Tiny Houses

Pepper Clark is the owner of the company Bungalow To Go and her Tiny House Two. It’s a tiny home with a queen-sized loft, twin loft, kitchen, half bathroom, alcove, and a covered entryway. There are a couple of unique appliances that Pepper was able to find and use for this project: one being an [...]

Earlier this month I introduced you to Stew MacInnes and his tiny houses. He’s the owner of a company named Maximus Extreme Living Solutions. They build tiny homes that are rugged and well insulated to withstand extreme temperatures. Their purpose? To better serve workers in oil and mining fields throughout the United States. I thought [...]

This is a stick built 144-square-foot loft tiny house on a trailer. It was built by Steve Garcia and is located in Beeville, Texas. It was built on an 8 x 16 dual axle BigTex utility trailer. It’s got cedar tongue and groove siding which turned out beautiful. All windows are double pane and the [...]

Tiny House Blogger Ryan Mitchell recently posted an anti-tiny house article that appeared elsewhere on the World Wide Web. His post specifically showcased the not only negative but often ignorant comments from that original article. He made the deliberate choice not to link to the original article, which was written with a tone of superiority [...]

Not long ago I showed you what Stew MacInnes has created to fill a better need for workers. He calls them tiny houses on steroids because they can withstand extreme conditions. So this is Maximus Extreme Living Solutions’ second tiny home project. These homes are a better solution for workers, let’s say in oil fields, [...]

So, how are you doing with your holiday intentions? Have you set clear intentions? Have you written a wish list? Have you communicated your wishes with your family?  Have you created new rituals? Celebrated traditions? Read my first, second and third posts about how we created a meaningful celebration in our tiny house. *** We just completed [...]

I’m not sure about you but I’ve always had this attraction to A-frame houses. I’m not sure if that’s because my name starts with an A (Alex) but I think it’s also because they’re so rare to see and unique in comparison to most other homes. As a kid, I always was liked seeing an [...]

This tiny unfolding shipping container home is one of a kind, although it did disappoint me a bit. I’ll tell you why later. Designed by artist/architect Adam Kalkin, it’s officially dubbed the Illy Push Button House and was created for Illy. At just 20′ by 8′ it unfolds into five different rooms. Yes, this design [...]

This tiny solar house was designed and built by the Minnesota Renewable Energy Society. I found them on Facebook not long ago and wanted to share their tiny home with you because it has three Silicon Energy PV modules, solar air heat, and even solar hot water. The SIP (Structural Insulated Panels) came from The [...]

Since I am spending some time in Detroit, Michigan for the winter I decided to reach out to my cousin, Charlie Zink, who blogs about his adventures biking around the streets of Detroit and taking photos of the interesting things he finds there. Charlie comes across quite a few amazing gems on his adventures so [...]

If you don’t like the idea of upstairs sleeping lofts you’ll love this tiny house design by Humble Homes. It’s a multifunctional design with a genius slide out bed and storage system. In most tiny homes, there’s a sleeping loft above the kitchen to make the best use of space. The problem is, you might [...]

Guest Post by Stew MacInnes of Maximus Extreme Living Solutions My name is Stew MacInnes, I am the owner of Maximus Extreme Living Solutions, based out of Ogden, Utah. My company manufactures self-contained living units, which in lay terms would probably best be described as eco-friendly, tiny homes that are on massive amounts of steroids! [...]

This is the third installment in my series, “How We Created a Delightful Christmas in our Tiny House.” See my first and second posts for the first five ideas. The holidays sneak up and fly by when we keep a frenzied pace of checking off lists and rushing around for the big day. Growing up, [...]

I got to interview Laura LaVoie of 120SquareFeet.com and feature her as one of our guests on here by transcribing the interview as well. Laura lives with her husband Matt in an off-grid tiny cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. They use a composting toilet and a really unique showering system. They built their [...]

It might be the number one comment here at tiny house talk: “I want a small space, but I don’t want a loft. I’m looking for a single story design.” Friend of Tiny House Talk and designer Dan Louche has created a fantastic tiny house without a loft and it is available on his website. [...]

Guest Post by Jane Dwinell Designing and Building Your Tiny House 11/13/12 Well, we did it! We built our tiny house and have been living in it for 5 weeks (half of that time it was still under construction — not recommended…). I’ve been thinking about our experience and what we learned — and here [...]

Last week I showed you Jane’s tiny house photos. She and her partner custom designed and built it and they are now living in it full-time. Jane is also the author of Freedom Through Frugality which is available on her website. Today she sent me a message enclosed with a video tour of her house [...]