After owning a conventional home and feeling stressed by the pressure of paying a large mortgage on her own by mortgage arrangers, Natalie, a Canadian woman in her mid-thirties, decided to build a tiny house on wheels. Starting with plans from Tumbleweed, she adapted the design for extreme winter weather by installing spray foam insulation, [...]
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How You Can Help Living Tiny Become Legal in More Places
You’re probably one of many people who desperately wish it was easier to live in tiny houses legally without having to move across the country. Right now, there are places to live tiny, but there’s not that many. In fact, it’s still illegal in most places and there aren’t far enough tiny house friendly communities [...]
Couple Build $10k Tiny House with 80% Reclaimed Materials
This is one couple’s DIY tiny house on wheels that they built using 80% reclaimed materials in New Zealand for only about $10,000 in United States Dollars. Shortly after moving to New Zealand together from the United States, Cori and Patrick decided they would build their own tiny home on a trailer using mostly recycled [...]
Man Builds Craftsman-style Tiny House
This is a craftsman-style tiny house on wheels built by Aaron Dennis. He built it using a slightly modified version of Dan Louche’s tiny house plans. This tiny house is built on a 22 1/2 ft. trailer. Aaron will be towing it using a 1985 Ford F-350. Please enjoy, learn more, and re-share below. Thank you! [...]
Couple’s Life in Off-Grid 12 x 12 Innermost House Tiny Cabin
This is the 12 x 12 Innermost House Tiny Cabin where the owners lived simply in it for seven years without electricity. From the outside, it looks like an ordinary tiny cabin with a covered front porch. When you go inside, you’ll find a library, living area, fireplace, kitchenette, and an upstairs sleeping loft. Please [...]
Couple’s 648 Sq. Ft. Tall Tiny House And How It Came To Be
Post-Katrina, my partner, Sky, and I headed to New Orleans to offer our carpentry skills to help rebuilding in the area. After spending a couple of months doing all kinds of things, meeting great people, and loving the city and her culture, we decided to buy property and move here. Don’t miss other stories like [...]
2016 Tiny House Jamboree: August 5 – August 7, 2016
I’m sure you’ve already heard of the 2015 Tiny House Jamboree where it’s said that over 40,000 people gathered from all over the world in Colorado Springs, CO to celebrate the tiny house movement. The event was organized by Darin Zaruba and his team at EcoCabins who are based out of Colorado Springs. In 2016, [...]