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A-Frame tiny house with black exterior and warm string lights in a wooded setting.

From Nomad to A-Frame: Van Life to Renovated 1970s Cabin

Summer is an incredible woman who has been living tiny for years! She started off in a 1969 Shasta that she converted, and then other small nomadic spaces like an RV and a van. Eventually, she purchased this great 1970s A-frame cabin. It needed a lot of help and a lot of paint, and after [...]

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Efficient tiny house interior featuring a man sitting at a custom-built desk with floor storage solu.

Engineer’s Sprinter Van Life with Floor Storage

Keko’s nomadic life started in 2020. His job went remote, and he escaped the US and went to Mexico to wait out the lockdowns. When it was time to come home, he decided to do something different and chose to purchase a van. But he actually lived in the van during the conversion process, starting [...]

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Portable tiny house with a unique circular design on wheels.

He Spent 26 Days and $3k Building His Teardrop Camper

Phil, a professional woodworker, was going to archery competitions where he would camp in a tent. It was always a bit annoying setting up camp, but the nail in the coffin came the day his tent got entirely flooded by the rain at an annual event. After that, he decided to challenge himself and build [...]

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Tiny house parked among tall trees in a forest.

Florida Family Traveling the Country in Custom Skoolie

Back when Danny and Joy only had one child, they were hoping to make a home of their own but weren’t in a place to purchase a home in Florida where they were living at the time. So when a school bus came up for sale in their area, they decided, “Why not?” Their skoolie [...]

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Modern bedroom featuring moonlit wall art and plush bedding in a renovated cottage.

200-year-old Cottage Renovation in the UK

Just like this Scottish cow-shed we showed you a couple of weeks ago, this 200-year-old cottage in the UK has been completely renovated, and the results are absolutely stunning. You’d never know you were inside a historic building except for the beautifully preserved cast iron kitchen they framed off in the living room. Even though [...]

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Off-grid tiny house with solar panels and spacious outdoor deck.

Family’s $20K Wild & Free Off-Grid Tiny House Life

Steve and Di were living in an urban apartment when Di started crunching numbers and realizing that having a child would make it tough to make ends meet. That’s when she and Steve decided that a DIY tiny house would give them more time with their son, less time at work, and a closer connection [...]

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Small DIY tiny house with yellow door and compact design in a natural setting.

Their Carefully-Designed $50K DIY Tiny Home

Julie and Ryan wanted a place that felt like home, but couldn’t find any affordable options in California, so they built a tiny house! They looked for floor plans that would provide a separate loft office for Julie. Still, they ultimately decided to create their own design that carefully incorporated everything they needed for themselves [...]

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