Tiny House Living

Two dark corrugated-metal tiny-house pods connected by a raised timber deck with outdoor dining under a pergola, on a lawn against Blue Mountains forest

After the Camino and a Workplace Injury, She Sold Her Sydney Studio and Built Mortgage-Free on Family Land

After walking the Camino de Santiago twice — five weeks each time, as little as she could carry — Joanne came home to a Sydney studio and wondered why she had so much stuff. Then a workplace injury left her with a permanent injury and a mortgage she was worried about keeping. She sold the [...]

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Aerial overview of Tiny Timbers Agrihood in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin: tiny homes around a loop road with a central fenced garden, greenhouse, and solar-roofed pavilion

Tiny Timbers Agrihood: 16 Tiny Homes Around a Garden in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin

Sixteen tiny homes on wheels — all under 400 square feet, skirting around them — circle a shared garden in St. Croix Falls, Wisconsin. You buy your own house and lease the space for currently $499 a month. Jenna at Tiny House Giant Journey walks Tiny Timbers Agrihood with founders Melissa and Shane, who live [...]

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Pale blue 16x9 tiny cabin with a brown shingle roof, three white-trim windows, and a wood deck on concrete piers in a fall hardwood forest in rural Maine

She Built a 144 Sq Ft Maine Cabin for $10,700 — Less Than a Year of Rent

I keep circling the same number: $10,700. That’s what Bree Steen spent — deck included — to build a 144 square foot off-grid cabin in the Maine woods. Less than a year of rent. No rent after that. Tiny Home Tours walks the 16×9 with her: a real kitchen so she can bake, wall bars [...]

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Dave Whipple's finished 10x16 off-grid cabin in snowy woods with porch chairs and glowing windows

He Built a 10×16 Off-Grid Cabin in the Woods Before Winter Hit

Dave Whipple — Bushradical on YouTube — built a 10×16 off-grid cabin on remote land in the northern Midwest, racing early snow and sleeping in a tent on the property while he worked. The cabin is about 160 square feet inside, with a 5×16 porch out front, a wood stove, and tongue-and-groove walls and ceiling. [...]

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White board-and-batten 12x20 shed tiny house with black trim, screen door wreath, flower boxes, and wooden steps in Central Virginia

She Turned a $8,800 Shed Shell Into a $47K Tiny House With a Full-Size Tub

Margo Fairchild started with an Amish shed shell — 12×20, $8,800, just floor, studs, and a roof — and finished it into her dream home in Central Virginia for about $47,000. Tiny Home Tours walks the house: a full-size tub, a queen loft, a diner booth that seats four, and a kitchen sized around the [...]

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Tall stone fantasy tower with Tudor balcony and conical roof among spring blossoms in Háj, Slovakia

He Built a Rapunzel Tower by Hand in Slovakia — 12 Years, 150 Tons of Stone, and a Hobbit Bathroom

At the edge of a forest garden in the village of Háj, Slovakia — near Košice and the ruins of Turniansky Castle — an 18-meter stone tower rises like something out of a fantasy novel. It was not drawn up for a developer. It was built, almost entirely alone, by Peter Šimkanin, who started stacking [...]

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Dark-sided ESCAPE eONE tiny house on a New Smyrna Beach lot, glass entry door under a small metal awning, kitchen window, loft glass, wooden deck with palms, and site number 8

They Rented This ESCAPE eONE to Snowbirds in New Smyrna Beach — Now the 408 sq ft Tiny House Is $85,000

Geoff Daigle and Candace bought this ESCAPE eONE in November 2024 as a rental in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. They’re fans of tiny-home efficiency. On Airbnb and VRBO it went to traveling professionals who preferred it over hotels, and to snowbirds who stayed a month at a time. The RV park is no longer allowing [...]

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