I’m excited to share “The Box” tiny cabin with you today. It’s a 215 sq. ft. home that Ralph Erskine hand built with the help of a friend beginning in 1941. The goal was to create shelter for his wife and two baby girls on land given to him by a farmer friend. As you’ll [...]
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Elm 18 Overlook: 117 Sq. Ft. Tumbleweed Tiny Home on Wheels
In this post I’m showing you a 117 sq. ft. tiny home on wheels. It’s called the Tumbleweed Elm 18 Overlook. Designed to be built on a trailer it’s mobile, beautiful and functional. All while looking and feeling like a real home. Don’t miss other awesome updates like this – join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter for [...]
The Weller Tiny House: 115 Sq. Ft. Gabled Cabin
Today I wanted to show you Jay Shafer’s Weller tiny house design. It’s a 115 square feet gabled cabin designed to be built on a 7′ x 16′ trailer. This home embraces classical geometry which Jay and his Four Lights Tiny Houses are famous for. What I like best about it is the traditional craftsman [...]
Lexa Dome Tiny Homes: 540 Sq Ft Round Cabin You’ll Never Forget
What if your tiny home did not look like every other tiny home? This 540 sq ft dome cabin by Lexa Dome Homes breaks the mold with its round shape, tall ceilings, and unusual wooden construction system. It is a very different take on small living, and that is exactly why dome homes keep catching [...]
Jay Shafer’s Component Furniture for Designing your own Tiny Houses
In this post, I’m going to show you Jay Shafer’s component furniture plans which are made to design your own tiny house. I think his goal here is to make it easy for us to customize tiny houses for our own needs. At first, Jay would design little houses for himself figuring that he was [...]
Top 3 Tiny House Plans for Couples
People ask us all the time how we can live together in 120 square feet. It is asked as though people are surprised that a couple would even have any interest in being that close to one another. We always smile and laugh politely and tell them that we have 15 acres so we always [...]
Cozy 165 Square Foot Tiny House on a Trailer
I wanted to show you this 165 square foot tiny house on a trailer that was built using slightly modified Tumbleweed Fencl plans. It has that rustic look to it that I personally love and the pictures below speak for themselves. The interior is beautiful and features high quality home style cabinetry with a spacious kitchen/bathroom [...]

