Video Tours

The technology used to build this solar house is revolutionary. After watching the video I can see it being the future of sustainable housing and energy not just for housing but also for working, commuting, and even transporting goods. Software is used to design every component of the house according to the environment that it’s [...]

Dan Louche has just released the first set of videos on how to build your own tiny house on a trailer step by step. If you’ve been wanting to start your own project these videos along with his step by step construction guide and professional plans will help you complete your first tiny house. I [...]

This article will show you how one couple built their very own mortgage-free small house for $5,900 and how you might be able to do the same using reclaimed materials that are inexpensive and many times completely free. All it takes is your dedication and labor. I’m handing it over to Deputy Gene now. Thank [...]

Meet Brendon and Akua who built a 500-square-foot small house in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The home was designed and constructed with the help of Smallworks Studios / Laneway Housing in Vancouver. A while back we featured Paula and Skip’s 500-square-foot home from Smallworks Studios which you may also like. Brendon and Akua went with [...]

Article by Laura LaVoie This post will show you some basics regarding ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessible tiny homes in case you or someone that you know has special needs. We recently had this question as a comment on a post about container homes: “I rather like the ideas for container housing. What I need [...]

Meet and Margy and Wayne Lutz who live in a 675-square-feet small float cabin in a placed called Hole in the Wall in Coastal British Columbia. It’s completely off-grid with water access only. They used a combination of solar power, wind, and thermo electricity for power. Their home is the third cabin that their friend [...]

If you’re a regular visitor here to Tiny House Talk, you’re most likely already familiar with Deek. He builds micro homes in his backyard most of the time for $200 or less. Most recently he shows us how to make our own stained glass windows for a $1 or less. Recently he held a sold [...]

Now here’s a micro guesthouse that makes ultimate use of it’s tiny space. At just 68-square-feet, it’s incredible what the owner was able to pack in there. I don’t know about you, but I found this tiny house to be simple yet genius and it looks like it might have been relatively inexpensive to build. Anyway, this [...]

In this episode of Make Magazine with Tiny Yellow House Deek shows you how to make your own stained glass for no cash! So it’s not REALLY stained glass but it’s how to achieve the same sort of look and feel for much cheaper and many times for free with what you might have laying [...]

Article by Laura LaVoie Off Beat Spaces shows how designer James Hong took a 500 square foot New York aparatment from rundown to luxury by repurposing items and reimagining spaces. This video shows in only a couple of minutes what one designer could do to create an amazingly modern space while staying within what he [...]

This is our top 10 shipping container tiny houses. When it comes to tiny living, shipping container tiny houses are a great option because they’re inexpensive, usually recycled, and extremely durable. This means that by turning one into your home you’re helping the environment by using something that already exists as a shelter, you’re saving [...]

Meet Tracy Metro and her lush 560 square foot houseboat that she and her husband live in full-time. She’s the designer on I Live With My Mom and she calls her small houseboat the Metro Retro. Tracy and her husband bought the boat and it had a challenging layout, so she completely changed it up [...]

Meet Barron Harrington. He’s a retired man who decided to build a treehouse 25 feet into the air in his backyard. He wanted to do it without injuring the tree and with a small footprint. So he went with a simple 8′ by 10′ design. You can see a sketch of the floor plan below. [...]