Small Houses

If you like double-decker bus to motorhome conversions as I do, you’re in the right place! This list of amazing DIY bus homes was inspired by Ron Collins, a Tiny House Newsletter subscriber, who bought a 1980 Bristol Double Decker Bus that listed for him. In fact, this post is meant to serve as inspiration as [...]

This is the story of Brenda and Marvin’s Tiny Cottage that they designed and built themselves. They did it for only $25,000 and they built it in less than a year. You can actually see how they did it below, you can look at their floor plan, constructions costs, and you can even inquire with [...]

Here’s a 861 sq. ft. Mediterranean garden cottage. This cute small cottage has a beautiful garden terrace with large French doors and plenty of windows. The home consists of one large room that combines the living, dining and kitchen. There is one bathroom that’s next to the stairs. Up the stairs is the open sleeping loft. [...]

This is a 190 sq. ft. modern grain silo tiny house. It was professionally designed and renovated by architect Christoph Kaiser. This tiny home was originally featured on Dwell. Don’t miss other awesome tiny homes, join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter for more!  Originally A Grain Silo, Now A Modernized Tiny House Images © Mark Lipczynski/Dwell [...]

Uniquely designed, this 646 sq. ft. modern cabin in Sweden has amazing indoor/outdoor living space plus great windows. Since this cabin is in the middle of the woods the idea was to keep the building process environmentally friendly. To do this the owners had the lumber pre-cut to the exact dimensions using computer technology to help reduce the [...]

Laneway houses—small houses built in backyards—are taking the Vancouver, Canada area by storm. A response to the ever-increasing population of the area, the laneway house is a great way to cope with the population density while still allowing citizens the feelings of permanence that come with living in single-family houses. This particular laneway house is [...]