Tia, the executive director of a local non-profit in Texas, grew up in a trailer park and was no stranger to living with less. For her, tiny living, sustainability, and minimalism make sense! Her 364-square-foot home fits not one, not two, but three bedrooms! The third one she uses as an office, and the other [...]
Interviews
Are you curious about others who are living in tiny houses? Well, great, because this area is jam-packed with tiny house people interviews.
So if you’ve ever wondered what it’s like going from 2,500-square-feet down to 250-square-feet, well, these people can tell you about it!
From folks who built their own tiny homes out of garbage, to ones who went from massive homes down to a 100-square-foot van conversion to adventure the world with!
It’s all here… The question is, when are you going to go tiny and start living the life you’ve been waiting for?
Her Double Shipping Container Home in Tasmania
This is Germaine’s double shipping container home in Tasmania that she had built after her divorce. Her sons live in the “big house” next door, and she has this private space built over an existing carport. It’s built out of two containers set at a 90-degree angle, with a spacious covered porch in the middle [...]
Shaiden’s Ultimate DIY Van Build: The Mothership
Shaiden has lived in several DIY vans over the years, but his “Mothership” is the best, most incredible van he’s created to date! A lover of all things futuristic/SpaceX/innovative, Shaiden has added luxury features throughout the rig using the latest technology. While it would be hard to get this level of perfection from your first [...]
Family’s Fifth Wheel RV Life with Slide Outs
This family has two members with Type 1 Diabetes, but that hasn’t kept them from loving RV life for the past two years. While they have to handle additional logistics, like how/where to get the medication they need, it hasn’t been insurmountable. Plus, the joy of living on the road far outweighs the complications. They [...]
His Moody & Luxurious Motorhome Life
DiNeil has an eye for interior design and a heart for travel, and he’s brilliantly combined those two things in his RV conversion. Between the camper’s cost and his conversion, DiNeil spent about $43,000 creating his dream home, including a home office, luxury bathroom, and total blackout bedroom for a fantastic sleep. He even found [...]
He Built a Spaceship Home Above a Two Car Garage
“We should put a spaceship on top of the garage!” Kirby joked to his wife while planning a two-car detached garage on their property. Incredibly, she loved the idea and encouraged him to go for it! Seven years and $150,000 later, this spaceship-style Airbnb was complete. It’s a popular “guest favorite” destination, and it’s easy [...]
2022 VedaHawk Tiny Home in Alberta
This is an exciting gooseneck tiny house on wheels built by VedaHawk Tiny Home in 2022. It’s never been lived in before and is for sale again in Alberta, Canada. The house also has a loft bedroom, which could be storage, a child’s space, or an office. Beneath that loft, you’ll find a cozy living [...]
Family’s $15K Bus Conversion
The Geasey Family has lived in their budget bus conversion for five years after purchasing the bus six years ago for $7,000. Incredibly, they only put about $8,000 into making the bus home, bringing the total for their conversion up to just $15,000! That thriftiness crafted a fantastic home on wheels, with a comfortable living [...]
Social Worker’s Tiny House Retirement
Susan is a former dialysis social worker who was tired of working but couldn’t retire without selling her home. So she hired Movable Roots to build a custom tiny house, downsized, and moved to a Florida tiny house community. It’s been two years, and she hasn’t looked back. She loves her home, with a small [...]
Luxury Home Realtor’s Tiny House Life in Florida
Rich might sell massive luxury homes for his work, but he has no interest in all that square footage and those high mortgages and taxes! Instead, he keeps things simple in a tiny house he purchased in the Lakefront Tiny House community in Orlando, Florida. His home has two lofts, both with staircase access. Beneath [...]
Traveling in their Vintage Bus Conversion
Becca and Danny are a fantastic couple who labored for 17 months while working full-time to convert a school bus into a motored tiny home on wheels. They wanted the chance to travel; a full-size bus conversion was the perfect way to make that happen. Below, you’ll get a tour of their bus from the [...]
Empty Nesters Downsize to a Truck Camper
Patty and Shane were living in a 3,500-square-foot home after spending years living around the United States for Shane’s military career. Despite all the moves, they’d never seen what the country had to offer. Once their boys were grown, they sold the house and started traveling in their fifth wheel. After a couple of years [...]
Couple’s $45K Van Conversion
Taylor and Britt met as part of a hiking group and eventually fell in love on a “travel buddy” journey to Montana. Their story is as sweet as their personalities, and you’ll love getting a taste of it in the video tour of their van below. They converted the van in 10 months, and it [...]
Family RV Life with Daughters
The McCarters are an incredible family who decided to sell their 3,000-square-foot home in Florida, purchase a 5th-wheel RV, and travel the country nomadically! They have two elementary-aged girls (who have an epic bunk house in the back of the RV) who they take on all these amazing adventures. Their RV is remarkable, with multiple [...]
She Lives in a Tiny House on an Animal Sanctuary!
Maya is an incredible woman who dreamed of conservation work and used technology and creativity to build an animal sanctuary for 35 animals who cannot be released back into the wild. She even has her own little habitat on the 15-acre property—a 380-square-foot tiny house where she lives with her two dogs and pet ferret. [...]
His Epic Yellowstone 4×4 DIY Ambulance Camper
After his divorce, Tom was looking for a new purpose and focus for his life, and he remembered how much he loved camping. Eventually, his camping trips turned into full-time living from an incredible former Yellowstone ambulance, which he converted into a home on wheels. He has the coolest convertible bathroom in his ambulance, which [...]
Anjali’s 4 Years of Van Life
Anjali has been living on the road for more than four years, first out of a basic build that was supposed only to last the summer until 2020 hit, and her job went remote! She loved the van so much that she decided to stay on the road and eventually upgraded to this ProMaster, which [...]
Family of 3’s 90% Recycled School Bus Conversion
The Samaniego family lives full-time in their converted skoolie, which they built using primarily recycled materials! The couple have a 6-year-old son, who they homeschool while traveling. Oh, and their fantastic vintage stove has a name. How sweet! We interviewed the family about their nomadic lifestyle and what they loved about living tiny. Check it [...]
Traveling Couple’s Custom Sprinter Van Life
This adventurous couple met at a climbing gym and, not too long afterward, did a 4-weekend conversion of their first inexpensive van. They used that rig for two years as a weekender van but then started the search for a Sprinter so they could do a full conversion. Once that van was complete, they decided [...]
Stunning 2022 Ram ProMaster 3500 by New Life Conversions!
Today, we want to show off this stunning 2022 Ram ProMaster conversion from New Life Conversions. This new-to-us builder is a family-run business with two brothers-in-law and a father-in-law! One lived in a van full-time and convinced the others to leave their day jobs to build high-end custom vans. The men plan to expand into [...]
How Downsizing to a Tiny House in an RV Park Made Them Debt-Free
Erica and Steve are the proud owners of a 24-foot tiny house already built and set up at the Orlando Lakefront tiny house community when they found it for sale. They wanted to simplify their lives and sell their big home, which had them in debt, and going tiny has nearly paid for itself and [...]
Her RV Was Too Big So She Bought a Van
Madilyn struggled with van life when she started. She missed her boyfriend, her family, her friends — and she had severe driving anxiety! But with frequent exposure and monthly trips back home, Madilyn has overcome the worst and successfully lived on the road for a year. Her 32-square-foot camper van is her second rig. The [...]