Video Tours

I don’t know about you, but when I first saw a tiny house on a trailer it gave me hope for my dreams. So today I wanted to introduce you to Molly, Zack, and Neil. They’ve built their own tiny house and used it so they can chase the best spots to pro ski! That’s [...]

I ran into this time-lapse video on the construction of a geodesic dome greenhouse and thought I’d show you. It took the owner approximately four hours to put together and you get to see it being done in a couple of minutes. Geodesic Dome Greenhouse The windows that you see on it are hinged and [...]

This tiny cube house is a simple 10′ by 10′ structure. At just 100-square-feet, it’s cleverly designed. 10×10 Tiny Cube House in France These cube homes are portable because they can be transported using flatbed trucks and a forklift. At just 100-square-feet, it still sleeps four thanks to the loft and sofa beds. All the [...]

If you could point to a single structure that ignited the modern tiny house movement, this would be a strong contender. Jay Shafer’s original Tumbleweed tiny house — built between 1997 and 1999 — was a radical experiment: could a person live comfortably and with dignity in just 89 square feet? The answer, as Shafer [...]

Discover the story behind TINY: A Story About Living Small, the documentary that followed Christopher Smith as he built a tiny house from scratch in Colorado with no building experience. The film helped spark the tiny house movement by exploring what makes a house feel like home.

This is a Tiny House Poster designed by Jay Shafer back in the day. It features the Anderjack Box Bungalow along with hollyhock flowers in front of it. Don’t miss other interesting tiny house info like this – join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter! Tumbleweed Tiny House Poster of the Old Anderjack Box Bungalow Design [...]

This week’s tiny house is situated in the land of multi-million dollar homes. Its owner, Fiver Brown, has found a life hack to live frugally in this area. How? A floating home. It’s a former World War II lifeboat that was converted into a 481 square foot house in 1967. San Francisco Bay 481 Square [...]

TuboHotel is a unique hotel that has utilized inexpensive materials to provide affordable accommodations to its customers. Tubo means tube in Spanish. In 2006 architect Andreas Strauss used recycled concrete pipes to create a tiny houses to be used as hotel rooms (DasparkHotel). T3Arc designed and built TuboHotel with inspiration from the work of Andreas. [...]

Twelve Cubed makes a 12′ by 12′ cube house. At such a small size you’d be surprised as to what fits inside. Small houses like this one create opportunities for people while helping the environment. Small spaces can help you get out of debt or start a new career because they help you save money. [...]

Ann Holley is a student at Alfred University at the Museum of Fine Arts. A few short years ago she and her partner Darren Macca decided to build their own tiny house of just 125 square feet. Off-the-Grid Tiny House It was originally located on the property of AU and it is completely off the [...]

SunRay Kelley is one of the most distinctive natural builders in the world. His homestead, often called “Natural Village,” features a collection of handcrafted organic structures that blur the line between architecture and sculpture. What makes Kelley’s work special is his philosophy: each building emerges from the natural materials at hand and the landscape itself, [...]

A winner has been selected for Deek‘s Humble Homes, Simple Shacks book giveaway. It was great reading all of your comments and suggestions. So I made a video that tells it all. Including how I picked the winner. You can watch it right here below. Don’t worry–we’ll have giveaways like this more often. Thank you [...]

Earlier this year I showed you this garage that was converted into a small modern house. It’s unique because of it’s multifunctional interior design. But also because it was originally an unwanted and abandoned garage. There are sliding doors that can optionally cover the entire house, giving the resident maximum privacy. Even when it’s all [...]