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Tiny House Magazine Issue 29 School Bus Conversions

Tiny House Magazine Issue 29: School Bus Conversions

Tiny House Magazine Issue 29 by Kent Griswold and his team of tiny living contributors is available now. This issue is focused on school bus tiny home conversions. This issue contains 74 PDF pages of articles, photos, video, and resources on tiny houses for you to enjoy on any of your electronic devices (tablet, smart phone, or computer). So if you [...]

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Couple Build and Live in Tiny House for Less than $20k

See how this married couple, Peter and Shannon, built their own tiny house for less than $20,000 and how they are living simply in it. This is one of the most amazing tiny homes I’ve ever seen. I think you’ll be really impressed once you see what it’s like inside. Inside this little cottage on [...]

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7 Friends Create Simple Tiny House Community

Seven Friends Build Simple Tiny House Community

When Lina Menard was 14 years old, she was already interested in cohousing. So it’s no wonder that today she’s living in her own tiny house in a self-created tiny house community she and her friends put together in Portland. It’s called Simply Home Community. Granted, this all definitely didn’t happen over night. This is something Lina [...]

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Tiny Tack House photo by Billy Ulmer

Couple Finds Tiny House Brings Them Closer Together

When Chris and Malissa Tack built their 140-square foot tiny home on wheels three years ago, blogs and resources on the subject were few and far between. At the time, they only knew of one couple building a tiny house – most were single individuals. Some people aren’t sure they could share a small space [...]

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Friends Build DIY Tiny House Community in Portland

Birds of a feather…  these four tiny house dwellers decided to “flock” together in a small community comprised of cute tiny homes! Tony Diethelm created the Simply Home Community in Portland, Oregon. All four tiny homeowners knew each other beforehand, and Lina, who owns the Lucky Penny house in the community, helped Tony design his [...]

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Young Lady’s The Lucky Penny Tiny Home

Lina and her cat, Raffi, are used to tiny dwellings, so they thoroughly enjoy this cozy Vardo-inspired Lucky Penny tiny house in Portland, Oregon, that Lina designed and helped build herself. The tiny home is a whopping 100.3 square feet, 14 1/2 feet long, 8 feet wide, 10 1/2 feet high. The “lucky penny” nickname comes from [...]

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Couple’s Portable Tiny House + Micro Office

Just hitch your portable tiny house to your vehicle and tow it anywhere you want to go! It’s even registered as an RV, which has its pros and cons. Of course, the major advantage to a “mobile” home like this is that you can travel and have a place to stay. However, because of its [...]

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