If you’re interested in living in the mountains, there is a lot of opportunity from Boulder to Granby to Winter Park and everywhere in between. If, however, you want to scale down your square footage as well as your carbon footprint, a tiny house might be the right fit. It’s all about planning, so break [...]
Tiny Cabins
Man Designs/Builds Japanese-style Tiny Zen Cabin in the Woods
This simple, Japanese-inspired tiny house can also be described as a zen cabin in the woods. I’ve always wanted to use that word in the description of one of the featured homes, shacks, cabins, or retreats here. Looking back, I’d have to say that the tree-house/mushroom/dome cabin I featured a while back was also kind [...]
Two Story Tiny House with a Balcony.. The Ultimate Micro Cabin
I’ve been exchanging emails with a gentleman named Andy in the North West about his tiny house with a balcony. You can also consider it a “cabin”… It’s really compact but has everything I would need to be more than satisfied. He sent me photos and I wanted to share them with you guys since [...]
Tiny House on the Beach.. Napoleon Dynamite’s Dream.. This is the Life
I had to show you this tiny house on the beach… The little home has three levels. When you walk into the first it’s an open porch with a hammock to relax on. It’s a tiny stick-built structure with an upstairs balcony which is one of my favorite features. Living the Dream in a Tiny [...]
Wooly Wagons: Handcrafted Gypsy Wagons and a Tiny Cabin in Indiana
Gypsy wagons have a romantic appeal that most tiny dwellings can only aspire to. There’s something about the curved rooflines, the compact self-contained interiors, and the connection to a centuries-old nomadic tradition that makes them feel less like a house and more like a story you can sleep inside. Wooly Wagons, based in Russiaville, Indiana, [...]
Small Rustic Cabin on 40 Acres in Colorado with Mountain Views for Sale
I was excited to have an email from Victor Summers from Simple Shelter Texas about one of his latest small rustic cabins. He calls it an eco-retreat because it sits on 40 acres off the grid in the San Luis Valley in south-central Colorado. So yes, there are amazing views of the Sangre de Cristro [...]
The Log Pod: An 80-Square-Foot Tiny Cabin
Editor’s note: The Log Pod company appears to no longer be in operation. This post is preserved as an example of innovative tiny cabin design. Trevor Richardson created The Log Pod tiny cabins in the UK. Here’s the story of how these tiny cabins came to be. Trevor was looking for ways to increase the [...]
