Small Houses

This is the story of an 800-square-foot cottage in Seattle’s Magnolia neighborhood. It was built thanks to a new ordinance which allowed small backyard cottages. It was built by a family who wanted grandpa to get to be closer to his grandchildren. Pretty cool, right? It’s the Magnolia Backyard Cottage by Microhouse. Ben and January [...]

This is the Backyard Cottage Recording Studio designed by Microhouse. Jon and Rita wanted to build a recording studio that would also serve as a guest cottage for friends and family.  We worked with them and an acoustical engineer to create a simple yet elegant backyard cottage. The cottage contains the recording studio, a kitchen, bath [...]

This is a tiny vintage cabin in the Colorado mountains. It’s for sale (asking $175,000) and located in Ward, Colorado. 11/8 Update: Price dropped to $125,000. Please enjoy, learn more, and re-share below. Thank you! Off-the-Grid Tiny Vintage Cabin in the Colorado Mountains Highlights 585 sq. ft. Views of Indian Peaks One bedroom Deck Propane [...]

This is a solar a-frame cabin built by AFrame Technologies. You can see it in multiple stages of construction. Don’t miss other super-awesome tiny homes kind of like this, join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter for more!  Tiny Solar A-Frame Cabin Steel framing for this A-frame cabin. Insulation. Interior finished, access to the loft. The loft view [...]

The NestHouse is a 269 sq ft (25 square meters) tiny home built by Jonathan Avery of Tiny House Scotland. Though it resembles a tiny house on wheels, it’s actually built on a foundation, allowing for a wider footprint than typical THOWs. This thoughtfully designed small home features a sleeping loft accessed by a proper [...]

Groovy Yurts started off as a simple road trip by the company’s founder and trucker by trade: Yves Ballenegger. Over a decade ago, he raised money and supplies to bring from Switzerland to Mongolia in his transport truck. Once his truck was empty, he picked up some yurts to bring back home to sell.  It [...]