Explore the Summit Cabin, an off-grid two-story retreat at 3,300 feet in North Carolina’s mountains. Features hot water, composting toilet, wrap-around deck, and Pisgah National Forest access.
Small Houses
If Disney Characters Had Tiny Homes!
For #DisneyDay over at Angie’s List, the creative team at NeoMam Studios crafted these amazing digital renderings of the tiny homes they think Disney characters might live in if they left their castles behind! While this is all just conceptual, I’m a softie for Disney so I just had to share these ideas! Maybe one [...]
Farmer and Filmmaker’s Off-Grid Cabin Life, Canadian Castaway Cabin
This is the story of a Canadian farmer and filmmaker’s off-grid cabin life. He shares his life over on Instagram @canadiancastaway and over on his YouTube Channel, Canadian Castaway where he shows you how he builds, farms, films, and enjoys nature. Don’t miss other awesome stories like this, join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter for more! [...]
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 [...]
They’re Building Two-Bedroom Tiny Homes In Other People’s Backyards
Editor’s Update (June 2026): Since this article was first published, OBY House appears to have ceased operations. The company’s website (obyhouse.com) is no longer active — it now displays a “Website Expired” notice — and we could find no sign of ongoing activity. We’re keeping this article up as a record of an interesting affordable-housing [...]
Life in their 704-sq.-ft. Multi-Container Home
The Black Box Container Home is a modern 2-bedroom shipping container home in Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada, built by Honomobo. Cathi and Trevor downsized from a 2,300-square-foot home to this smaller 704-square-foot space three years ago after their sons left home. The couple then built a stick frame studio space with a glass garage door [...]
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 [...]
