Climb through the trails in the woods of Whistler and if you’re lucky you can find Joel Allen’s secret treehouse called The HemLoft. It’s a wonderful modern micro cabin nestled on a tree surrounded by forest, greenery, and mountains. Once you find it, the little round wooden steps lead you right inside the perfectly built [...]
Tiny Cabins
Rural and Elegant Tiny Cottage on a Dairy Farm
This tiny cabin is on the Pt. Reyes peninsula along the Northern California coast. It’s a 260-square-foot building designed to support a large group of children for a yearly family summer camp. The cottage is on a dairy farm and has a fun and yet traditional vibe that expresses the rural setting of the land. Most [...]
Garage to Studio Conversion in Boulder, Colorado
I always appreciate a garage to studio conversion because they’re usually small and make great use of space. This is just that… A studio that used to be a garage which was renovated into a tiny guest house. It has floor heating, cathedral ceilings, a beautiful bathroom and a full sized kitchen ready for you [...]
Riverwood: 700 Sq. Ft. A-frame Inspired Cabin
This is a Reader Submitted Guest Post – Share Your Small House Story Too Hi Alex, My partner and I bought this small house as a second home in early 2012, as a retreat from our lives in the “biggish” city of Durham, NC. The house, located in Blowing Rock, NC (just 3 hours from our [...]
Tommy’s Tiny Blues Cabin: Living Mortgage-free in an Amish Log Cabin
This is a Reader Submitted Guest Post – Share Your Downsizing Story Too This is my tiny blues cabin. I live in the Tennessee hill-country but my musical tastes are more in line with Clarksdale, Mississippi Delta country! It’s about 70 miles south of Nashville (which is a great place) and I’m a bluesman at [...]
Two Classic Travel Trailer to Micro Cabin Conversions
These travel trailer to cabin conversions are for those of you who love the idea of tiny living but want to remain as mobile as possible. With a trailer renovation like this you can still move about since these units are aerodynamic and lighter in weight than stick built homes on trailers. And even if [...]
She Downsized from 1200 Sq. Ft. to 300 Sq. Ft.
I’m excited to share this story with you on how one of our readers recently made a big change in her life by downsizing from a 1200 sq. ft. home into a 300 sq. ft. tiny bungalow with a loft. And she’s here to share her story with you today so I took the chance [...]