DIY

Vaughn, like so many others, was ready to stop wasting money on LA rent month after month. He took the plunge and bought a box truck which he has made into a fantastic home — and he dreams of someday building his own shipping container house. Inside his big green machine you’ll find a spacious [...]

Here’s another set of tiny house plans we think you’ll love — the Desiderata. Build on a gooseneck trailer, you get that awesome split-level living room (or maybe a bedroom?) along with the rest of the great layout that fits in two additional lofts. There’s a spacious kitchen and bathroom, and oodles of storage tucked [...]

Container homes are an awesome way to reduce-reuse-recycle, and with the cost of lumber these days it’s likely somewhat more economical than the alternative. These are plans for a container home (estimated $20,000 in materials to build — expect to pay more today as material costs have gone up quite a lot since this was [...]

Christopher is the kind of person who just overflows with compassion and positivity, which you’re sure to see from watching his tour of his 1971 Airstream conversion below. When he had to move when his home was being sold, he jumped right into his Airstream conversion so he had a place to live. The result [...]

Rachel doesn’t quite remember what inspired her to pursue #vanlife, but at some point in college she started saying she wanted to live in a van, and then she was committed to seeing the idea through. She says van living has provided the “spice” she needed in her life. For the past year she’s been [...]

Just wait to meet one of the sweetest tiny house couples Tiny Home Tours has interviewed. Janae and Blaine designed and built their amazing THOW and have been living it since they got married back in 2019. It’s entirely off-grid, as well, and they have three adorable kittens. But they don’t just live tiny — [...]