While it can be difficult to find municipalities that allow for foundation homes under 400 square feet (our usual threshold for “tiny”), bumping up the square footage a bit can allow you to have a littler home on land. The “Sno” plans from Small House Catalog looks like a perfect cabin home for a small [...]
Small House Plans
1008-sq.-ft. Modern Cottage With Covered Porch
This is a 1008-sq.-ft. Two-bedroom cottage with a covered porch. When you include the living space alone, it’s an 896-sq.-ft. Home. It’s called the Gras and designed by The Small House Catalog, where you can get the plans. Don’t miss other interesting small house designs like this, join our FREE Small House Newsletter for more! [...]
Tiny Houses And Cottages From Hygge Supply
Our reader, Sam, recently introduced us to Hygge Supply — a reinvented kit home that offers all kinds of modular options for building! While the company can build standard-sized houses, their smallest unit is a 149 square foot cottage, and the next size up is a still-tiny 307 square foot “Large Cottage.” These aren’t prefabricated [...]
Tall Tiny House With Spacious Loft, Built With SIPs
Looking for a way to add an alternative dwelling unity (ADU) to your property? The Golley House is a great choice! This 10×16 home comes flat-packed with SIP panels and you can finish the exterior and interior however you’d like. Use the space as an office, a guest space, or a granny pod! Depending on [...]
Casa Maria 764-sq.-ft. Whimsical Cottage on Stilts in Costa Rica
Larry contacted us to show us his gorgeous creation, the Casa Maria. He built this vacation home about four years ago in Costa Rica for less than $60,000. Including the loft space, the home comes to 764 square feet. It’s built out of cypress wood and has asphalt roofing. Underneath the neatly curved roofline of [...]
Kristen’s Debt-Free Tiny House on a Foundation in Alaska
Kristen is a Tiny House Talk reader who built a 500-square-foot tiny home on a foundation in Alaska from a Sheldon Homes design. She owned the land outright, hired a local contractor to build the home, and after a couple years of payments now lives completely debt-free. She moved from a 700-square-foot city apartment with [...]
512 Sq. Ft. Cottage Dwell Guest House in the City by Kanga Room Systems
This 512 sq. ft. Cottage Dwelling is being used as a guest house on this property, but the 16 x 32 structure could easily be used as a full-time small house. Built by Kanga Room Systems, the Cottage Dwell features a ground-floor bedroom, a great room with impressive vaulted ceilings, a fully functional kitchen, and [...]