Meet and Margy and Wayne Lutz who live in a 675-square-feet small float cabin in a placed called Hole in the Wall in Coastal British Columbia. It’s completely off-grid with water access only. They used a combination of solar power, wind, and thermo electricity for power. Their home is the third cabin that their friend [...]
House Boats
Tracy Metro’s 560 Square Foot Small Houseboat Tour
Meet Tracy Metro and her lush 560 square foot houseboat that she and her husband live in full-time. She’s the designer on I Live With My Mom and she calls her small houseboat the Metro Retro. Tracy and her husband bought the boat and it had a challenging layout, so she completely changed it up [...]
Full Length Tiny House Documentary: An Exploration into the Tiny House Movement
This tiny house documentary was created by Kirsten Dirksen, it’s called We the Tiny House People. In the last few years, we’ve gotten to see a lot of tiny house and simple living videos, and most of them are thanks to her. Nobody has been more dedicated to bringing you closer and closer to these [...]
Solar Powered Bauhaus Barge Boathouse
The Bauhaus is an electric-powered houseboat. It measures 50′ by 13.5′ so it’s approximately 675 square feet. Not tiny, but certainly small, and very interesting. It weighs about 20 tons and has enough solar panels to run everything all year long. There is no gas, diesel, or petrol required. You even cook and heat with [...]
Pedaling Afloat with Phil Thiel’s Tiny Houseboats
Phil Thiel of Seattle, Washington, has inspired a whole fleet of tiny human-powered houseboats in the United States, England, and Germany. He calls his quaint canal cruisers Escargots for their slow speed and sells the building plans for just $150. Each 18.5′ by 6′ houseboat fits up to three bunks and is propelled by a [...]
Living Aboard a 36′ Catalina Sailboat?
Living aboard a 36′ Catalina sailboat in the Caribbean… Ah, the good life. Sailboats provide you with a small space so you have little to take care of and clean. Plus, like an RV or motorhome, they give you the ability to travel inexpensively. I’m Alex Pino and I had the chance to meet up [...]
Musician Lives in 481 Sq. Ft. Houseboat That Used to be a World War II Lifeboat
This week’s tiny house is situated in the land of multi-million dollar homes. Its owner, Fiver Brown, has found a life hack to live frugally in this area. How? A floating home. It’s a former World War II lifeboat that was converted into a 481 square foot house in 1967. San Francisco Bay 481 Square [...]