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Couple Build and Live in Tiny House for Less than $20k

See how this married couple, Peter and Shannon, built their own tiny house for less than $20,000 and how they are living simply in it. This is one of the most amazing tiny homes I’ve ever seen. I think you’ll be really impressed once you see what it’s like inside. Inside this little cottage on [...]

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Mother and Son Living in 364 Sq. Ft. Tiny Home

Now this is a tiny house that really makes full use of recycled materials! Jeff and Brad used their self-taught knowledge to build two of these in Portland, Oregon. The exterior walls are made up of tomato sauce cans from a local pizza parlor. These make the houses fire retardant, which apparently makes the local [...]

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My (Honest) Tiny House Journey: Stop Dreaming, Start Doing

This is a Downsizing and Tiny House Journey guest post by Mariah Coz and Jenn Today we have an AWESOME guest post from a Tiny Transition + Downsizing Course student named Jennifer, who is having her tiny house built right now and is making tons of progress towards downsizing and getting excited to move in! In [...]

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Alan Reid’s 8×12 Tiny House Design

Alan Reid has designed a 8×12 tiny house as part of our 2015 8×12 tiny house design contest. He calls this design The Lookout. The total height of this tiny house without foundation is 13 ft. Alan said with some height modifications this could be built on a trailer but as pictured below it’s on a foundation. [...]

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255 Sq. Ft. Mt. Everest Tiny House

Here is another tiny house on wheels from Tiny Mountain House. This model is the Mt. Everest. It’s 255 sq. ft. with a sleeping and storage loft. The starting price of this tiny house is $39,047. Some of the standard features of this house include knotty pine interior walls and ceiling, two burner electric cooktop in kitchen, [...]

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He Quit His Job, Built A Cargo Van Tiny Home, And Explores Europe

After 25-year old Mike Hudson quit his job he spent the next 5 months building his new home. An old cargo van that he would live off grid in and travel around Europe with. Leaving from England heading throughout Europe visiting music festivals and camping everywhere in between he has everything he needs inside his [...]

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Family of 4 Build Tiny House on a Farm

Is it possible to live in a tiny house on wheels with two kids? Well, of course it is. Check out Nathan and Sarah and their two kids, Emma & Ethan, who are building a 24′ tiny house on wheels. After attending a two-day Tumbleweed workshop they were so inspired and ready to start building [...]

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