Right now I want to give you a tour of a wonderful little cottage called the Rolling Bungalow. Best of all, if you really like it, you can buy the plans to build it yourself. If you do all of the labor yourself it costs an estimated $17,000 (in 2014 dollars) to build. And you [...]
Tiny House Designs
Man Turns Cargo Trailer Into Transforming Stealth Tiny House
When Bill Southworth of Hybrid Propulsion began traveling with his Rottweiler he was unhappy with where he had to end up staying. That’s why he ended up creating the 80 sq. ft. transforming cargo trailer stealth tiny house I’m showing you right now. His options before designing and building this unique little cabin on wheels was to stay [...]
Woman Builds 112 Sq. Ft. Gifford Tiny House on Wheels
Meet B.A. Norrgard. She’s a woman who attended a Four Lights Tiny House Workshop in February of 2013. After the event, she bought the Gifford tiny house plans and started building. Five months later, her little house on wheels is complete. And now she’s been hired as COO to work with Jay Shafer and the [...]
Designer Turning Billboards into Tiny Houses for Homeless
I’m not sure about you but here’s something I’ve never really thought of… Billboard tiny houses. A Slovakian firm called DesignDevelop has created a triangular tiny house design on stilts that can be used in conjunction with a billboard ad as housing for the homeless. Right now it’s called The Gregory Project. And like me, [...]
Couple Living Simply in 200 Sq. Ft. Tiny House Built for $15k
I’m excited to introduce you to John Russell and Debbie Hanson. They’re a couple who’ve gone from divorces and 2,000 sq. ft. homes into a DIY 200 sq. ft. tiny house on wheels that they call their Ritz on Wheels. It cost them only $15,000 in materials to build it themselves and just under a [...]
504 Sq. Ft. Modern Cabin Perfect for Live/Work Lifestyle
I first showed you this cabin back in 2014 when I first discovered it. Now it’s 2020 and the design seems very relevant. It’s a Kanga cabin and it’s perfectly designed for a live/work lifestyle. The sort of lifestyle that many of us are now living in because of quarantine and covid-19. I’m excited to [...]
Vina’s Off-Grid Tiny House: 140 Sq Ft Sol Haus Design in Ojai, California
Vina Lustado of Sol Haus Design built this 140-square-foot off-grid tiny house on wheels and lived in it full-time for nearly a decade in Ojai, California. Built on an 8.5-foot by 20-foot trailer with an 80-square-foot sleeping loft, the home operates completely off-grid using portable solar panels and passive solar design. The build cost approximately [...]
