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 [...]
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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 [...]
Married Couple Living Tiny in a DIY Airstream Tiny Home
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 [...]
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 [...]