Tiny House Construction

I’m so thrilled to show you this tiny home that was built using three shipping containers. Steve, the owner/builder, has been collecting ideas for this project for years. He’s a computer programmer who loves designing and building. His website is awesome because he shows you how he did it, too. Please don’t miss other exciting [...]

So you’re building a tiny house on a trailer. Great! Or you might be seriously considering it.. Either way, you’re at the right place. By now you have probably already got your trailer and materials and you’re far beyond the planning stage. Before you get started it’s important that you’ve selected the best construction site possible [...]

This is a Reader Submitted Q&A — Submit Your Own Here I was just wondering if there are any tiny house trailers that are designed to a lifetime mileage specification? Maybe designed for 10,000 lbs load for a maximum of 5000 miles over their lifetime? Or set up a chart that might show what can [...]

I’ve been wanting to talk about open source housing for a while now which is something you’ve probably never heard of yet. For a while I’ve known that sometime in the near future housing is going to drastically change thanks to the internet and technology. When I put together this post last year is when I [...]

A few days ago I received a Facebook message from Denham and Eileen who are building their own tiny home in Canada. When it comes to living and building tiny, you can get as creative as you can imagine. And that’s one of the things I love about it so much. This tiny living project [...]

As you know I have been happily living in my tiny house for nearly a year and a half. Matt and I started this project a very long time ago and I thought maybe I would go back to the beginning to share some of my own tiny house building advice. If I were to [...]