In her 20s, Carly decided she wanted to start her own business as an esthetician, but needed an affordable living situation to make that happen. So she decided to go tiny. She worked with a local professional builder to create the shell, and then she finished the interior with the help of family and friends. [...]
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Natalie’s $400 Pallet Shed Using Reclaimed Materials
It’s Natalie here! I do a lot of the writing about tiny homes here, but today I want to show you what my husband and I have been working on — an 8×6 pallet shed using tons of reclaimed materials and rough cut lumber from a local sawmill. We have three little kids and live [...]
Family’s Under-$11k Bus-Based Tiny Home
Adam and Chelsea knew each other in high school, but reconnected after some time in the military where they individually traveled the globe. Once married they kept traveling and one of Chelsea’s friends showed her skoolies. At first, the couple thought it was insane. But after diving down the #Skoolie Instagram rabbit hole they were [...]
Airbnb Village w/ Treehouse Yurt, Alpacas, Woodstock And More
Dan’s very first project on his property was his “Mancave.” He never dreamed that someone would want to stay in it, but when a friend recommended he put it on Airbnb, it became a popular destination. That’s when Dan started getting creative: He built a mini-village inside an airplane hangar, and then constructed a yurt, [...]
IKEA-Style Van Kits You Can Build Yourself!
Ok, so we’ve all had a bad experience trying to put together IKEA furniture, BUT, it sure beats the effort of building your own furniture from scratch or spending a fortune on something fancy you can buy at a furniture store. Van Lab’s DIY kits are similar — you don’t have to go through all [...]
Penelope The Van: Pandemic Lets Maddie Pursue Her Dream
Maddie never wanted to fit in the box and do things the way others do them, but it was the pandemic that finally allowed her to chase her dream of living and travelling in her van. Her work finally went remote, and she hit the road. Besides her medical coding job, Maddie also creates beautiful [...]
Outback Skoolie with a LUXURY Bathroom
After Nicole lost her mother, her entire perspective on life changed and she and her husband, Charlie, jumped into a bus conversion so they could travel more. Neither of them had ever used power tools, but you’d never know from looking at their Outback-inspired build! It has a stunning kitchen complete with an oven and [...]
