This small rustic cabin was recently featured on NY Magazine and Apartment Therapy. The materials used were reclaimed from a barn that’s over 100 years old. It really doesn’t get much simpler than this. There’s an outhouse with a composting toilet and an outdoor water heater in case you want a warm shower. When the [...]
Small Houses
Mortgage-Free Octagon Cabin w/ Add-Ons
Guest Post by Reader who Lives in Mortgage-free Small Octagon House We built this small octagon house in 1979 with mostly found/recycled materials that we pulled through the woods on a little path on a reinforced garden cart so we did it with no mortgage. Later on, we got a little crazy with the add-ons [...]
Two Poolside Tiny Houses: Humble Living In Luxury?
Kanga Room Systems creates modern prefab tiny houses that I think you might like. They are a housing company in Austin, Texas and their units can be used for working, living, or backyard studios. In addition, they build playhouses, add-on rooms, and cabins. Customers can assemble the parts themselves or they can pay extra for [...]
Three Story Small House in Japan That Fits in a Parking Spot
A few years back, CNN covered this three story tiny house in Japan that fits in a parking spot. In the past, I’ve covered a few similar small homes on Tiny House Talk, including: Tokyo’s Modern and Minimalist Parking Lot Small House Japan’s 900-square-foot Penguin House Hong Kong’s Futuristic Multifunctional Tiny Apartment The kitchen, living [...]
Mandala’s 322-square-feet Yurt Cabin
If you’re looking for a small house design that’s still less than 500-square-feet.. And if you also like yurts.. Then you might like this small home from Mandala Homes. It’s a 21′ round cottage that adds up to approximately 322-square-feet of interior living space. In the time lapse video below you’ll get to see the circular cabin [...]
Apartments versus Tiny Houses and Small Homes
By Laura LaVoie Someone asked me the other day what the advantages were of small houses versus apartment living? Why, she asked, would someone prefer living in a small house rather than renting an apartment? Certainly one is not superior over the other. The simple answer comes down to preference, but here are some other [...]
Small Space? Five Big Solutions to Maximize Space in a Spare Bedroom
By Robin Harrington Extra bedrooms can serve multiple purposes. Not only do they have the potential to be accommodations for guests or a home office, they can also serve as extra storage space to help keep the rest of the house clean and organized. What happens too frequently, however, is people do not use the [...]