Shed Tiny Houses

Guest Post by Reader who Lives in Mortgage-free Small Octagon House We built this small octagon house in 1979 with mostly found/recycled materials that we pulled through the woods on a little path on a reinforced garden cart so we did it with no mortgage. Later on, we got a little crazy with the add-ons [...]

Meet Rocky and Melissa. They live in Maine and have been building what I like to call Hobbit Hole Tiny Homes. Their micro structures can serve a variety of purposes. Originally they were intended to be for children so they were in the playhouse business. Recently they’ve decided to broaden their market when they realized [...]

I normally like to show you examples of tiny houses that are a little more affordable, but other times I still like to show you great examples of small space designs because they’re inspiring. You can always take these ideas and put them into your very own design and then build it yourself for much [...]

This entire micro home including the deck is just 90 square feet. If you only include the interior, it measures just 50 square feet. This is just a bit beyond a tiny house, isn’t it? I’d definitely consider it ‘micro’. Good news is that in many areas this would just be a simple backyard shed [...]

I hope you’re looking for something unusual today because this tiny house isn’t normal. And with this unique shelter comes an interesting story. Loren Amelang purchased land in California in the 1970s. Later in his life, he decided to move into the property full time because he was tired of the corporate world. The old [...]

A few weeks ago I was exchanging e-mails with Kenny in Portland who wants to turn his garage into a studio. It’s just a one-car garage so I’d really consider this to be tiny house living (in a garage). But seriously. With the renovation done right, it can be turned into a really nice studio [...]