Small Houses

This is the story of a man named Larry who built a self-sustained and off-the-grid home out of two shipping containers. He wanted all of the comforts of a home and to be able to live in it comfortably up to a year or more if need be. To do this he ordered two sea [...]

Atlas Survival Shelters specializes in creating galvanized corrugated pipe survival shelters for its customers. These are designed to be built underground with 1-2 bunker entrances/exits for emergencies. They come in diameters of 8′, 9′, 10′, 11′, and 12′ and in lengths of up to 50′. In addition, they also offer Monolithic concrete domes and shipping [...]

I thought you might like this 484 sq. ft. studio house by Alex Nogueira. It’s a modern design that I see working well as a standalone tiny home (as shown) or as micro apartments. But this modern tiny cabin is one-of-a-kind and located in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil. A large sliding glass [...]

When it comes to small houses planning and design really counts. This couple began creating ideas for their future “perfect” home early in their marriage. They wanted a home that was big enough for just the two of them (and their dogs). This way they’d have more time and money for their personal interests. See [...]

The Mini-B is a tiny house with an upstairs sleeping loft. But there’s a larger alternative floor plan design that includes a downstairs bedroom that I’ll show you below. The house was designed by Architect Joseph Giampietro as a detached backyard accessory dwelling unit for the City of Seattle area. The model shown below has [...]

This is the story of a remote log cabin in Alaska built by a man’s sons, friends, and family, all in honor of him. You see, the man you see in the wool cap, on the ATV, he was the one who was going to build this very cabin, on his very land. But just [...]