When you ask people when tiny houses were invented you get all sorts of answers. And it’s true that they’ve been around for a long, long time. We all know it can be safe to say that humans started out with tiny homes as shelters. So what we’re really doing is going back to the [...]
Tiny House Construction
Teen Finishes his own Mortgage-free Tiny House at Age 17
Over the years we’ve all been watching as Austin Hay began building his own mortgage-free tiny house. He started when he was a freshman in high school when he was just 15 years old. Austin had only taken one woodworking class before. Besides that, he had watched his dad build a home so he really [...]
Building a Tiny House Yourself: Do You Have DIY Blood?
By Laura LaVoie Before building a tiny house, the most home improvement work I had ever done was painting. But that was the draw of doing something that I had never done before. There were two of us, which made the process easier, but that doesn’t stop most tiny house builders from moving forward. Our [...]
Mandala’s 322-square-feet Yurt Cabin
If you’re looking for a small house design that’s still less than 500-square-feet.. And if you also like yurts.. Then you might like this small home from Mandala Homes. It’s a 21′ round cottage that adds up to approximately 322-square-feet of interior living space. In the time lapse video below you’ll get to see the circular cabin [...]
Tiny House on a Trailer for Your Early Retirement
This 8′ x 26′ tiny house on a trailer is being built by Bob Pritts of East Tennessee. It has a country cottage style to it and is being constructed on a 26′ trailer. At approximately 208 square feet it’s going to be his retirement home. With no mortgage or rent, it’s going to help [...]
How to Make Your Tiny House Strong Enough to Tow
Do you ever wonder how a tiny house is built strong enough to be towed without warping or incurring any type of damage due to strong winds? In our last webinar, we talked briefly about what’s known as Simpson Strong Ties. Also known as Seismic Strong Ties. They’re sometimes called Hurricane Ties too. You use [...]
SIP Tiny House – How to Build Tiny with Structurally Insulated Panels
This is Art’s SIP Tiny House on Wheels. SIP stands for Structurally Insulated Panels. They come pre-manufactured with insulation and everything. All you have to do is put the panels together. Don’t worry, at the bottom half of this article, you’ll see how it’s all done. The outside of Art’s house was covered with 100-year-old [...]
