Tiny Cabins

The tiny cabin that I’m showing you today is a masterpiece to me. It was originally built in 1912 by Swedish homesteaders using local materials. Recently the structure has been restored using the same principals. Local and reclaimed materials were used to rebuild it and the cabin now serves as an inexpensive guest cottage for [...]

Now here’s a tiny cabin I think will resonate with you if you’re also into simple living. Sure, this may be too extreme for most of us, including myself because I really am a big people and family person. But it’s something I’d still like to do as an experience once or twice a year. [...]

I love all sorts of small house designs and this one really caught my attention because it’s a mixture of a cabin and a yurt. It’s especially unique in that it’s a round structure and to me it just defines simplicity. There’s something about it too that makes me feel peaceful. And I don’t think [...]

This is Yahini Homes smallest home ever built and it’s a 112 square feet tiny house on a trailer. It’s 8′ x 14′ and meant to be off the grid with solar battery power and a rainwater collection system. For heat the owner is planning on using a simple wood stove and since it’s well [...]

This is the incredible story of a father and his son who set the audacious goal of building a tiny pioneer-style log cabin, in Alaska, in only 15 days. Is it even possible to do that? Well, I suppose we will find out, but this old boy and his son sure think they can, and [...]

Another question I get asked about our tiny house is how we handle storage for things big and small. Clearly when your home is the size of a parking space this sort of thing needs special consideration. I thought I might take you on a short tour of our tiny house storage. Before talking about [...]