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Off-Grid Family Homestead: $600 Camper Cabin and Treehouse Art Studio on 400 Acres

Jeff McIntyre and his family live off-grid on 400 acres near a small lake, splitting their living space between a converted camper cabin and a treehouse studio. The camper, purchased for $600, was gutted and lined with pine, featuring a queen bed and bunk beds for the children. A protective roof structure with metal roofing [...]

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Man Converts School Bus into a DIY Motorhome

This is one man’s fantastic school bus-turned-DIY-motorhome. From the outside, you can see vestiges of the house’s former life as a vehicle for transporting students, but the exterior of the bus has been painted burgundy. The body of the van has been enveloped in wood-siding to give a more “house-like” look and feel. The coolest [...]

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Man Designs and Builds Amazing Off-Grid Family Tiny Home

This is Fred Shultz’ fantastic tiny home for his family of three. He built this off-the-grid masterpiece by himself for about $45,000, $12,000 of which he spent on the solar panels that keep the home running. Outside, you’ll notice this tiny house on wheels is covered in corrugated steel siding and sports two awnings for [...]

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Pete and his DIY Tiny House on the San Francisco Globe

70-year-old Designs and Builds his own Tiny Home on Wheels

This is Pete’s tiny house on wheels he designed and built at age 70. You may recognize him because we originally posted about Pete awhile back, but the San Francisco Globe also recently wrote a story about his tiny house experience. Check out the Globe’s piece as well as our original story about this fantastic [...]

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800 Sq. Ft. Solar Home For Sale

This is Jacqueline Mallegni’s 800 sq. ft. solar home for sale in Abiquiu, New Mexico. The contemporary adobe home sits on 10 acres of wide-open New Mexican landscape with views from custom-made windows of the Cerro Pedernal, Jemez and Sangre de Christo mountain ranges. But this tiny home isn’t only beautiful – it runs on passive [...]

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Couple’s $25k Tiny Home on Wheels

Welcome to Donna’s $25,000 tiny home on wheels. This wood-sided marvel with delightful white trim has everything a couple could need. Donna said finishing the project was one of her long-time bucket list items. She built the house in just four months and now her son and girlfriend live in it full-time in Port Charlotte, [...]

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Emily’s 24′ Tiny House on Wheels

This is Emily’s tiny house on wheels. It’s called the Little Sunshine and the exterior was built by Trekker Trailers in Leesburg, Florida while Emily and her partner, Clark, finished the interior. It’s built on a 24′ triple-axle trailer and it features a combination of metal and wood siding with a slightly slanted shed-style roof [...]

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