Vardos

This is a modern version of a traditional wagon tiny house called the Maringotka designed by Miramari Design in Prague. It’s a wonderful design that you can use to live simply in full-time but you can also use it to build an affordable vacation home or even to create a fun hotel where people can [...]

This is a 23′ green caravan tiny house. As you walk up the steps to the delightful covered porch you are greeted with a Dutch-style door. Go inside and you’ll find a wood-burning stove and two cozy chairs for relaxing in the living area. There’s also a dinner table with a built-in bench seat with built-in [...]

This is a 70 sq. ft. vardo caravan wagon. The Trillium Caravan is a sleeper camper in the traditional style of the 19th Century English vardo, built by master woodworker Jim Tolpin. Jim says, “It is impeccably detailed in hand-hewn wood and steel fabricated to the highest highway-worthy standards. One needn’t sacrifice the beauty of traditional [...]

This 105 sq. ft. English Shepherd Hut Wagon Cabin is a guest post by Victoria Schon – share yours! My name is Victoria and I discovered the English shepherd hut by way of a beautiful article written in the September 2013 issue of The English Home Magazine. I was immediately drawn to the beautiful photos of a little [...]

Here is a guest post by Ricardo Villanueva on building tips for a vargo wagon.  For me, a vardo is a Romani inspired tiny house that’s built to travel. This means a vardo has more limitations in space, weight, and balance than a tiny house that will only be moved on occasion. If you are thinking [...]

I’m excited to show you this man’s handmade gypsy wagon micro cabin. It’s about 6′ wide and 10′ long and the owner/builder, Russ, considers it a really nice bedroom on wheels because it has no bathroom or kitchen. Russ invested over 200 man hours hand crafting and custom building it all from scratch. It has [...]