Meet Sage and his hand-built gypsy wagon. He built this tiny house on a trailer on during weekends which took four months. Sage paid about $4,000 in materials and did all of the labor himself. Today he uses a lot less energy to live and has much less space for clutter to build up, which [...]
Simple Living
The Cozy Cube: Tiny House with a Balcony from Cozy Home Plans
Kevin, from Cozy Home Plans, sent me pictures of his upcoming tiny house design with a balcony. The design hasn’t been released yet, but we know it has the following features: an upstairs and downstairs to separate the living space an upstairs balcony you can set up another outdoor area underneath the balcony cathedral ceilings [...]
Smallworks Studios & Laneway Housing’s 500-750 square foot small house
This is Paula and Skip’s Edwardian 500-sq.-ft. small house with a traditional style by Smallworks Studios & Laneway Housing. They specialize in small cottages, ADU’s, and Laneway Housing. Take a look! Please don’t miss other exciting tiny homes – join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter! Paul and Skip’s 500 square foot small house in a [...]
Video tour of the Bolt Together House a Famous DIY Tiny House Design
Deek just published a video tour that his brother, Dustin, shot of the Bolt Together House. According to Deek, in 1972 this small house design was featured in Family Circle Magazine. I recognized it from Lester Walker’s book, The Tiny Book of Tiny Houses which was published in 1993. Apparently, more than 25,000 people purchased [...]
Things to Think About Before Moving into a Tiny House in the Mountains
If you’re interested in living in the mountains, there is a lot of opportunity from Boulder to Granby to Winter Park and everywhere in between. If, however, you want to scale down your square footage as well as your carbon footprint, a tiny house might be the right fit. It’s all about planning, so break [...]
Man Designs/Builds Japanese-style Tiny Zen Cabin in the Woods
This simple, Japanese-inspired tiny house can also be described as a zen cabin in the woods. I’ve always wanted to use that word in the description of one of the featured homes, shacks, cabins, or retreats here. Looking back, I’d have to say that the tree-house/mushroom/dome cabin I featured a while back was also kind [...]
How to Live as a Van Dweller in a 1991 Volkswagen Westfalia
I wanted you to meet someone who decided to turn to become a van dweller in his 1991 Volkswagen Westfalia. Kidding about the down by the river part but seriously: he decided to move into his van while still working at his job. His reason behind it is because one of his dreams has been [...]
