Tiny Houses

Meet Kendall. She’s a high school student who started an amazing tiny house project that she calls Nerd Girl Homes. Her goal is to build tiny houses for a good cause. Kendall is currently building a Tumbleweed Lusby Tiny House from the ground up and when she’s finished she will either donate it to a [...]

Ever dream of your own tiny house off the grid somewhere? Perhaps somewhere in the Rocky Mountains? This is a dream that Kathy is making come true as you read this right now. It’s something that has been on her mind for a long time and is now becoming her reality. In October 2011, she [...]

How perfect would this A2B electric motor bicycle be for a tiny house that you can manage to place somewhere in town? Maybe even in a city. With a 20 mile range and just 3 and half hours to recharge, it’s the perfect answer to a relatively short commute. If 20 miles isn’t enough, you [...]

Meet Rocky and Melissa. They live in Maine and have been building what I like to call Hobbit Hole Tiny Homes. Their micro structures can serve a variety of purposes. Originally they were intended to be for children so they were in the playhouse business. Recently they’ve decided to broaden their market when they realized [...]

I normally like to show you examples of tiny houses that are a little more affordable, but other times I still like to show you great examples of small space designs because they’re inspiring. You can always take these ideas and put them into your very own design and then build it yourself for much [...]

Some of you are familiar with Louis Burns, who built his own tiny house on a trailer in Austin, Texas not long ago. This little house was built inexpensively and take note that it was Louis’ first attempt at building a home in general. So there are plenty of mistakes that he made which he [...]

Ahh, a tiny house in the mountainous woods. One that’s affordable. If you’ve ever imagined going off grid in your own little cabin, read on.. Whether it’s to live in permanently or to use as an escape. For me, this would be one of my favorite places to write, be inspired, and get some time [...]

So you’re seriously thinking about building your own tiny house on a trailer and wondering, “how the heck am I going to tow this thing around?” That’s a normal concern and something we all face when considering doing the same thing. There are lots of questions that might come to your mind, as did mine, [...]

As most of you already probably know, Tiny Texas Houses uses 99% pure salvage materials to build their beautiful rustic homes. For six years now, they’ve been turning what would otherwise be considered garbage into one-of-a-kind homes. In fact, they’ve built more than 60 of these gems as of today and each time they continue [...]

This tiny house on wheels is designed to serve a family of four. That’s pretty impressive at a foot print of 20′ by 8’6″, wouldn’t you agree? If you account for the 55 square foot sleeping loft, there’s a total of 215 square feet of living space inside. You can see the floor plan at [...]

By Laura LaVoie We talk to a lot of people about simple living and building our tiny house. We encourage those people who are interested but try to emphasize that no one should romanticize living off the grid in the woods. We can imagine people had it easier back in the day when they didn’t [...]

I’ve always known about this tiny dome home that’s practically in my parent’s backyard in a very unlikely place.. Miami, Florida. It turns out that it was built here before any of this area was developed which is the West area of Miami nearest to the Everglades. Back when this area was considered the woods, [...]

This would be the perfect backyard get-away for guests, friends, and family, or a backyard office. Modern Cabana is based out of San Francisco and is the builder of this beautiful Studio Cabana. It is one of their largest cabanas measuring in at 12′ x 25′ with options including a 1/2 bathroom, full bathroom, and kitchenette. [...]

By Laura M. LaVoie With the tiny house movement on the rise, it seems like more and more people- including couples and young families– are attempting to live smaller and smaller. In order to go smaller, many of us are downsizing with great abandon. For me and my partner to transition comfortably into our 120 [...]

By Laura M. LaVoie Fellow tiny house blogger Andrew Odom declared this week Tiny House Appreciation week. (Conveniently it falls during one of my other favorite appreciation weeks: Asheville Beer Week – but that is a little off topic.) I admire how Andrew has taken the tiny house movement by the horns. He points out [...]

I’ve been following Shane and Carrie’s process for a little while now after finding out about their blog, Clothesline Tiny Homes. I was excited to find out that they were featured on ABC 12 in a video that you can actually watch (below) so you get the full tour of their new tiny house. Shane [...]

The other day on Facebook I posted something titled, 5 Reasons You SHOULDN’T Live in a Tiny House. I did this because for all the reasons that there are to live tiny, there are also reasons that some people shouldn’t, at least for now, right? So here’s a recap of what I wrote- below- and [...]