This is an inspiring story of how a grandmother named Monica turned her backyard shed into a tiny home. Why did she do it? Because her daughter, Anna, was in a desperation situation. And she has five kids. When Monica found out they were having difficulties she started turning the shed into a lovely tiny cottage for herself. This [...]
Shed Tiny Houses
Daughter and Son-in-Law Build Tiny Home for Dad
This is the story of how a daughter and her husband designed and built a custom tiny home for her dad. My husband and I wanted to build a house for my Father to live in on our property in Colorado. We decided to buy a pre-built shed and turn it into a home. The [...]
Tiny Sauna Cabin and Outdoor Shower in South Africa
This tiny sauna cabin is a guest post by Sam Pellisier Hi Alex (and Tiny House Newsletter subscribers), I thought you may appreciate the tiny sauna cabin we designed and built here in Cape Town, South Africa. Obviously, this concept can easily be enlarged slightly to make for a cute hobbit-like home. The whole structure and decks [...]
144 Sq. Ft. Backyard Shed Art Studio
This is a 144 sq. ft. backyard shed art studio built by Historic Shed. It has a 4′ extension on the roof for a covered front porch and it’s painted beautifully. This backyard shed has French doors on three sides so it has a lot of light and openness. It also has cypress siding and a metal [...]
Backyard Shed Built as Art Studio
This is a 12’x12′ backyard shed in Sarasota, Florida built by Historic Shed for an artist to use as a studio. It has a 4′ front porch extension that are supported by beautiful brackets and it has a great choice of colors. This backyard shed has French doors and double-hung wood windows on each side. [...]
120 Sq. Ft. Hillside Studio Shed Backyard Office
This 10′ x 12′ Studio Shed is used as a backyard office by a father who now telecommutes to work (works his job from home). So he set out to design and build his own office in his own backyard with the help of the people at Studio Shed. The design you are looking at is [...]
Shed Art Studio and Tiny Houses for Creating Art
Our friends over at Historic Shed were contacted by an artist in Ormond Beach, Florida to design and build a backyard shed art studio tiny house. It’s a 10’x14′ shed nestled perfectly in the backyard of the home built with some salvaged wood. It offers a dutch door, lots of windows, craftsman overhang, and a fun [...]