One of our readers Peter Christiansen brought this shipping container home in Gainesville Florida to my attention. It was built using recycled 15-year-old shipping containers that otherwise would have been melted down because their useful life cycle was over. There’s a total of 12 used containers that he has used for his home. Some of [...]
Shipping Container Tiny Houses
500-square-foot Off-Grid Shipping Container Home with Pool
This 500-square-foot off-grid shipping container home might be what you’ve always dreamed of. It has built-in deck space, it’s own pool, and can easily be hooked up to utilities if you wanted to. The interior is made out of OSB wood boards and it’s built with moisture-resistant insulation. There’s a murphy bed installed inside to [...]
Top 10 Shipping Container Tiny Houses
This is our top 10 shipping container tiny houses. When it comes to tiny living, shipping container tiny houses are a great option because they’re inexpensive, usually recycled, and extremely durable. This means that by turning one into your home you’re helping the environment by using something that already exists as a shelter, you’re saving [...]
Mother Builds $4k Shipping Container Home and Tiny House on Wheels
This post is based on a video created by Kirsten Dirksen of Faircompanies.com about a woman living in a shipping container and a tiny home on wheels with her family. A friend suggested she build something after being forced out of her last home where she was renting. After that she was able to attain [...]
Full Length Tiny House Documentary: An Exploration into the Tiny House Movement
This tiny house documentary was created by Kirsten Dirksen, it’s called We the Tiny House People. In the last few years, we’ve gotten to see a lot of tiny house and simple living videos, and most of them are thanks to her. Nobody has been more dedicated to bringing you closer and closer to these [...]
Man Turns Garbage Container into Micro Home
I saw this luxurious and reclaimed garbage container tiny house created by a guy named Gregory Kloehn floating around the Internet lately. After running into it twice and a couple of readers have sent it to me, I thought I should share it with you. It sort of reminds me of the Apocalyptic Tiny House [...]
1140 Square Foot Small House Made out of Salvaged Cars
Architect Karl Wanaselja and partner Cate Leger created a unique small house in Berkeley, California. They call it the McGee House. It consists of 104 salvaged car roofs which cover the upper side walls of the home. The inspiration behind the upper siding came from fish scales. The lower wall siding is made out of [...]
