Interviews

The last time we checked in with Holly and Matt, they were about 3 months into an amazing van conversion for their family of 4. While the interior was coming together, they’d still be working for another 6 months before they moved in and hit the road. Incredibly, they completed the entire build for just [...]

Deb was starting a new phase of her life after her kids moved out, and she got divorced. Living tiny was the perfect “next step” for rebuilding her life. She and her sister purchased tiny houses and placed them on a lush rented lot near the woods. Her off-grid home has a rainwater catchment system, [...]

When Katya lost her job in 2020, she used her stimulus checks on something tremendous—a budget van conversion! She and her brother spent five weeks working hard to transform this camper van into a home-on-wheels. About six months ago, she decided to hit the road full-time in her rig, and she’s been loving the nomadic [...]

The Leopard family — yes, their last name is “Leopard” — is traveling New Zealand in an awesome travel trailer after they had so much fun on a camping trip they decided to make a “three-year plan” that would allow them to travel for a full year, full-time. That plan involved selling vehicles and another [...]

Christian and Kelsie sold their brick-and-mortar home so they could transform a school bus into a home on wheels! And they did an awesome job with the conversion, including a classy L-shaped kitchen, queen-sized bed, and spacious shower stall with a skylight into their creative layout. The couple married young — at 19 and 21 [...]

This is an awesome DIY Gooseneck tiny home built by John and Angel from The Tiny House Travelers. They chose a gooseneck trailer custom-built by a company in Florida, and then spent a year and a half of weekends transforming it into an amazing home on wheels. We were able to interview the couple and [...]

Suzy was living in a cabin with her son when their home was flooded. A friend mentioned she should get a tiny house, so if natural disasters were coming her way, she could hitch up and leave. At the time she was unaware of tiny homes, but once she started researching she knew it was [...]

Ryan needed a way to get to all the adventure spots he loved, without limiting it to weekends and vacation days. Taking his remote job on the road in a custom-built Toyota Hilux camper conversion was the perfect fit for him. The camper has a multi-purpose living area that allows him to eat/work/sleep and entertain, [...]

Hannah and Greg built a tiny house “fortress” that’s welded together to make it lightweight and incredibly durable! They traveled the country with their daughter for a year before parking the home on her mother’s property in Florida. With the savings, they can continue to travel internationally and return to their tiny home base. The [...]

Robin and Wayne live in the awesome shuttle bus home he converted back in 2022. Their bus has a full recording studio, a wood stove, and plenty of other clever features that make it perfect for full-time bus life. We had the privilege of interviewing them about what inspired them to start bus life, how [...]

Michael, Fluer, and their children Given and Julie are traveling the world in their incredible 4×4 Overlander. They’ve shipped this incredible rig across the ocean so they could explore North America after spending a couple of years in Europe. They’ve been on the road since 2019, and the house they’ve created is truly spectacular! It [...]

Cindy fell in love with tiny homes back in 2017, and by 2019 she had moved into Phase 2 of Acony Bell Tiny House Community in North Carolina. At the time, she was only the third house in the second phase, and now the village is full of other amazing tiny homes. She wanted a [...]

Matt, Amy, and their two young children live full-time in their van conversion, which they DIYed in South Africa where they live. The van has an innovative bed set-up in the back, which allows all four of them to get some shut-eye! The kitchen takes up a large portion of the van so that they [...]

If you’ve been around Tiny House Talk for a while, you’ve likely heard of John and Fin. This couple runs off-grid workshops, tiny house meetups, and their organization, United Tiny Homes, has donated thousands to charity! Oh, and they run a whole Airbnb resort in Georgia with several tiny homes they’ve designed and built. But [...]

Brittany and Jay are the proud owners of their ultimate overlanding truck camper, which allows them to off-road and boondock for up to two weeks at a time. They use Starlink, a generator, and extra propane/fuel storage to let them stay on the trails and still work “normal” jobs. Because Jay was formerly a chef, [...]

Johnny recently upgraded to a detachable truck camping bed to enhance his adventure sports travels. A couple of years prior, he hopped on the nomadic life train by building out a shuttle bus conversion to pursue adventure sports. And while that setup worked, he decided the bus-plus-car was too long, and he wanted something he [...]

In 2020, Anton found himself building out a van conversion, largely because some of his best friends were jumping into vanlife, and “you are who your friends are.” Three years ago he couldn’t even hang a picture, but you’d never know based on the incredible rig you’ll see below. He chose bamboo for the interior, [...]

Maybe you disagree, but I don’t think I’ll ever tire of looking at Hobbit Holes! Each has unique features, but all call back to the source material with round doors, wooden accents, and a warm and cozy vibe. This one in Tennessee is no exception. The 360-square-foot space is a great spot to unwind and [...]

Scott has been surfing on this famous California beach for 50 years and has plenty of experience with boats and RVs, so when the rules about the size of vehicles allowed on the beach changed, he decided to downsize. He wasn’t planning on building something himself, but with the shutdowns of 2020, he decided to [...]

Joey’s story isn’t one you’d expect — he nailed the “dream job” of working in mechanical and biomedical engineering for the FBI in Washington, D.C. — and then realized it wasn’t for him! He got a different job working as a software engineer that ended up going remote in 2020 — and before he knew [...]

While we’ve seen many Hobbiton-inspired tiny houses before, this is a “real” one, recently entirely on the same farm as the Hobbiton movie set for the “The Lord of the Rings” and “Hobbit” trilogies. The original set designers helped create the home to ensure it was as true to Peter Jackson’s interpretation of the books [...]