Tiny Houses

Just like this Scottish cow-shed we showed you a couple of weeks ago, this 200-year-old cottage in the UK has been completely renovated, and the results are absolutely stunning. You’d never know you were inside a historic building except for the beautifully preserved cast iron kitchen they framed off in the living room. Even though [...]

Kirsty needed a place to live with her daughter and decided a tiny house would be the perfect, affordable fit. While there were a lot of ups and downs in getting the house from the builder, they got an incredible parking spot in a small community with other like-minded families! Did I mention there’s an [...]

This is an incredible round floating tower cottage on a lake in Joncherey, France. It’s part of a larger community of eco-friendly habitats that share a lovely “lodge” on the shore with a spa and full bathrooms. The floating home is reminiscent of “Swiss Family Robinson,” with rustic railings made from limbs and an all-wooden interior. [...]

Steve and Di were living in an urban apartment when Di started crunching numbers and realizing that having a child would make it tough to make ends meet. That’s when she and Steve decided that a DIY tiny house would give them more time with their son, less time at work, and a closer connection [...]

Are you searching for some tiny house plans? Small House Catalog released three excellent choices recently: A 336-square-foot A-frame, a 224-square-foot studio cottage, and an itty bitty writer’s cabin. If you’re looking for a full-time residence, the A-Frame is likely your best bet as it has a first-floor bedroom, a loft, and a kitchen and [...]

Purposely Lost is a fantastic woodland retreat space in Sandford, Maine, where you can stay in one of three treehouses or two “Hobbit” houses. This underground home, pictured below, is a stunning blend of cozy and luxurious, with warm wood tones, leather accents, and stonework. The home looks like a hill, with moss and mud [...]

This Hobbit house in Pawling, NY features the signature round door and living roof inspired by Tolkien’s designs. The interior is spacious with two separate queen-sized bedrooms, a dining room, living room, full kitchen with full-sized appliances, and two bathrooms. Outdoor amenities include a fire pit and private hot tub accessed via a winding path. [...]

Melissa’s Santa Fe Studio is a gorgeous little adobe casita that offers all the comforts of home in a compact floor plan. Guests rave about the comfortable bed sitting beneath gorgeous exposed beams. French doors lead out into the small covered patio area where you can slowly warm up to the morning. The bedroom flows [...]

Cool Cottages by DMR is one of the newest tiny house builders, and it is now debuting its flagship model: The Dragonfly Cottage! This gorgeous single-level tiny house includes a ground-floor bedroom with a twin bunk over a queen-sized main bed. Plenty of storage is in the bedroom and everywhere else in the home. With [...]

This PodTel might be the future of housing! It was factory-built and dropped off via crane in the Spanish desert, and it’s completely, 100% self-sustaining. The tiny house is off-grid with solar panels, an incinerating toilet, and a water system that sucks moisture out of the air to provide water for the home. All of [...]

Julie and Ryan wanted a place that felt like home, but couldn’t find any affordable options in California, so they built a tiny house! They looked for floor plans that would provide a separate loft office for Julie. Still, they ultimately decided to create their own design that carefully incorporated everything they needed for themselves [...]

This is a stunning Farmhouse-style THOW built back in 2015 and renovated in 2018 that’s now for sale. The current owners lived in it for a few years and are now ready to sell. It has a carpeted queen-sized loft bedroom and a second smaller loft was used for clothing storage. A daybed pulls out [...]

This gorgeous board-and-batten tiny house was built just over a year ago by Korallus Tiny Homes in Colorado, and it’s looking for a new owner! It’s their “Aspen 2.0” model, which we showed off back in May. Right now, it’s set up for off-grid living with ground-mounted solar panels and a Separett toilet. The beautiful home [...]

This is a like-new eVista that’s just a few months old with some nice upgrades to make it a lovely compact home! Like all Vistas, this one has a studio-style layout with a queen bed at one end in front of a large picture window. This model has lots of shelving around the ceiling to [...]

Earlier we showed you the latest version of the ORCA model by Mint Tiny Homes, and that one had an airy coastal design. But this rendition of the same layout has a more rustic feel, with exposed dark wood beams and accents throughout that make it feel more like a cabin than a cottage. At [...]

Apollo created this incredible Overlander in just 36 days! He worked on it in the two-car garage of the 3000+ square foot home he was renting and now has the freedom to move around since he’s never been one to stay in one place for long. He put about $105K into the build and actually [...]

Here’s another one of Mint Tiny House Company’s “short-term rental” designs, called the “Loft 30” since it’s 30 feet long and offers not one, but two loft bedrooms. But that’s not all — this home has enough room for a first-floor bedroom as well — making it a family-friendly choice for vacationers. The kitchen area [...]