I normally like to show you examples of tiny houses that are a little more affordable, but other times I still like to show you great examples of small space designs because they’re inspiring. You can always take these ideas and put them into your very own design and then build it yourself for much [...]
Backyard Offices
Flat Pack Modern Studio Cabana Kit You Can Have Built to Order
This would be the perfect backyard get-away for guests, friends, and family, or a backyard office. Modern Cabana is based out of San Francisco and is the builder of this beautiful Studio Cabana. It is one of their largest cabanas measuring in at 12′ x 25′ with options including a 1/2 bathroom, full bathroom, and kitchenette. [...]
Backyard Micro Home that you Might be able to Build with No Permits
This entire micro home including the deck is just 90 square feet. If you only include the interior, it measures just 50 square feet. This is just a bit beyond a tiny house, isn’t it? I’d definitely consider it ‘micro’. Good news is that in many areas this would just be a simple backyard shed [...]
$3k Modern DIY Tiny House Using Tumbleweed XS House Plans
This tiny house is called the Tiny HaHa House. The owner built it for just $3,000 in materials and did nearly all of the work himself. It’s Jay Shafer‘s XS tiny house design except it has a covered porch modification. And they added two roof windows which I really like. I think it has a [...]
Video Tour of 8′ by 8′ Tiny House slash Micro Cabin
Have you seen Derek “DEEK” Diedricksen’s 8′ x 8′ x 8′ 64-square-foot tiny house slash micro cabin? It’s made mostly out of plywood and if you’ve read his book, Humble Homes, Simple Shacks, you’ve seen pictures of it already. They built it in Brooklyn, New York inside the old warehouse workshop you can see below. [...]
Glam Pod is England’s Backyard Tiny House
Say hello to the Glam Pod over in England. They made it for people who need a home, but are not yet ready for a large one. So for now, they can put the Glam Pod in their parents or friend’s backyard. It takes 8 to 10 weeks to build and is delivered on a [...]
Working in your own Backyard Office to be Big in the Future
If I told you that working in your backyard office will be a big trend in the future, would you agree? Thanks to the Internet the idea is becoming real for more people than ever. The 45 second commute… Doesn’t that sound appealing? Backyard Offices for the Information Age The idea of converting a shed [...]