Tiny Houses

This latest build from Tru Form Tiny is a gorgeous Villa model with a downstairs bedroom that has a modern farmhouse vibe. The client wanted to maximize the sleeping area and chose a downstairs bedroom, as well as a large living room with space for a comfortable couch. The kitchen is more compact but includes [...]

Mario is one of our Tiny House Talk readers and submitted this fantastic guest house/weekend cottage that’s an A-frame with a terrace (porch) and absolutely stunning views. He was inspired by Derek Diedricksen’s $1,200 transforming a-frame cabin (check it out here) and spent Saturday and Sundays building the a-frame with his brother over the span [...]

Chris and Cathy chose early retirement in this 400-square-foot park model built by IdeaBox in Oregon. The clean, modern design features an open floor plan with large windows throughout, a full bathroom with flush toilet, and outdoor living space including a separate “bunkie” guest room. The couple splits time between this Southern California home and [...]

I know open floor plans are all the rage right now, but this couple’s Tumbleweed THOW features a really cozy layout that allows for separate spaces, which I actually really like. You walk into the kitchen, and there are storage stairs up to the loft bedroom. But then a bathroom and hallway separate that half [...]

In Manchester, Vermont, one of our Tiny House Talk readers, Bernard, has an amazing off-grid tiny cabin on three beautiful acres with mountain views. He’s been living there since 2007, but now the home is for sale. It’s permitted/approved for a 4-bedroom home, with a septic system and leech field in place, but you could [...]

At 87 years old, Charles Bello has spent the last 50 years living off-grid on his own 400 acres of Redwood Forest in Northern California. He and his late wife raised two sons there — first in a chopped-off A-frame that cost just $2,800 to build, then later in a 3-bedroom cabin, and finally in [...]

This is the story of Scott’s 400-sq.-ft. whimsical treehouse named Sir Cedric that he built he built in his backyard as his passion project. And best of all, he built it with mostly reclaimed materials. The even better part? You can actually stay here and experience the place yourself! Does it get better? Yes, because [...]

How would it feel to have all your credit cards, student loans, AND home paid off? Ask Shana! She sold her car and got a second job so she could make her debt-free tiny house living a reality. Now she and her two dogs live happily in a Tiny House Community in Durango, Colorado. She [...]

Tiny House Talk has been around since 2010, and during that time we’ve interviewed a lot of tiny house dwellers who have many reasons for going tiny. While most people immediately assume tiny living is about reducing costs, that’s not the case for everyone who chooses this lifestyle. Some people go tiny because they’re stressed [...]

You must see this gorgeous custom build by Modern Tiny Living, named “Rivendell” by the new owner! (For those who aren’t Lord of the Rings fans, Rivendell is home to some of the elves in the books/movies). It features the innovative MTL Social Area, which has three purposes: A couch, a table, and a queen-sized [...]

This is a two bedroom tiny house on wheels. More specifically, it’s a two bed, two bath mobile home built like a cabin by Escape. The home is parked on lot number six at the Escape Tampa Bay Tiny House Village and features a large rear deck accessible via glass slider. The Escape Space CLASSIC [...]

How cool is this family? When bills became too much, they decided to expand their online businesses, downsize into their own Skoolie conversion, and travel the way they had always dreamed of! All with a baby — now toddler — in tow. Amazing. The coolest part of this school bus conversion is by far the [...]

This is the story of a couple (Sam and Lily, of Zions Tiny Oasis) who decided to sell their regular house so that they could build their own tiny home on wheels to park on their own property to live a simpler life. They never really intended for it to become what it is now, [...]

Elise Akin is just 25 years old, but that hasn’t stopped her from running her own Longboard Shop/Bakery (Bake and Skate) and building her very own mortgage-free tiny house which she’s been living in since January. She calls it the “Jungalow” and appropriately so — the inside is a tropical oasis, filled with plants, mosaic [...]

While this family isn’t living anywhere close to “tiny” in their 1,500 square foot home, they intentionally purchased a small home (did you know the average size of new homes in the US is 2,687 square feet?) after looking at many large opulent homes and being inspired to live more simply by Marie Kondo. I [...]

Here’s a spectacular THOW for Sale in British Columbia, built by a German Master Cabinet Maker. The exterior features a lovely blend of metal and wood siding, while inside has a mixture of plywood and tongue and groove boards. At 32 feet long, this THOW is quite spacious, with plenty of head space in the [...]

Tiffany and Derek have two little girls. They bought a home like they “should,” but money was tight leaving them without any extra money to travel or even finish the home the way they wanted to. So they did something totally crazy: They sold the house and bought an RV which they remodeled into a [...]