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Favorite DIY Tiny Houses of 2016

Top 8 DIY Tiny House Builds of 2016

There are so many great tiny house builders out there, and we love featuring their handiwork, but we also like to focus on the incredible every day people who take it upon themselves to build their very own tiny house! That’s why we made a list of our Top 8 DIY Tiny House Builds of 2016. Let [...]

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Open-Concept Tiny House with DIY Elevator Bed that Hides to Ceiling

Today you are in for a huge treat: This Open Concept Modern Tiny House with an Elevator Bed. The home, designed and built in Alaska by Ana White, would be amazing simply because of the $500 DIY elevator bed she created which solves the “loft problem” — but it gets better! The house is packed [...]

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SHEDsistence: The Construction

Yesterday we showed you the gorgeous finished pictures of the SHEDsistence Tiny House, and we promised you a back stage pass to the building process. Robert and Samantha have been living in their tiny home now for more than year, and it’s stellar! Look at how the couple built this amazing THOW with their own [...]

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Student-Built Housing Pods for the Homeless

These are 92 sq. ft. Student-Built Housing Pods for the Homeless. Eleven architecture students from USC School of Architecture, funded by MADWORKSHOP, built these tiny homes in Los Angeles, where 50,000 people sleep on the streets each night. In a city with a vacancy rate of 2%, countless plots of land remain underutilized across Los [...]

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SHEDsistence: The Finished Product A Year in Review

This is the SHEDsistence Tiny House. We’ve featured this great build in the past (and even named it one of our favorites of 2016!), but it turns out there are now new, even better images of the home that we get to share with you. The 204 sq. ft. tiny was the DIY brainchild of Robert [...]

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10′ Wide Tiny House on Wheels by Timber Wolf Homes

This is a 26′ x 10′ west coast classic. This house is downsizing without compromising. With 260 square ft downstairs and 100 square ft upstairs, this house is very livable. With a beautiful design and a well crafted structure with close attention to detail, this home is pushing the tiny home movement to the next [...]

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Buying a Tiny House? Read This First!

Are you getting ready to buy your very own tiny house? Now comes the hard part – finding a reputable tiny house builder. We at PAD Tiny Houses have heard from a number of people lately who bought tiny homes from professional builders, and now need significant repairs within the first year of living. It’s [...]

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Spacious and Bright Tiny House with Over Hitch Porch

This is a spacious and bright tiny house on wheels tour! It’s unique because it features a build-out over the trailer’s hitch. They turned it into a screened-in entry, which is pretty cool! The tiny home features an additional covered porch, which is great for outdoor living; it just looks a little chilly at the [...]

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400 Sq. Ft. Whidbey Cottage

This is the 400 sq. ft. Whidbey Cottage offered by West Coast Homes and designed by architect Mark Ouellette. This residential park model has a beautiful covered deck and this particular version features an l-shaped staircase to make entry to the loft that much easier (and safer). There’s an additional ground-floor bedroom and faux stone [...]

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Graduate Series 6000 Tiny House

This is the Graduate Series 6000 Tiny House on Wheels. It’s built by Designer Eco Tiny Homes in Australia. This tiny home offers queen sized bed loft with wardrobe, storage stairs, ensuite bathroom, kitchen, lounge, dining, office/study desk, and ample storage. Highlight windows enable natural lighting to flood the open plan lounge/dining area giving a [...]

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Most Popular THOWs of 2016

Tiny House Talk’s Top 10 Most Popular Tiny Houses on Wheels for 2016

This weekend we shared our favorite tiny houses on wheels featured on Tiny House Talk in 2016. But what were your favorites? I sifted through our website stats and found what THOWs had the most page views to create our “Most Popular THOWs of 2016” list. Of course, this doesn’t necessarily mean these are the [...]

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Tiny Texas House Vacation in Canyon Lake

This is a beautiful Tiny Texas House Vacation in Canyon Lake. Our Tiny Texas House is a beautiful Victorian cottage custom made from period reclaimed building materials. The attention to detail is astounding in this work of art. The cottage features vintage stained glass windows, antique wood floors and trim. Climb the ladder to the [...]

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Best No-Loft THOWs of 2016

Top 10 Tiny Houses on Wheels with Downstairs Bedrooms

Here at Tiny House Talk, we love hearing what you have to say, and many of you tell us you don’t like loft bedrooms because of the ladders and/or staircases. So I went through all the tiny houses on wheels we shared in 2016 and found some of the Best No-Loft THOWs to share with you. We like to [...]

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Tiny House Couple Now Saving Half Their Income! (Interview and Tiny House Tour)

This is Sean & Angie Johnson’s Tiny House: The Casa Paspin. The couple spent 8 months building the self-designed creation and just moved in this January. They are already loving their tiny life and are saving 60% of their income by not renting anymore. Good for them! Read our interview with them below the photo [...]

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Tiny Round Cabin in Florence

This is a tiny round cabin in Florence, Oregon. It’s like a hybrid between a yurt and a cabin, isn’t it? It’s a pretty cool design, in my opinion, but what do you think? Would you design/build something kind of like this? Don’t miss other homes like this – join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter for [...]

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Stunning Gate Lodge by The Little Log House Company

This is the Stunning Gate Lodge by The Little Log House Company. (UPDATE 7/19/21): The company has gone out of business). This 296 sq. ft. looks way bigger than it is, but at under 400 sq. ft. it’s certainly still tiny. It has two bedrooms upstairs and a gracious living/dining/kitchen area on the first floor. [...]

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Life in a Less-Than-$20k Tiny House

This is Tave’s tiny home on wheels that she built for less than $20k. It was actually nominated for the 2016 Tiny House of the Year and is one great little home. Tave made this place her own in the 9 months she spent building it, adding a crafting/sewing station as well as a home [...]

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Tiny House Talk’s 10 Favorite THOWs of 2016

Tiny House Talk’s 10 Favorite Tiny Houses on Wheels of 2016

These are Tiny House Talk’s Top 10 Favorite Tiny Houses on Wheels of 2016. Here at Tiny House Talk, we see a lot of tiny homes: the good, the bad and the ugly! And with the first month of 2017 almost over, we wanted to celebrate some of the best of the best tiny homes we [...]

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