (@vandmvanlife on Instagram), the masterminds behind her off-grid van renovation. This couple created their own solar-powered van and has created a whole business (Ray Outfitters) helping clients in Canada reach their tiny-living dreams. After finding out the hard way that a 5th [...]
Emma & Luke’s 1979 Chevy Van Remodel (Interview!)
Emma and Luke said goodbye to their city lifestyle in Toronto, bought a 1979 Chevy Van and made it into an amazing home on wheels they’ve used to explore Nova Scotia, the East Coast of the USA, Mexico and now the West of Vancouver. The van (named Brier) had a lot of water damage and [...]