Off-Grid Living

What does “living simply” really mean? That was one of the questions on Aldo Lavaggi’s mind when he set out to design and build his own tiny house on wheels. He purposefully chose a very simple design with no running water and no shower, curious about how it would feel to carry in his own [...]

This is a yurt glamping (glamour camping) set up at the Green Acres family homestead near Austin, Texas in the countryside town of Elgin, Texas. On the property you’ll also find a Vintage Spartan and an Airstream which is also available as a vacation rental experience. If you want to try out living tiny in [...]

This School Bus Tiny Cottage Lifestyle Update is a guest post by Marsha Cowan – share yours! I came home from Arizona to North Carolina to visit with my family for the summer (am parked in my daughter’s driveway), and while here have been able to do some renovations on the tiny red bus in [...]

This tiny writer’s cabin retreat is a guest post by Greg Hughes – share yours!  Thought you might enjoy a few pictures of my friend Jeff’s recent project for his wife. It’s not as slick as some of the purpose built tiny houses you feature but the difference is, outside of money for paint, caulk, and screws, this [...]

This is the story of how one man is building his own DIY U-Haul Box Truck Tiny House with custom slide outs. There definitely aren’t many projects like this out there so it’s one of the most creative although it does remind me of this amazing transforming castle house truck we featured a few months back. [...]

This Love Shack Tiny House Boat was submitted by Jeff & Sherry – share yours! He purchased this and is in the process of wanting to fix this up to a comfy Love Shack. To be honest when he first bought it I was like, “what the heck! Is that an ice shack?” Then I [...]