Micro Houses

In this post, you’re going to get introduced to a small/tiny house builder you may have never heard of before. They go by Hobbitat and are building cabins for Blue Moon Rising. The great part about these is that you can try out one of their tiny cabins first to see how you like living [...]

When an architecture student in China became frustrated with his dorm room he decided to design and build his own 75 sq. ft. tiny house. It’s a micro home that somehow packs a kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, and patio. Hard to imagine at just 75-square-feet. Student Designs and Builds Micro House To me the design [...]

Guest Post by Dawn Langton: On the Teardrop Camper Trail When I was kid, my mother aspired to a singlewide. She grew up in our house, a rambling Dutch Colonial on Long Island. My friends loved its weird nooks and crannies and creepy cellar. My mom hated that it always needed work and took forever [...]

I’m so excited to show you this micro apartment in NYC that was photographed by David Engelhardt for Dwell Magazine. Living in a place like NYC forces you to make the most of the space you have. That’s why the city is filled with so many fascinating small spaces, like this one. Micro Apartment in [...]

Every year, designers (and design students) are dreaming up new ‘prototypes’ for various types of buildings, from prototypes for disaster-relief to futuristic green homes. Some of these prototypes are quickly forgotten (and often deserve to be). Others live on, and some even become highly successful. Marianne Cusato’s “Katrina Cottage”, whose models range from tiny to [...]

One of our readers, Mark Lacroix designed and built his own micro cabin for his truck. Yesterday I showed you his off grid tiny/small cabin which you can see photos of. His micro cabin though is basically a custom truck bed camper for his Toyota Tacoma. Recently he had to move out of his 16’x20′ [...]