After owning a conventional home and feeling stressed by the pressure of paying a large mortgage on her own by mortgage arrangers, Natalie, a Canadian woman in her mid-thirties, decided to build a tiny house on wheels. Starting with plans from Tumbleweed, she adapted the design for extreme winter weather by installing spray foam insulation, [...]
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How You Can Help Living Tiny Become Legal in More Places
You’re probably one of many people who desperately wish it was easier to live in tiny houses legally without having to move across the country. Right now, there are places to live tiny, but there’s not that many. In fact, it’s still illegal in most places and there aren’t far enough tiny house friendly communities [...]
Couple Build $10k Tiny House with 80% Reclaimed Materials
This is one couple’s DIY tiny house on wheels that they built using 80% reclaimed materials in New Zealand for only about $10,000 in United States Dollars. Shortly after moving to New Zealand together from the United States, Cori and Patrick decided they would build their own tiny home on a trailer using mostly recycled [...]
Family’s Amazing School Bus Tiny House
This is the story of how this young family is living simply in a school bus tiny house that they built themselves. From the outside, it looks like a tiny cabin until you notice that it’s built right onto a school bus frame! When you go inside, you’ll find a cozy living area suitable for a [...]
2016 Tiny House Jamboree: August 5 – August 7, 2016
I’m sure you’ve already heard of the 2015 Tiny House Jamboree where it’s said that over 40,000 people gathered from all over the world in Colorado Springs, CO to celebrate the tiny house movement. The event was organized by Darin Zaruba and his team at EcoCabins who are based out of Colorado Springs. In 2016, [...]
Couple Move into a Modern 330 Sq. Ft. Tiny Studio Cabin
This is the story of how this couple moved into a modern 330 sq. ft. tiny studio cabin in Austin, Texas. From the outside, you’ll see that it has a modern look combined with a classic country style with it’s covered front porch and rocking chairs. When you go inside, you’ll find a full bathroom, kitchen, living [...]
Father Transforms 1970s Airstream into Cozy Tiny Home
This is the story of a man who renovated his 1970s Airstream into an incredible tiny home on wheels, where he now lives with his daughter. It’s a 1976 Airstream Ambassador. It measures 30′ from the rear to the hitch and offers about 28′ of space inside. From the outside, it still looks like a [...]

