This tiny unfolding shipping container home is one of a kind, although it did disappoint me a bit. I’ll tell you why later. Designed by artist/architect Adam Kalkin, it’s officially dubbed the Illy Push Button House and was created for Illy. At just 20′ by 8′ it unfolds into five different rooms. Yes, this design [...]
Video Tours
Humble Homes Creates Slide Out Bed Tiny House Design w/ No Loft
If you don’t like the idea of upstairs sleeping lofts you’ll love this tiny house design by Humble Homes. It’s a multifunctional design with a genius slide out bed and storage system. In most tiny homes, there’s a sleeping loft above the kitchen to make the best use of space. The problem is, you might [...]
Building & Living in an Off Grid Tiny Cabin Interview With Laura LaVoie
I got to interview Laura LaVoie of 120SquareFeet.com and feature her as one of our guests on here by transcribing the interview as well. Laura lives with her husband Matt in an off-grid tiny cabin in the mountains of North Carolina. They use a composting toilet and a really unique showering system. They built their [...]
Video Tour of Jane’s Custom Tiny House
Last week I showed you Jane’s tiny house photos. She and her partner custom designed and built it and they are now living in it full-time. Jane is also the author of Freedom Through Frugality which is available on her website. Today she sent me a message enclosed with a video tour of her house [...]
Jenine Alexander’s Tiny House is for Sale: Photos and Video Tour
I got this email from Jenine Alexander, who built her own tiny house using mostly reclaimed materials a while back.. She’s selling her tiny house in case you’re interested in buying it. I featured it here a while back on this post titled DIY Tiny House You Can Build for $3500. Below I’ve copy and [...]
Sneak Peek & Review of Updated Tiny House Guide Now Available in Softcover
Dan Louche of Tiny Home Builders just released an updated version of his book Tiny House Design & Construction Guide. The book has almost doubled in length at 143 pages and it boasts over 100 color photos and illustrations to guide you along the way. It covers just about everything you can think of when [...]
Video: How to Find a Lot to Park and Live in Your Tiny House
A while back I published a post on tips and tricks on how to find parking for your tiny house. Today I thought it was time to update it, so I put together a quick video to show you some ideas and tips on how to find a lot to park and live in your [...]
Living and Traveling in a Tiny House: A Quest for Powder
A while back I introduced you to the first tiny house that has made it to ESPN. The folks behind it have definitely not stopped there. Their quest for snow (powder) has continued. Imagine living and traveling in a tiny house with more than just you… How about a total of five people? This video-based post [...]
Modern Backyard Tiny House Office Studio for Work or Play
This backyard tiny house is used as an office. If you work from home what better way to separate your career life with your home life then to build an office a few steps away? Designed by Sarah Deeds of Deeds Design and built by carpenter John McBride. It was even recently featured on Dwell Magazine [...]
THT 001 Building and Living in a Tiny House with Ryan Mitchell (Interview)
Just a few days ago I received an email from my friend Ryan who blogs about tiny houses at The Tiny Life. He basically announced that after 3 and a half years of writing and talking about tiny homes that he is finally going to build one for himself to live in as his home. [...]
12-year-old to Build her own Mortgage-free Tiny House
If you thought that a 15-year-old building a mortgage-free tiny house was amazing, now there’s a 12-year-old with her sights set on her very own mortgage-free humble home. Austin Hay is the young man behind Mini House Builder. Today he’s 17-years-old in his senior year of high school is has just about finished his little [...]
Tinier Living Gets a Metal Roof: Tiny House Construction Videos
Have you ever wondered how to build a tiny house on a trailer? You’re not alone.. Dan Louche of Tiny Home Builders has been creating how to videos on exactly how to build a tiny home of your own. His latest design is called: Tinier Living. It’s a smaller version of his popular Tiny Living [...]
Clothesline Tiny House Featured on HLNTV: Video Tour
I was excited to find out that Clothesline Tiny Homes was featured on HLNTV earlier this week. That’s right- Shane and Carrie were on national television just the other day giving America a tour of their tiny house. If you missed it you can watch their segment right here on Tiny House Talk. Not very [...]
How to Build your own Rustic Lantern Hanger
This video based post is going to show you how to build your own rustic lantern hanger that you can use in your tiny house, cabin, or current home. Derek “DEEK” Diedricksen of RelaxShacks.com is going to show how he did it for just $2.00 using recycled materials, some creativeness, and a little bit of [...]

