The Shepherd Hut has been around for hundreds of years and primarily in England, but now they are available in America (Update: It appears they’ve gone out of business). They can be used as a guest house, a romantic retreat, a special workplace, a retail space for food service or dry goods. Another interesting use [...]
Micro Houses
Eroca’s 10’x10′ Micro Home Built Using Composite Steel
I have a micro home with a 10’x10′ footprint with a loft. The inside is typical of many tiny houses: small living area, tiny wet bath, small kitchen and a loft area at the front and back accessed by a ladder. Unlike most tiny houses of similar size, this one is made using modular, composite [...]
Man Converts Shipping Container into Tiny Home on Wheels
Hi Alex and Tiny House Newsletter readers, I’ve recently completed (and sold) a 20′ shipping container conversion. I did it all almost on my own with the exception of electric and plumbing, working out of a storage unit and wanted to share it with you. It’s just under 160 sq. ft. and has a full kitchen, [...]
The Indian Blanket Tiny House (SOLD)
The Indian Blanket tiny house has a New York country loft style and was built by students at Northside ISD (Independent School District) in San Antonio, Texas. This is a Construction Careers Academy. The micro home has a double loft design ideally one so you can read and the other to be used as a bedroom [...]
Hobohemians: Tiny Living in a 54 Sq. Ft. Travel Trailer
Hello Alex and Tiny House Talk readers, I’ve followed your page for some time, and it was where I saw my first tiny house, Dee Williams house! (who we later got to meet in Seattle). That was in November 2013, about a week after my partner and I had gotten rid of our apartment, things, [...]
Karenville: A Tiny Village of Tiny Buildings
Hello Alex (and Tiny House Talk readers), I love hearing about other people’s tiny house adventures. For a long time I thought I was the only one interested in living simple. I kept thinking, it’s so easy why don’t more people do it? I live full time in a 270 square foot log cabin (you [...]
Backyard Tiny Hobby House Built from Recycled Windows
I love when our readers share what they’re doing to make tiny houses in their own way and this tiny backyard hobby house is one of them. They’ve been collecting unwanted windows that would have otherwise just been thrown away. And once they had enough of them… They built this tiny little house in the backyard. I [...]