Tiny Houses

These are the collapsible hotel rooms of Flexotels. They’re used at festivals and events all over the world and they even have extended versions with bathrooms. These fold-out and ready to assemble micro shelters can be put together in 10 minutes. The largest version is even equipped with a shower, hot water heater, toilet and sink, to provide people with more comfort. These [...]

This 144 Sq. Ft. Toy Box Tiny House is a guest post by Frank Henderson – share yours! This tiny house is a custom design. Using reclaimed materials and high quality fixtures, the motto of this build was “Downsize and Upgrade”. There is a spacious sleeping loft (7’x8′) and all of the windows are new and operable. [...]

This is a 70 sq. ft. vardo caravan wagon. The Trillium Caravan is a sleeper camper in the traditional style of the 19th Century English vardo, built by master woodworker Jim Tolpin. Jim says, “It is impeccably detailed in hand-hewn wood and steel fabricated to the highest highway-worthy standards. One needn’t sacrifice the beauty of traditional [...]

This is a no loft studio tiny house on wheels for sale with a rustic style in Alvin, Texas. Update: Sold. It’s custom built on an 8×18 trailer with 10,000 lb axles which includes brakes. This tiny home is built using 2×4 construction, low E windows, and all screw construction. When you go inside you’ll find a [...]

The other day we showed you the Cowboy tiny house by Hummingbird Micro Homes. Today I’m showing you their first tiny house community which is opening September 1, 2015 in Terrace, British Columbia. This tiny living community is named Bluegrass Meadow Micro Village and it’s been created with a mission to help provide affordable housing [...]

This tiny house on wheels for sale is a guest post by Michael & Grace – share yours here! This unique tiny portable studio was built as an additional bedroom but it can be used as an office, guest room, meditation nook, massage studio, vacation rental, or personal living space. It’s perfect for someone who wants [...]

This DIY pallet house is a guest post by Priscilla Crighton – share yours! This is a pallet house built by engineering student, Angus Hughes. The house is located on his family property on the outskirts of Rockhampton and is just about water proof.  There’s no running water but electricity is available courtesy of a durable power cord running [...]

This is a guest post by Kelly Patton – share yours! I started the life of a tiny dweller when I moved to the country in Northern California. I landed at a sweet community spot where other artists and farmers lived, and was thrilled at the idea of having my own space, no matter how tiny. It [...]

This Harvard start up for tiny house living is a guest post by Pete Davis – share yours!  I am Pete Davis, one of the co-founders of Getaway, the first and only tiny house startup to come out of Harvard University’s Innovation Lab. We build tiny houses, place them on beautiful rural land and rent them [...]

This 208 sq. ft. tiny house is a guest post by Hummingbird Micro Homes – share yours! Hummingbird Micro Homes is based in Fernie, BC, Canada, just North of the US border. We typically custom design and build tiny homes and micro homes on wheels. We are currently offering our favorite home model for sale. This micro [...]

This 112 Sq. Ft. Yellow Box Truck Tiny House and Office is a guest post by Sandy Caswell – share yours too! This big yellow truck was born a 1998 E350 Ryder Moving Van with a Triton V8 under the hood and a 16-foot box. My husband, sons and I converted it to my mobile [...]

This off-grid tiny cabin for sale is located in a private forest near the Zig Zag River. It was designed and built by an architect. There is no electric or running water inside the cabin and you use an outhouse to go to the bathroom. There’s a sleeping loft in the cabin plus full rustic [...]

This tiny shotgun cottage in New Orleans has about 400 sq. ft. of space with one bedroom. When you walk inside you’re in the living area and open kitchen. Continue walking to the back to find the bedroom and bathroom. There’s also some yard space in the back to enjoy the outdoors, BBQ, or garden. [...]

This 176 sq. ft. sustainable tiny house is a guest post by Kristen Edge – share yours! This is the tiny house my husband, and somewhat myself, built. We used a 32′ trailer we bought from someone who was tearing down a mobile home park and put our house on it. The house is about 22′ x 8′, [...]

Habitat for Humanity Cabarrus County in Concord, North Carolina, just completed the first tiny house of its kind in the state, possibly nationwide. Weighing in at 488 square feet, the one-bedroom house is handicap compliant with a wheelchair turning radius in every room, and built to high energy efficiency standards. “It all started a couple [...]

This is the Eco Pod model by Pod Space, a British company that designs and prefabricated garden structures. You can use them as guests houses, micro homes, home offices, garden sheds, or anything else you can think of. In this case you’ll see that this Eco Pod is designed to be used as a backyard [...]

What does “living simply” really mean? That was one of the questions on Aldo Lavaggi’s mind when he set out to design and build his own tiny house on wheels. He purposefully chose a very simple design with no running water and no shower, curious about how it would feel to carry in his own [...]