Shawn Dehner over at The Small House Catalog released this 440 sq. ft. backyard cottage design (and plans). It’s called The Forest-Rose Cottage. And framing plans are available if you’re interested. So I wanted to be sure to share that with you right now. You can see the sketch and overall design below. And the link to [...]
Small House Plans
THE ALOHA 2/2 Split Bedroom Floor Plan
One of our readers, Robert Olson, shared one of his floor plan sketches to help another reader. She needed a home to suite the needs of herself and her disabled son. Read the comment below. Thanks, Robert and Alex for the small home ideas. I am a single Mom with a son in his 20’s with special needs [...]
840 Sq. Ft. 20′ x 30′ Cottage for Two
This 840 sq. ft. 20′ x 30′ cottage for two is a guest post by Robert Olson Want to live in a tiny house but are claustrophobic? Kiss cramped spaces goodbye. You won’t feel cramped in this 1 1/2 story cottage. There’s an 18 x 20 great room with compact kitchen, soaring ceilings, glassed in [...]
Small Cottage Floor Plans Concept Drawings by Robert Olson
These small cottage floor plans concept drawings are a guest post by Robert Olson Hi Alex, thanks for allowing me to share my concept drawings and connect with the tiny house community. My aim are small cottages with a resort feel. Most in the 500-800 ft. range. My goal is to make small spaces feel big, [...]
Small House Floor Plan Sketches by Robert Olson
Here you’ll find a couple of small house floor plan sketches by Robert Olson, a reader of the Tiny House Newsletter and Tiny House Talk. We’ve exchanged some e-mails and I’m excited to share some of his design concepts with you which are in the 500 to 1080 sq. ft. range of space. The first one [...]
720 Sq. Ft. Shipping Container House Plans
Shawn Dehner of The Small House Catalog just released shipping container house plans for a 720 sq. ft. small home for one of his clients. Later on, in 2015, there will be photos of the actual build that we can all see. I can’t wait to see how it turns out. But for now, we [...]
Grandmother Moves to 610 Sq. Ft. Cottage to Simplify Family
Right now I’d like to show you this 610 sq. ft. cottage by New Avenue Homes and tell you the story behind it. When the homeowner’s daughter and her family were in need of a change she invited them to move in to her larger main house since they’re a growing family with two children. This way, grandma [...]