Just about three years ago we interviewed Brian and Alexis, the owners of the Juniper THOW they built with help from Backcountry Tiny Homes. The couple (and their dog) had just finished up the house at the time, but now they’ve been tiny-housing it for more than three years! We decided to get back in [...]
Interviews
Paul and Annett’s Beautiful Off-Grid Tiny Home And Lifestyle in Byron Bay
This is a story of Paul and Annett and their beautiful off-grid tiny home in Byron Bay, New South Wales. Below you’ll find video tours from Bryce of Living Big in a Tiny House to see for yourself how this couple is living completely off-grid and making the most out of life. We’re so grateful [...]
Come Tour Southern California’s first LEGAL Tiny House Village!
One of the biggest questions we get here at Tiny House Talk is, “Where do I park it!?” Well, sister-brother duo Melissa and Jon Block of Tiny House Block transformed a run-down trailer park into California’s first legal tiny house village, where they not only welcome short and long term renters, but rent out land [...]
Madelyn and Caleb’s Japanese Van Conversion
This is the story of Madelyn and Caleb and their van that they imported from Japan. They spent two months renovating it, and hit the road! It’s a 1993 Toyota van that they completely refurbished inside-out. It has a happy and vintage look to it and I think they did a really nice job of [...]
They Sold Their House, Paid Off Their Debt, And Built A $19k Skoolie!
This is the story of Travis and Destoni’s school bus tiny home, online they are known as Sloth High Five (Instagram). Prior to embracing the bus life, they were deep in debt, working like crazy, and feeling like they were not making any forward progress. That’s when they decided to throw away the “rules” that [...]
Family of 4’s 3-Bedroom Tiny House in a Community
This is the story of the Schons and their DIY tiny home. They’re a family of four who built their tiny house over 2 years and moved into the Lake Dallas Tiny Home Community outside Dallas, Texas. The kids each have their own unique bedroom with personalized painted ceilings and decoupaged floors, which adds such [...]
Couple’s DIY Mini School Bus Conversion
This is the story of Sheena, Nate, and their Dog Luna who live in their bus ‘Stud’. Sheena and Nate met while Nate was living van-life. Sheena was always interested in van-life, but was nervous to jump in as a solo female. She and Nate hit it off and she moved into the van pretty [...]

