This is a box truck that has been converted into an amazing DIY solar mobile cabin/motorhome. It’s great because it’s off-grid-ready with plenty of solar-power! So if you’ve been thinking about living in tiny houses you’ve probably also considered a bunch of other ways of living alternatively right? I’m excited to show you this amazing [...]
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A 215 Sq. Ft. Tiny House in Paris You Might Love to Live Simply in
I thought you’d also like this tiny house on a foundation in Paris, France. To me, it just goes to show how you can design and build tiny in so many ways other than on wheels (see our small houses, tiny cabins and apartment categories). I’d like to see more and more homes like these [...]
Rural and Elegant Tiny Cottage on a Dairy Farm
This tiny cabin is on the Pt. Reyes peninsula along the Northern California coast. It’s a 260-square-foot building designed to support a large group of children for a yearly family summer camp. The cottage is on a dairy farm and has a fun and yet traditional vibe that expresses the rural setting of the land. Most [...]
Simple Living as a Family in a Small Modern Dome Home?
This modern dome home looks like an alien spacecraft. It was built in 1969 and the design was later features in a January 1975 issue of Popular Science. Incredibly enough it’s designed to withstand up to 250 mph of wind! And inside you’ll find just about everything in a regular home. In fact, this is [...]
Tommy’s Tiny Blues Cabin: Living Mortgage-free in an Amish Log Cabin
This is a Reader Submitted Guest Post – Share Your Downsizing Story Too This is my tiny blues cabin. I live in the Tennessee hill-country but my musical tastes are more in line with Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta country! It’s about 70 miles south of Nashville (which is a great place) and I’m a bluesman at [...]
585 Sq Ft Miners Cottage in Australia: Downsizing from 4100 to 585 Square Feet
This 585 square foot miners cottage in rural Australia represents the final step in a dramatic downsizing journey—from a 4,100 square foot Sydney home to an 1,800 square foot house, and finally to this charming small cottage on a quarter-acre lot. Miners Cottage Exterior The cottage is a replica of traditional Australian miners cottages, featuring [...]
She Downsized from 1200 Sq. Ft. to 300 Sq. Ft.
I’m excited to share this story with you on how one of our readers recently made a big change in her life by downsizing from a 1200 sq. ft. home into a 300 sq. ft. tiny bungalow with a loft. And she’s here to share her story with you today so I took the chance [...]