It’s Natalie here! I do a lot of the writing about tiny homes here, but today I want to show you what my husband and I have been working on — an 8×6 pallet shed using tons of reclaimed materials and rough cut lumber from a local sawmill. We have three little kids and live [...]
Small Houses
$50k Prefab Tiny House Ships At 20-Ft. And Unfolds To 375-sq.-ft. In An Hour
This is a $50k prefab small house with a kitchen and bath that unfolds in as little as an hour. It’s the Boxabl prefab housing unit that can be customized in several ways. The units can be stacked to build a two-level home, and they can also be used as a larger home by building [...]
Dois: 2 Bed 2 Bath Cube Cabin Plans (For Sale)
Here’s the Dois, another awesome cabin design that’s great for it’s relatively compact footprint. It packs in a full 800 square feet of living space, though, by going up to a second floor (with a staircase and full ceiling height!). Dois has two bedrooms on that second floor, and also a downstairs and upstairs bathroom [...]
Kyka Cottage: 500 Sq. Ft. Open-Concept Cottage Plans with Guest Loft
The Kyka cottage from Small House Catalog is a 500-square-foot open-concept home with a ground-floor bedroom, guest loft, full bathroom, and kitchen — all in a compact 16×32-foot footprint with 9-foot cathedral ceilings. Perfect for a couple, guest house, ADU, or Airbnb rental, it is designed to feel much larger than its square footage suggests. [...]
Sno: Modern Scandinavian Cabin Plans for Sale!
While it can be difficult to find municipalities that allow for foundation homes under 400 square feet (our usual threshold for “tiny”), bumping up the square footage a bit can allow you to have a littler home on land. The “Sno” plans from Small House Catalog looks like a perfect cabin home for a small [...]
Their 850 Sq. Ft. Vintage Cottage on Lake Ontario
Get ready to tour one of the most precious small homes I’ve ever seen. I’m taking notes for our own small home — the way that Lynne and JR use vintage pieces in such practical and stylish ways to create a completely unique cottage is truly inspirational! About 5 years ago they chose to sell [...]
A 288-sq.-ft. Tiny House You Can Build
This is a 288-sq.-ft. tiny house with a sleeping loft, kitchen, bathroom, and deck. It’s an easy-to-build design, according to the plans description. It’s called the Koteji, and it’s designed by The Small House Catalog, where you can get the plans and license to build it yourself. Don’t miss other interesting small house designs like [...]