DIY

Doug and Mindy had been bus drivers and subway operators up until retiring. Nothing had been handed to them; they weren’t wealthy: they had no construction experience — but they knew traveling the continent in a converted bus was their dream! So they found a transit bus at auction and began converting it. The bus [...]

Imagine finding yourself on a beautiful country estate in Arthur, Ontario, Canada, staying in this luxurious tiny home among the trees. The modern design is all one room, with clever partitions to allow a sense of privacy in between the bedroom, kitchen, and spacious bathroom. The bathroom includes a large black soaking tub with an [...]

You might have seen CJ Rislove’s audition on the latest season of American Idol and been entranced by his raised roof school bus conversion! Well, today you can get the full tour of his amazing rig, which he first converted with only $5,000 that he’d been saving between the ages of 14 and 17. Now [...]

The last time we checked in with Holly and Matt, they were about 3 months into an amazing van conversion for their family of 4. While the interior was coming together, they’d still be working for another 6 months before they moved in and hit the road. Incredibly, they completed the entire build for just [...]

The Catskills Tiny House Workshop, two hours northwest of NYC, is having another two-day class on March 22-23, 2024 —teaching people how to design, move, and oversee the building of their own small house. The $695 fee (there are couple’s and group discounts) includes accommodations in three different tiny houses, all meals, sample blueprints, sample [...]

When Katya lost her job in 2020, she used her stimulus checks on something tremendous—a budget van conversion! She and her brother spent five weeks working hard to transform this camper van into a home-on-wheels. About six months ago, she decided to hit the road full-time in her rig, and she’s been loving the nomadic [...]

This 2005 Freightliner FS-65 2WD has been lovingly converted into a school bus tiny house! It has one of the largest shower stalls I’ve ever seen in a conversion, which takes up half of the bathroom that spans the entire width of the school bus. Besides the impressive bathroom, the kitchen is also roomy, with [...]

Christian and Kelsie sold their brick-and-mortar home so they could transform a school bus into a home on wheels! And they did an awesome job with the conversion, including a classy L-shaped kitchen, queen-sized bed, and spacious shower stall with a skylight into their creative layout. The couple married young — at 19 and 21 [...]

This is an awesome DIY Gooseneck tiny home built by John and Angel from The Tiny House Travelers. They chose a gooseneck trailer custom-built by a company in Florida, and then spent a year and a half of weekends transforming it into an amazing home on wheels. We were able to interview the couple and [...]

Suzy was living in a cabin with her son when their home was flooded. A friend mentioned she should get a tiny house, so if natural disasters were coming her way, she could hitch up and leave. At the time she was unaware of tiny homes, but once she started researching she knew it was [...]

Ryan needed a way to get to all the adventure spots he loved, without limiting it to weekends and vacation days. Taking his remote job on the road in a custom-built Toyota Hilux camper conversion was the perfect fit for him. The camper has a multi-purpose living area that allows him to eat/work/sleep and entertain, [...]

Nick has lived in his hand-built tiny house in Oregon for two years. He made it from locally harvested Juniper and Cedar, and the result was a stunning 295-square-foot tiny house. The house has both a loft and a first-floor/gooseneck bedroom. The bed frame has plenty of storage underneath, and a sturdy wooden ladder goes [...]

Hannah and Greg built a tiny house “fortress” that’s welded together to make it lightweight and incredibly durable! They traveled the country with their daughter for a year before parking the home on her mother’s property in Florida. With the savings, they can continue to travel internationally and return to their tiny home base. The [...]

Robin and Wayne live in the awesome shuttle bus home he converted back in 2022. Their bus has a full recording studio, a wood stove, and plenty of other clever features that make it perfect for full-time bus life. We had the privilege of interviewing them about what inspired them to start bus life, how [...]

Anne stumbled across this gorgeous lot of land in New Zealand with ocean views on one end and gorgeous bush views on the other end. When she bought it, all it had was a garage and a small utility shed. Instead of choosing to build a larger home closer to the road, she decided to [...]

Michael, Fluer, and their children Given and Julie are traveling the world in their incredible 4×4 Overlander. They’ve shipped this incredible rig across the ocean so they could explore North America after spending a couple of years in Europe. They’ve been on the road since 2019, and the house they’ve created is truly spectacular! It [...]

This is an adorable tiny house on wheels designed by the owner and built by professional tiny house builders in New Zealand. Jill uses the house as an Airbnb rental after retiring from podiatry. The sweet house has two lofts, one for lounging and another with a standing loft and a queen-sized bed. To get [...]

Matt, Amy, and their two young children live full-time in their van conversion, which they DIYed in South Africa where they live. The van has an innovative bed set-up in the back, which allows all four of them to get some shut-eye! The kitchen takes up a large portion of the van so that they [...]

If you’ve been around Tiny House Talk for a while, you’ve likely heard of John and Fin. This couple runs off-grid workshops, tiny house meetups, and their organization, United Tiny Homes, has donated thousands to charity! Oh, and they run a whole Airbnb resort in Georgia with several tiny homes they’ve designed and built. But [...]

Innovative construction methods are always exciting, and this Pumice house in New Zealand used 200 bales of barley straw, a waste product, to create an innovative sculptural vacation property. The house has a gorgeous first-floor bedroom with a roll-away TV, and a unique bathroom with a scultped shower stall. The bales are covered in a [...]

Brittany and Jay are the proud owners of their ultimate overlanding truck camper, which allows them to off-road and boondock for up to two weeks at a time. They use Starlink, a generator, and extra propane/fuel storage to let them stay on the trails and still work “normal” jobs. Because Jay was formerly a chef, [...]

Johnny recently upgraded to a detachable truck camping bed to enhance his adventure sports travels. A couple of years prior, he hopped on the nomadic life train by building out a shuttle bus conversion to pursue adventure sports. And while that setup worked, he decided the bus-plus-car was too long, and he wanted something he [...]

In 2020, Anton found himself building out a van conversion, largely because some of his best friends were jumping into vanlife, and “you are who your friends are.” Three years ago he couldn’t even hang a picture, but you’d never know based on the incredible rig you’ll see below. He chose bamboo for the interior, [...]