In 2010 and 2011 an Earthquake hit Christchurch, New Zealand causing a great amount of damage and a whole lot of salvaged material. With what many saw as destruction and waste, Stephan Cook saw as a great opportunity to get high quality material for a low cost. With the material, he built what is known today as [...]
Tiny House Living
Couple Build and Live in Tiny House for Less than $20k
See how this married couple, Peter and Shannon, built their own tiny house for less than $20,000 and how they are living simply in it. This is one of the most amazing tiny homes I’ve ever seen. I think you’ll be really impressed once you see what it’s like inside. Inside this little cottage on [...]
Seven Friends Build Simple Tiny House Community
When Lina Menard was 14 years old, she was already interested in cohousing. So it’s no wonder that today she’s living in her own tiny house in a self-created tiny house community she and her friends put together in Portland. It’s called Simply Home Community. Granted, this all definitely didn’t happen over night. This is something Lina [...]
Couple Finds Tiny House Brings Them Closer Together
When Chris and Malissa Tack built their 140-square foot tiny home on wheels three years ago, blogs and resources on the subject were few and far between. At the time, they only knew of one couple building a tiny house – most were single individuals. Some people aren’t sure they could share a small space [...]
Small is Beautiful: A Tiny House Documentary
It’s been two years in the making, but Small is Beautiful: A Tiny House Documentary is finally here! This isn’t the first documentary on Tiny Houses, but it’s definitely unique. Here’s what Jeremy Beasley, the director, has to say: “I wasn’t aiming to glorify tiny house living. I explored what it is really like to build and live [...]
Friends Build DIY Tiny House Community in Portland
Birds of a feather… these four tiny house dwellers decided to “flock” together in a small community comprised of cute tiny homes! Tony Diethelm created the Simply Home Community in Portland, Oregon. All four tiny homeowners knew each other beforehand, and Lina, who owns the Lucky Penny house in the community, helped Tony design his [...]
Young Lady’s The Lucky Penny Tiny Home
Lina and her cat, Raffi, are used to tiny dwellings, so they thoroughly enjoy this cozy Vardo-inspired Lucky Penny tiny house in Portland, Oregon, that Lina designed and helped build herself. The tiny home is a whopping 100.3 square feet, 14 1/2 feet long, 8 feet wide, 10 1/2 feet high. The “lucky penny” nickname comes from [...]
