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Man’s Simple Nomadic Life in a Custom House Truck

This is John’s custom built tiny house truck. It’s 8′ wide, 23′ long and weighs about 6 tons. And right now we get to tour it thanks to our friends at Tiny House Giant Journey. When they were driving down the highway with their tiny home in tow they spotted it at a gas station and raced to go see [...]

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The Liberty TM Tiny House on Wheels

This is The Liberty TM Tiny House on wheels designed and built by Tiny Treasure Homes in Show Low, Arizona and Carlsbad, California. It’s dimensions are 24′ x 8.5′ and it’s built with high-quality materials making it a great tiny home to live in or to use as a vacation rental. This tiny cabin is [...]

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Young Couple’s DIY School Bus Cottage on Wheels

I’d like you to meet Julie and Andrew, a young couple who transformed an old school bus into their very own mortgage-free cottage on wheels. Since the both of them love to travel and did not want a home with a 30-year mortgage they decided to go tiny. So for only $10,000 they bought this partially-converted school bus [...]

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The Jefferson Tiny House by Liberty Cabins

This is the Jefferson Tiny House on Wheels designed and built by Liberty Cabins in Crescent City, Northern California. The main floor offers about 176 sq. ft. of space with an additional 123 sq. ft. of sleeping loft space upstairs. It’s an 8′ x 25′ design with a cost of approximately $44,000. This model comes with [...]

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Man Builds 100 Sq. Ft. Timber Frame Tiny House

Ian designed and built this 100 sq. ft. timber frame tiny house several years ago. It took many years of hard work and dedication but now he gets to enjoy the benefits of his little cabin. It’s called the Little Timber House. This timber frame tiny home was built using new, reclaimed and salvaged materials and it even [...]

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144 Sq. Ft. Dewdrop Tiny House by Zyl Vardos

This is the 18′ version of the Dewdrop Tiny House by Zyl Vardos which offers about 144 sq. ft. of space inside. It’s another incredible design/build by the amazing carpenter/artist and founder of Zyl Vardos, Abel Zimmerman Zyl. Zyl specializes in artistically designed and built tiny homes with handmade windows, doors, and curved rooflines. And [...]

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Couple Build $10k Tiny Home with Movie Set Scraps

This couple works on movie sets, where Chloe serves as a stylist and Brandon as a carpenter. Typically the couple moves around a lot to take new jobs. So designing and building a portable tiny house on wheels made perfect sense for them. Brandon said, “We could expand our job search to anywhere in North [...]

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Man Builds Two Off Grid Tiny Cabins for Retirement

This off grid tiny cabins retirement story is a guest post by Michael Scheer – share your tiny house story here too! My name is Michael and about 5 years ago I wanted an off-grid place for vacation and retirement. Like many others, I am tired of bills, bills, bills and knew I would never have [...]

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330 Sq. Ft. Tiny Cottage Overlooking Blue Hill Bay

This 330 Sq. Ft. Tiny Cottage Overlooking Blue Hill Bay is a guest post by Robin Charlton – share yours! When not traveling I spend a part of each year helping to caretake our family property in Maine. It has been in our family for three generations and is a very special place. I believe this Little [...]

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Family of 6 Living Tiny in Converted School Bus

This is a converted school bus that Sarah Szymczak, her husband Ed, and their four kids live in. Sarah says, “I never thought we would own a school bus. Yet, it does not surprise me that we do. We’re always up for an adventure, always open to venturing outside of the norm. Two creative parents. Four fun [...]

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Retired Military Woman Building Her Own Tiny House

This tiny house story is a guest post by Stephani – share yours! I’m building a 18 foot long tiny home. I retired from the military less than a year ago and was not sure what I wanted to do when I grew up. So I decided to build a tiny house that I will eventually live [...]

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Garage Converted into 340 Sq. Ft. Tiny Cottage

This garage was converted into a 340 sq. ft. tiny cottage with an upstairs loft by ART Design Build. When you go inside you’ll find an open living area that converts into a bedroom with the use of a murphy bed. The same living area triples its functionality by serving as an office with the built [...]

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Woman’s Buddhaful Tiny Home on Wheels

This is Haley Kalb’s Buddhaful Tiny Home on Wheels. She used to be a banker but has now transitioned into a new career where she teaches yoga and is also an Ayurvedic practitioner. With her new career change came an entirely new lifestyle with her custom-designed and built tiny house on a trailer that she parks in [...]

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Funky 140 Sq. Ft. Off-Grid Cabin

When it comes to funky design and creative use of reclaimed material Derek “Deek” Diedricksen is the building master. In this case it’s a custom designed and built 140 sq. ft. off the grid cabin called the Glass House because it’s loaded with recycled windows. Using recycled glass, windows, wood and other odds and ends Deek came up [...]

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Married Couple’s 276 Sq. Ft. Gooseneck Tiny House

This is the 276 sq. ft. Nomad’s Nest tiny house on wheels designed and built by Wind River Tiny Homes in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In fact, Jeremy & Lindsay Weaver, of Wind River Tiny Homes, are a husband and wife living in it! And Jeremy is 6’6″ tall. It’s built right onto a Gooseneck trailer and is [...]

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225 Sq. Ft. Tie-Hack Tiny House

This 225 sq. ft. tiny house is designed and built by Frontier Fortress in Dubois, Wyoming. This is a new tiny house company focusing on designing and building tiny and small homes for those of us who desire to live tiny (or small). The company is focused on building tiny homes with strength, durability, and [...]

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200 Sq. Ft. Modern Tiny House

This is a 200 sq. ft. modern tiny house with dimensions of 10×20 built by Michigan Tiny Home. The company focuses on producing Amish built American-made tiny houses for their customers to use as tiny homes, man caves, she-sheds, boat houses, cottages, sheds, and more. They offer a variety of sizes like 10×10, 8×10, 10×20, and 8×20 [...]

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DIY Pontoon Tiny Houses

This is a DIY Pontoon kit that you can use to build a floating pontoon tiny house or floating fishing shack. It’s called Pontoonz and it’s an easy way to build and design your own pontoon boat because you can put the pontoons together yourself. Don’t miss other amazing stories like this – join our FREE [...]

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