Guest Post by Laura Moreland When I selected the milk chocolate-colored siding for Tiny House Ontario it was not my first choice. I had hoped to go with a sort of grey/green/brown, just like the trunks of the trees that surround my tiny house. I hoped the house would blend right in on the background [...]
Tiny Cabins
8×8 Tiny House Design by Hunter
8×8 Tiny House Design Contest Submission by Hunter D. This cabin is an eight foot cube. Length, width, and height are all eight feet. It is pictured in plywood but could be covered in any material to suit its surroundings. It features a rainwater collection system that gravity feeds the sink and shower. The kitchen features [...]
Mortgage-Free Octagon Cabin w/ Add-Ons
Guest Post by Reader who Lives in Mortgage-free Small Octagon House We built this small octagon house in 1979 with mostly found/recycled materials that we pulled through the woods on a little path on a reinforced garden cart so we did it with no mortgage. Later on, we got a little crazy with the add-ons [...]
Beach Bungalow Tiny House
This 130-square-foot beach bungalow tiny house was for sale for $29,000 recently. It was built with all of the amenities that an RV normally offers which include: Hot water heater Furnace Water hook up Freshwater holding tank Gray water tank Blackwater tank It also has a full sized bathroom with a shower and toilet and [...]
Contest: How Would You Design this Tiny Cabin?
WIN a signed copy of Deek’s “Humble Homes, Simple Shacks” book, The book “Eco-House”, Shelton Davis’ “Adirondack Pallet-Chair” plan-set, and a really nice work shirt from VT’s Jamaica Cottage Shop (www.Jamaicacottageshop.com) We’re looking for your ideas, input, creativity, and brainstorming, on what exactly could be done in a space so small as 64 square feet. [...]
She Built A Designer-Inspired Tiny House
One of our wonderful readers, Sandra, sent me her recently completed designer inspired tiny house on wheels. She is not planning on living in it full-time, instead, it’s a really inexpensive vacation home that’s 100% insulated with vapor barriers. Since Sandra lives in the wilderness, parking is no issue for her. The tiny house gets [...]
Two Poolside Tiny Houses: Humble Living In Luxury?
Kanga Room Systems creates modern prefab tiny houses that I think you might like. They are a housing company in Austin, Texas and their units can be used for working, living, or backyard studios. In addition, they build playhouses, add-on rooms, and cabins. Customers can assemble the parts themselves or they can pay extra for [...]