Tiny Houses

Would you like to win a tiny house of your own? SustainaFest, a non-profit organization in Maryland dedicated to sustainable community development, is hosting a tiny house essay contest. The prize is a 210-square foot, $76,000 energy-efficient home. You will love how sleek and modern this house is both outside and inside. It has a [...]

This school bus conversion started with a $2,000 investment to buy an old school bus to turn it into a DIY motorhome. Not a bad way to get started, right? This 60-passenger bus has now been stripped down to its bones and transformed into a beautiful tiny home on wheels (with an engine!) for two lovely people. It [...]

At the end of a pier in the Hillsborough River in Tampa, Florida rests a tiny cabin that’s perfect for small house living. What likely originally started as a boat shed over 50 years ago was converted into a small house, also decades ago. Eventually, regulations tightened so that houses such as this dock house were [...]

This article on how to get zoning passed for tiny houses is a guest post by Rene’ Hardee (rene.hardee@americantinyhouseassociation.org) who is head of the Florida chapter of the American Tiny House Association How do I get zoning passed for Tiny Houses? Tiny Houses. You’ve heard of them. You’ve watched the shows. You may have read some [...]

This Craftsman Style Tiny House For Sale is a guest post by Nicholette Codding My partner and I completed this tiny house in October 2014. We are in the documentary film “Small is Beautiful” by Australian filmmaker Jeremy Beasley. Your blog has provided much inspiration for us throughout our building process! We would be honored [...]

This is the Acorn 2 Tiny House on Wheels by Nelson Tiny Houses. They’re tiny home builders in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. And this little cabin has about 120 sq. ft. inside with 8′ by 15′ dimensions. If you’re looking for a quality craftsman style tiny home builder Nelson might be exactly what you’ve been looking for! Either way I think you’ll really [...]

This is another version of the V House by Nelson Tiny Houses in Canada. It has about 230 sq. ft. of space inside. Remember the V stands for Versatile because this design is customizable. In this case, it’s almost twice as big as the normal V model! I hope you enjoy this tour below and in the comments below [...]

This is an Acorn Tiny House on Wheels by Nelson Tiny Houses in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada. This tiny home boasts about 120 sq. ft. with 8′ by 15′ dimensions. If you’re looking for a quality craftsman style tiny home builder they might be exactly what you’re looking for! But please beware, there’s very likely a waiting list at this point because the [...]

This is a version of the V House with a separate bath house by Nelson Tiny Houses in Canada. It’s approximately 120 sq. ft. with dimensions of about 8′ by 15′. The V stands for Versatile because this design is highly customizable to your needs, whether you want to live tiny full time or use [...]

What happens when you combine the shape and size of a yurt home with the durability and sturdiness of a cabin? You get these innovative Freedom Yurt-Cabins, which have many of the benefits of a cabin at a reduction of the cost. Ranging from about $12,000 to $17,000—which the manufacturing company points out can be even [...]

If you like double-decker bus to motorhome conversions as I do, you’re in the right place! This list of amazing DIY bus homes was inspired by Ron Collins, a Tiny House Newsletter subscriber, who bought a 1980 Bristol Double Decker Bus that listed for him. In fact, this post is meant to serve as inspiration as [...]

This is the story of Brenda and Marvin’s Tiny Cottage that they designed and built themselves. They did it for only $25,000 and they built it in less than a year. You can actually see how they did it below, you can look at their floor plan, constructions costs, and you can even inquire with [...]

This Florida City Approves Tiny House Community story is a guest post by Rene’ Hardee Here is an article that ran in our local paper last week: Tiny Houses Catch Brevard County in Florida I have been working really hard to get legal approval for a Tiny House Community and it is finally happening! Please post to [...]

This Childhood Playhouse Tiny Home is a guest post by Alexis Saunders. In 2006 my parents felt that building a treehouse wasn’t safe, so instead they built me a 125 sq. ft. playhouse. Today, I am about to begin college and instead of paying hundreds of dollars monthly for an apartment or dorm, I was thinking of [...]

This is a 190 sq. ft. modern grain silo tiny house. It was professionally designed and renovated by architect Christoph Kaiser. This tiny home was originally featured on Dwell. Don’t miss other awesome tiny homes, join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter for more!  Originally A Grain Silo, Now A Modernized Tiny House Images © Mark Lipczynski/Dwell [...]

I’m excited to share this Tiny Hall House with you. And guess what.. There are three people and a dog living in it! This tiny home on wheels has a pitched roof with dormers and a sleeping loft. Please enjoy and re-share below. Thank you! Tiny Hall House on Wheels: An Adventure in Living Simply Images © TinyHallHouse [...]

I’m excited to share with you Monarch Tiny Homes new offering, the Half/Half model. The idea is they will build the structure and leave the inside empty and open to the creativity of the buyer. It’s considerably less expensive, at $22,000, compared to their Twenty-Footer model. Just like the Twenty-Footer, the Half/Half model comes with [...]