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Completely Off Grid DIY Tiny Home w Rainwater Catchment 8

Completely Off-Grid DIY Tiny Home w/ Rainwater Catchment

Perlin was tired of living with roommates and was passionate about sustainable living, so building an off-grid tiny homemade perfect sense. He lives in Byron Bay, Australia, where he has a solar-powered tiny house with a rainwater catchment system. The entire home is steel-framed. Enjoy the photo tour and Q&A with Perlin below! Don’t miss [...]

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2019 Ford Transit Conversion 6

Cute And Cozy 2019 Ford Transit Conversion

This 2019 Ford Transit has a charming and cozy home-like feel. Honey-colored floors and upper cabinets contrast beautifully with the mint green lower cabinets. There’s a unique bathroom at the back of the van, with an indoor shower, sink, and toilet (you use a shower curtain to keep water off the bed). Under the queen-sized [...]

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20′ Classic Floor Plan 8

20′ Indigo River Tiny Home w/ Amazing Half Loft

Here’s a great 20′ tiny home that puts a unique twist on a loft. It features a half loft — on the bottom half is the bedroom, and on the top is the living room with plenty of standing room. This means no climbing downstairs in the middle of the night to the bathroom (which [...]

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Unique tiny firetruck converted into a mobile home for travel and adventure.

Family of Four Travel in the World in Retired Firetruck

This awesome Dutch family is exploring the world in a retired firetruck that they turned into an incredible off-grid, off-roading overlander! They’re taking the truck down the Pan American highway with plans to make it to Argentina, but also no pressure to finish the route if it stops working for their family. Jasper quit his [...]

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$39K for 146 sq ft THOW New Construction 8

$39K for 146 sq ft THOW New Construction

This new construction THOW is 146 sq. ft. and has a loft bedroom, kitchen, and bathroom and a little space for a recliner or other comfy living room chair. It features a moody aesthetic, with dark turquoise walls and dark wood on the floors and ceilings. At just 16 ft by 8 ft, it’s easy [...]

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Dome-shaped tiny house with wooden deck and forest surroundings.

Silver Birch Resort Geodesic Dome Home

Geodesic domes are such a fun architectural design, and this beautiful one in Michigan is no different. Located at Silver Birch Resort, the number of trees will make you feel like you’re the only one in the area. The dome itself houses a handcrafted bed and a living room space, while the next-door tiny house [...]

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Modern tiny house with double loft in Charlottesville, VA for small space living.

400 Square Foot Double Loft THOW in Charlottesville, VA

Today we’re showing off a charming tiny house for sale for $82,500, situated in the heart of Charlottesville, Virginia. Boasting a thoughtfully designed layout, this 400 sq ft home has a sleek, modern interior with all the amenities needed for full-time living. The house has three cozy sleeping areas, including two loft spaces and a [...]

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All-electric eVista with upgrades 3

Escape eVista: A One-Floor All-Electric Tiny House with Upgrades

The eVista is ESCAPE’s compact all-electric model, and its defining feature is what it leaves out: there is no loft. Everything happens on one floor, with a built-in bed area backed by generous upper storage, a compact kitchen, and a bathroom that’s larger than the footprint would suggest. This particular unit was loaded well past [...]

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Non toxic eco friendly tiny house 8

$45K for Non-Toxic Eco-Friendly THOW

Here’s a lovely 36-foot tiny house that’s for sale in Alabama for $45,000 as is. A family was building this non-toxic, eco-friendly tiny house to live in, but land issues are forcing them to sell. The house has no loft, but rather a huge family-size bedroom that fits a twin and a queen bed! There’s [...]

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Paying Off Student Loans in Their Tiny House on Wheels 4

Paying Off Student Loans in Their Tiny House on Wheels

Jack and Jon were staring down more than $100,000 in student loan debt when they decided that a conventional mortgage wasn’t the answer — so they had a 30-foot gooseneck tiny house professionally built instead, nicknamed it the “Wee Hive,” and parked it at the Acony Bell Tiny Home Community in North Carolina. At roughly [...]

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Yurt in open landscape with wooden deck and sky view.

Great Plains Mongolian Yurt on 35.5 Private Acres

While I’m partial to wood-built “yurts,” the traditional Mongolian home was a tent that could be easily moved. The yurt below looks very similar to those original yurts, and the off-grid vacation spot will make you feel like you’re stepping back in time. It sits on 35.5 private acres in the Great Plains of Colorado [...]

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Former Vanlifers Create DIY THOW

From Van Life to Tiny House: Ally and Truman’s Off-Grid Gooseneck Build

Ally and Truman started their alternative living journey in college, converting a 1999 Ford Econoline van into a camper and taking it on a 10-week road trip across the US and Canada. When they returned, they couldn’t imagine going back to conventional apartment living—so they built a tiny house on wheels from scratch. Their gooseneck [...]

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Big Bertha Indigo River Tiny Homes

32×10 Big Bertha Tiny Home Sleeps 6!

It’s always amazing how much more spacious the 10-foot-wide tiny homes feel compared to the 8-foot-wide ones, and this “Big Bertha” from Indigo River Tiny Homes is no exception. You especially feel it in the U-shaped kitchen on the far end of the tiny home. The primary bedroom is a loft with standing room around [...]

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Their DIY 24×24 Cabin in Alaska 2

DIY Shed-to-Cabin Conversion: Two-Bedroom Alaska Retreat with Covered Porch

Explore this DIY shed-to-cabin conversion in Alaska featuring two queen bedrooms, full bathroom, open great room, and 10′ x 24′ covered porch—all built from a shed kit by Rodney and Marcel.

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Family Rebuilds with 3 Tinies After a Fire 10

Family Rebuilds with 3 Tiny Homes After California Fire

Nicole and her family lost their 2,000 sq. ft. home in California in a fire. When they found out they were $500K underinsured, they decided to pivot and purchase three tiny homes instead of rebuilding. They get to stay on their land and have adjusted well to tiny living. Her two older sons use the [...]

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Major Discount on ESCAPE ONE Model 5 (1)

Escape ONE: A Refurbished Double-Loft Tiny House with a Panorama Window

This was a slightly used ESCAPE ONE that had been comprehensively refreshed before resale — all new metal siding and roof, new windows, blinds, and front door, and a new kitchen. That matters more than it sounds: siding, roof, and windows are the expensive, disruptive items on any older THOW, so a unit that has [...]

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Health Professional’s Office Tiny Home. 17

Health Professional’s Office Tiny Home

This 13-foot tiny house was designed as an office for a health professional, and I can hardly think of a more lovely spot to have an office visit! There’s a comfortable bench for patients, a consultation desk with sleek chairs, and even a 3/4 bathroom with a shower. A mini wood-burning stove provides warmth during [...]

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Warm & Traditional 30 ft THOW No Loft. 4

Warm & Traditional 30 ft THOW: No Loft

We’ve recently seen many wonderful, functional tiny homes right around that 30-foot length. It seems to be just long enough to allow for a bed on the first floor while still including living room, kitchen, and bathroom space. There’s a small loft that would work great for storage and a lovely ceiling fan! The bathroom [...]

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