Tiny Houses

Tiny Heirloom is a tiny house builder that specializes in luxury tiny homes on wheels in Portland, Oregon. They have more than a decade of construction experience and are focused on offering dependable service with the highest quality materials using your imagination to create your future tiny home on wheels. And I’m excited to share these [...]

Ethan has recently finished the long process of designing and building his own DIY tiny house on wheels in Vermont. And it has a lot of unique features like a secret cat door, track door to bathroom, large useful kitchen with double sink, and lots more. He’s really done an incredible job of creating a tiny [...]

A Vietnam based architecture firm, Vo Trong Nghia Architects, has began developing prefabricated housing for low income families in Vietnam. This concept of tiny housing would provide the people with not only a safe place to live but a durable long-term shelter too. Since 2012 the firm has been working to create these houses for those who earn less than [...]

When Brian Levy set himself out to design a tiny house he wanted to create something that was comfortable long-term, sustainable for the environment yet still stylish, and he didn’t want to compromise anywhere. He believed the Minim Home should feel amazing throughout. He’s also the founder of Micro Showcase, a place dedicated to showcasing micro [...]

Right now I wanted to re-explore the topic of affordable tiny housing with you as a solution as well as a tool to help alleviate homelessness as led by the article and conversation over at this article at Moyers & Company. As you know one of the main benefits you experience when living in a smaller home is affordability. Your rent or [...]

Right now I’m glad to be showing you Michael Ostaski’s latest build which is a 1999 Sterling House Truck hand built by the artist himself. It’s 32′ long, 8′ wide, and 12’6″ tall. Weighs about 24,000 lbs and has a 5.9 Turbo Cummins Diesel to power it. And yes, this one has power steering (unlike [...]

Henry David Thoreau’s tiny cabin is something that everybody should learn about at some point, especially if you’re into tiny houses because as you probably know, Henry David Thoreau has always been an inspiring role model for those of us seeking to simplify our lives. Here you’ll see what his tiny cabin was like in case [...]

This is the story of Kristie Wolfe’s second tiny house. She started by building her own 96-square-foot tiny home on wheels in Idaho. She built that home for only $5,000 and it gave her a foundation to be able to travel, pursue her interests, and even buy her own land in Hawaii to build her [...]

This is a yurt-like micro cabin with a studio layout in the Portland, Oregon area. It’s really more like a Thoreau-cabin because it’s basically a bedroom with a desk. In other words, there’s no kitchen and bath but if you stay here you do get access to a private bathroom in the main house. Plus [...]

When Jeff Loper wanted to build a second home in Colorado he realized it would be more out of reach than originally anticipated. Then he visited a friend’s farm where they had built a 300 sq. ft. tiny cabin on the property. This inspired him to look at small houses which led him to discover [...]

In this post I wanted to share the story of how this young couple left their apartment life and built their own 128 sq. ft. tiny home on wheels that’s 100% mortgage-free. When they started, they really didn’t know much about building a house. They just learned and adapted as they went. And they did [...]

This is the Pinafore tiny house on wheels by Abel Zimmerman Zyl of Zyl Vardos. He builds some of the most high quality, amazing, one-of-a-kind, artistic tiny homes. As you’ll see now. Zyl Vardos is a tiny house construction company in Olympia, Washington. And they deliver. When you look at this little house you can [...]

Tiny Heirloom is a new tiny house builder in Portland, Oregon that focuses on luxury tiny homes on wheels hand-built. And right now I wanted to show you one of their very first tiny houses on a trailer with dormers. Tiny Heirloom offers off grid designs, on-grid homes, wind and solar power, and more. One [...]

This is an 8’6″ x 20′ craftsman style bungalow tiny house on wheels by Molecule Tiny Homes. It has a beautiful kitchen with an oversized farm-style sink. I think you’ll love it! You know, anytime they build something new for their clients I’m thrilled because they always seem to do an amazing job so I [...]

I’m excited to show you this 250 sq. ft. SIP tiny house called The Crib. It’s created by architect Jeff Broadhurst of Broadhurst Architects. If you include the upstairs sleeping loft space and outdoor space there’s a total of 450 sq. ft. of living space. Originally it was designed as a weekend cottage but I [...]

This tiny cabin vacation is in a farm setting just 15 minutes away from downtown Portland, Oregon. I thought you might also enjoy taking a look and considering staying if you’re ever planning on being in the area. Here you’re surrounded by birds, chickens, farmland, and all things nature on this organic farm. The cabin [...]

I’ve told you about Jenna and Guillaume of Tiny House Giant Journey before. Last time I got to share their new DIY tiny home with you thanks to Deek over at RelaxShacks.com. Today I’m glad to tell you that they’re successfully on their way towards touring across the nation in their tiny house on wheels [...]