≡ Menu

Simple Living

teardrop

He Built A $2k Military Style Teardrop Trailer

Here is a guest post by Steve Whelan on his DIY Teardrop Trailer. It took $2,000 and about 5 months to build part-time. Why build it? I was bored and needed a project! I am an artist as well, “targeting” my work as “Urban Art” with a twist. The military aspects of my work bring [...]

{ 16 comments }
IMG_0624

Heart of It All House: 224 Sq. Ft. Tiny hOMe

This is a guest post by Trevor Gay @heartofitallhouse – share your tiny house! Much like everyone else who’s built their own home or Tiny House, it’s a bittersweet feeling to see the project come to completion. So many long nights and weekends of pouring your family, your friends, and your own blood, sweat, and [...]

{ 47 comments }
youtu.be-Hu7uRse3hi0 (1)

Couple Living Simply in DIY Box Truck Tiny House

This is the story of how a couple took a box truck and turned it into their very own DIY tiny house. I guess you can also just call it a house truck, right? In the video tour and interview below you’ll get to not only see their entire tiny home but you’ll also get a [...]

{ 14 comments }
10627973_10204787882565167_1576470137_o

The Accidental Small Houser’s Transition to a Small Home

This is simple living story a guest post by Gaylin Weber (share yours) This SHOULD be titled, The Accidental Small Houser, as this wasn’t really a planned thing…It was prayed for, hoped for, longed for…but never actually thought out and planned…at least, not by me! We were busy raising our 2 daughters in the typical [...]

{ 24 comments }
youtu.be-h_N-xxGTb_g (2)

Man Builds €1,000 Tiny Home Using Open Source Design

This is the story of how a man named Ryan Frank built his own tiny home for only €1,000 using an open source design and 100 hours of his time. Frank lives in this tiny house with his girlfriend, but they have another structure on their little homestead too. It’s a tiny travel trailer that they [...]

{ 7 comments }
tiny-house-community-003

Waterfront Tiny Home Vacation Community

This is a guest post by Beth Livingston on Coral Sands Waterfront Tiny Home Vacation Community.   Established in 2008, before the recent surge in popularity of tiny houses, we like to say, “We were tiny when tiny wasn’t cool!” We are a community of folks who enjoy and share lake living and recreation such as [...]

{ 11 comments }
yurt-001

432 Sq. Ft. Artist Studio Yurt in Northern California

This is a guest post by Kelly Patton on her 432 sq. ft. Artist Studio Yurt in Northern California.  This yurt is comfortable rustic living, or as I call it, fancy camping. It is nestled in the woods of Northern California and it is the perfect dwelling for the nature artist and writer that lives [...]

{ 10 comments }