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Couple Move Into Tiny Apartment for More Freedom

This tiny apartment story is a guest post by Sally and Nikita of Yuppies In Paradise We are a young couple who downsized from 1,000 square feet into a 400 sq. ft. tiny apartment. Part of our reason for downsizing our life was to save money so we could quit our jobs and travel around [...]

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Man Living in 50 Sq. Ft. Micro House He Bought for $950

In this video post you’ll get to see how a man named Rob Greenfield downsized into a 50 sq. ft. micro house on wheels that he bought for only $950. Rob admits that he is pretty extreme when it comes to downsizing. And I agree because this kind of lifestyle is definitely not fit for [...]

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How This Couple Built Their Simple Life in a Tiny Home

When Alaska experienced an economic downturn there were lots of lost jobs and homes. In 2010 the opportunity came for this couple to buy a plot of land outside of Fairbanks. So they did. Since they had a small land payment they decided to start building their own tiny home of about 264 sq. ft. (12×16) little [...]

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Mother and Daughter Sharing Tiny House on Wheels

Could you share a tiny house with one of your parents? It wouldn’t work for everyone, but it’s working just fine for Candice and her mother, Baoying. Candice designed her bright, cheery little house on wheels with two separate sleeping spaces – a spacious sleeping loft for her mother, and a smaller bedroom behind the kitchen [...]

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Couple Living Tiny in an Austin, TX RV Park

Right now I’m introducing you to Eddie and Lacey who are a couple living tiny in an Austin, Texas RV Park. Back in 2010, they attended a Tumbleweed tiny house workshop. Later on, they bought their Tumbleweed trailer, the DVD, and the Cypress tiny house plans. Now, a few years later, they’re almost done with their [...]

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Woman Sells House and ‘Goes Tiny’ on a Luxury Cruise Ship

When Lee Wachtstetter’s husband of 50 years passed away in 1997 one of his last words to her were, “don’t stop cruising.” So she sold her 5 bedroom house in Florida and started living on a Holland America Line cruise ship. When they discontinued the program at Holland she moved aboard Crystal Serenity which is [...]

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She moved into a modern 186-square-foot tiny house in Vancouver?

This 186 sq. ft. tiny house on wheels is called Thousand Crow. It was built for a 50-year-old woman in Vancouver who wanted to own her own tiny home. Since Vancouver is known as the 2nd most unaffordable place to own a home in the world, according to CBC, Isabella Mori decided to go tiny so [...]

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