Tiny Houses

The Newbys are a family who spent years traveling and settled in Portugal, where they are building their dream homestead. One of their projects was transforming a shed into a tiny house, and the video below shows the entire process! They thought the project would take only a couple of weeks, but it ended up [...]

Hello, Tiny House Talk readers! Today, we’re thrilled to share with you the inspiring story of Karen, a woman who turned her tiny house dreams into reality, despite facing significant challenges along the way. Karen’s journey to tiny house living began in 2016 when her youngest child moved out. She found herself captivated by a [...]

In the world of tiny house living, every journey is unique, and every story is inspiring. Today, we bring you the story of Denetra, a Christian-based therapist who has embraced the tiny house lifestyle with faith and financial wisdom. Her journey was beautifully captured in a video by Tiny House Expedition, a YouTube channel dedicated [...]

In Toledo, Ohio, a small village is making a big impact on its community. Bluff Street Village, a project initiated by the Monroe Street Neighborhood Center, has recently welcomed six new tiny homes into its fold. These compact dwellings, spanning only 400 square feet each, may be small in size, but they bring about significant [...]

Steve & Barbara were reaching retirement and figuring out their next step. Eventually, they settled on bus life and spent a year looking at buses. When they came across this 2007 Thomas C2 Skoolie that had only 30K miles on it, they decided to spend the $9K on it and get to work on the [...]

Just before the world changed in 2020, Alyssa and her husband decided to take a leap of faith and build their flagship tiny home, The Bella! They love designing and wanted to be home more with their 3 beautiful daughters. Once they sold The Bella, they decided to build another and another — and now [...]

Explore this elevated shipping container cabin in an Ohio forest featuring a queen platform bed, outdoor shower, soaking tub, valley views, and treehouse-like design among the trees.

Here’s an amazing off-grid A-frame for artists and dreamers and anyone looking for a relaxing vacation that’s a step up from camping. The A-frame is actually two A-frames, connected by a “normal” square that has a rooftop deck. The house sits on a large acreage where there are a number of other off-grid accommodations and [...]

The eOne XL Wide & Tall is ESCAPE’s answer to the single most common complaint about tiny houses: the loft. Most sleeping lofts are a mattress under a slope you cannot sit up in. This build goes wide and tall enough that the upper level reads as an actual second floor — almost standing height, [...]

The Oaks is the newest phase of the ESCAPE Tampa Bay Village in Thonotosassa, Florida. The community features professionally landscaped lots surrounding a central park with mature oak and palm trees. ESCAPE tiny houses are available with leased lots, and units occasionally become available for resale. ESCAPE Tiny Houses at The Oaks Image via ESCAPE [...]

Do you love submarines? The Beatles? Nautical history? This amazing yellow submarine is “floating” among the trees on this scenic New Zealand property — and it’s on Airbnb! There’s sleeping for up to 5 inside, with two double bunk beds and a small berth up in the steering area. There’s also a couch, little kitchenette, [...]

The Vista Boho is ESCAPE’s answer to a question a lot of first-time buyers ask: how small can you go before a tiny house stops working as a home? This one puts a built-in queen bed on the ground floor at one end, wrapped in windows on three sides, which is the detail that makes [...]

Melanie is a National Spokesperson for the Tiny House Alliance USA, and the author of “Trailblazing Tiny: A Guide to Breaking Free.” She and her husband live — legally — in a tiny house on wheels that sits on an acre homestead. They built their 144 sq. ft. tiny house in just seven days with [...]

This tiny home was built as a family project by a father and his three sons. The floor plan and design were created by mom. They call it the “Nordic” and have named their company Craftsman Tiny Homes. I’m proud of my 3 sons: 20, 22, & 23 years old who have been in the [...]

Below, Cyrus takes us on a tour of his self-built 4×4 Fuso FG which he lives in full-time. But this is far from his first van! Cyrus says he has lived in every kind of VW bus except the Syncro and has been dreaming of this box truck rig for more than a decade. He [...]

This couple took a van vacation around Iceland and Lauren fell in love with the nomadic lifestyle. She finally pestered Jon enough that they purchased a small Class C campervan and started living in it full-time. Eventually, they wanted a bit more space, though, so they upgraded to a 40-foot Heartland Elkridge Fifth Wheel. This [...]

Bekah & Bryce discovered they loved everything outdoorsy when they moved to Seattle and found themselves spending too much time setting up their campsite every week. A van was a way to enjoy their weekend excursions because it gave them more time for adventure sports! But as the world shut down in 2020, the van [...]