Right now I’d like to show you this 610 sq. ft. cottage by New Avenue Homes and tell you the story behind it. When the homeowner’s daughter and her family were in need of a change she invited them to move in to her larger main house since they’re a growing family with two children. This way, grandma [...]
Downsizing
288 Sq. Ft. Solar Cabin For Sale On 2 Acres
This 288 sq. ft. solar cabin for sale is a guest post by Shannon Riddle Hi Alex (and Tiny House Newsletter readers), I wanted to share our tiny home pics with you. Although we really love our tiny home, it isn’t in the ideal location for our little family. So this tiny home is for [...]
Couple Living Simply in 200 Sq. Ft. Tiny House Built for $15k
I’m excited to introduce you to John Russell and Debbie Hanson. They’re a couple who’ve gone from divorces and 2,000 sq. ft. homes into a DIY 200 sq. ft. tiny house on wheels that they call their Ritz on Wheels. It cost them only $15,000 in materials to build it themselves and just under a [...]
Man Building DIY Off Grid Tiny Home for Less Than $2k
This $2k tiny home story is a guest post by Winston W. Johnson Hi Alex (and Tiny House Newsletter readers), I started my tiny shelter in December of 2013, it’s built on a 1965 Yellowstone Cavalier travel trailer frame that I got free from a neighbor. Probably 75% of the lumber was cut and milled [...]
From Hoarder to Tiny Houser: How I beat the Acquisition Addiction
Guest Post by Mariah Coz of www.CometCamper.com As the next session of the Comet Camper Tiny Transition and Downsizing E-Course opens for enrollment, I thought it’d be interesting to reflect on my personal journey with simplifying into less than 100 square feet. I wanted to show you that if I can downsize into a tiny [...]
Professor Living Simply in 33 Sq. Ft. Dumpster Tiny House
Right now I’d like to introduce you to Professor Dumpster (aka Dr. Jeff Wilson). He’s a college professor (and Dean) at the Huston-Tillotson University in Austin, Texas who’s decided to move into a dumpster and live in it for one year. I’ve shown you how a dumpster can be turned into a micro house before [...]
Your Trailer: Most Important Tiny House Decision?
This is a guest post by Ethan Waldman, author of Tiny House Decisions When I was sure that I was going to build a Tiny House on Wheels, the first major purchase that I made was a set of plans. Once that was out of the way, I started shopping for trailers. One of the [...]
