Hi Alex (and Tiny House Newsletter readers). I’ve been a subscriber to Tiny House Talk for a while and have often wondered why there weren’t more people celebrating living tiny in trailers such as an Airstream. I’m a semi – retired builder and designer, I specialized in Earth, Straw, and other appropriate building materials, and have been [...]
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Law Student Designs and Builds Tiny Home for $25k
Meet Joel Fleck. When he needed to find a home after college he decided instead of paying a high amount of rent in Sonoma county, that he would opt to design and build his own tiny home on wheels instead. So, according to the story at Faircompanies, he bought an abandoned trailer for only $300 [...]
Marsha’s My Darling Tiny House on Wheels
I bought a 14′ trailer, but because of poor construction, had to build a 10′ long house instead which meant really changing the plans, but now that I have it, I absolutely love it. It is built mostly from scraps, bargains, and recycled materials including old 100 year old stable boards from which I pulled [...]
Couple Rehab Garage Into 429 Sq. Ft. Modern Studio House
I thought you might like this 429 sq. ft. studio house by José Valente. It’s a modern design that I see working well as a standalone tiny home (as shown) or even as micro apartments in a building. But this modern tiny cabin is one-of-a-kind and located in V. N. e Gaia, Portugal. All the [...]
Woman Rehabs 450 Sq. Ft. Duplex Units: Smart Simple Living
Hi Alex and Tiny House Newsletter readers, I thought you might enjoy seeing some pics of my 450 sq. ft. duplex units. I’ve been renovating it for the past year and a half and I’m closing in on the finish line. These units are reverse floor plans of each other and are approximately 450 square feet [...]
NYC Residents Living Large in Tiny Apartments
In this post you’ll get to tour two tiny apartments in NYC where residents are living large in their small spaces. The first is a couple who were able to purchase a 220 sq. ft. micro apartment for $160,000 in the city (that’s a good deal in NYC). They converted it into quite the beautiful, luxurious space [...]
Less Is More: A Tiny House Movement Infographic
I was contacted by the folks over at Custom Made about a tiny house movement infographic that they created for us which shares how less is more. And how in many ways we’re going back to square one with tiny homes. It’s obvious that the word on simple living is growing and I believe it’s [...]
