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Tiny House Summit in Portland

Tiny House Summit Begs Question: Where Do You Put It?

This is KGW news coverage of Portland’s recent Tiny House Summit where hundreds of people were in attendance celebrating and learning about tiny housing. They listened to panels discuss financing options and ways to work with changing municipal codes. They also saw the latest in small homes, transformer-style furniture and, finally, toured the sprawling outdoor display. And, of [...]

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65-Year-Old Woman Builds her own DIY Tiny Home

This is the story of how a 65-year-old woman decided to build her own DIY tiny home on wheels using reclaimed materials. It took her two years to build it herself almost all by herself. That’s pretty awesome, isn’t it? She also raised the money to do it herself. Vera Struck built her tiny home [...]

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Couple Build Their Own DIY Sprinter RV to Travel in Full Time

This is the story of how a husband and wife quit their jobs, sold their stuff, bought a van, and converted it into a DIY RV. Now they’ve been traveling in it for about 6 months while maintaining a travel blog called Get Some Adventures. After they’re done traveling, they plan on buying land and [...]

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Couple’s Off-Grid Micro-homestead with Tiny Home on Wheels

This couple’s 129 sq. ft. tiny home on wheels sits on their very own off-grid micro-homestead. On the property, you’ll notice they have solar panels, gardening beds, a small pond, a barn that burned down, and more! When you go inside their tiny home on wheels, you’ll find they have a wonderful tiny living space [...]

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Tiny House with Two Babies, a Great Dane, and Mom & Dad!

This is the story of a young woman, her partner James, their great dane dog named Denver, and their two babies who are all living together in their 232 sq. ft. DIY tiny house that they built and expanded upon as their family grew. Over the past few years, their family has grown exponentially – and [...]

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Family Builds 40×28 Shipping Container Home

This is Brook, Ryan, and Soleil’s 40×28 shipping container home in Asheville, NC. They’re a young family who, over the past year, bought and prepared their land, collected recycled materials, and built their first home using two shipping containers and a shed-style roof! It’s a 1,140 square foot house that was built for about $110,000 [...]

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Couple Living Simply in a Converted Box Truck

This is a converted Ford Transit Luton box truck that is home to Adam Croft and Nikki Pepperell. They outfitted this box truck with everything they need to feel at home including a kitchen, wood-burning stove, living space with a mini library, bathroom, and a cozy loft bed. This truck takes them all over Europe [...]

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