Simple Living

Kelly and Thomas met in college, got married a few years later, went on to get Master’s degrees, and then started the 40-hour-workweek grind. They found themselves wondering how they were supposed to do this for the next 40+ years and were looking for an alternative. That’s when they stumbled on the skoolie community. While [...]

Dane designed her quaint tiny house with the help of Oregon Cottage Company which then built her forever home. She’s been living tiny for four years already, and has moved the tiny house a total of four times! She tells her son the house is her gift to him — when she dies he’ll just [...]

My favorite aspect of tiny homes is that they force a certain amount of creativity that one doesn’t need in a larger home. That becomes incredibly evident in this cabinet maker’s stunning 39-foot tiny house in Australia! Colin and his wife Megan built this incredible modern tiny house on a gooseneck trailer. While they subcontracted [...]

Mario is one of our Tiny House Talk readers and submitted this fantastic guest house/weekend cottage that’s an A-frame with a terrace (porch) and absolutely stunning views. He was inspired by Derek Diedricksen’s $1,200 transforming a-frame cabin (check it out here) and spent Saturday and Sundays building the a-frame with his brother over the span [...]

Joel & Rachel worked hard for three years to make it possible for them to buy a bus conversion and travel on the road. They both work remotely for the same company, and hope to continue to be able to travel and keep earning an income! The couple wisely rented out an old RV right [...]

Sometimes we want “it all” right away — I know I don’t have tons of patience! But Marty’s story shows that sometimes patience pays off. He chose to build a bare-bones tiny house — which didn’t even have running water for awhile — over paying the high rent in Durango, Colorado for an apartment that [...]