Lizzie and Patrick built something most people only daydream about — a tiny house that actually gave them their life back. After years of throwing money at rent and living in a dark basement apartment, they finally packed it in and created The Timber Nest, a handcrafted shepherds-hut-style tiny home tucked into the woods behind [...]
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Off-Grid Retirement in his Self-Built Tumbleweed Tiny House
While we show off plenty of homes built in a couple of months or even a couple of years, this might be the first one we’ve featured that took a full decade from start to finish! Patrick purchased the Tumbleweed plans and the trailer nearly 10 years ago, and since he was working full-time and [...]
Canadian Millionare Building a Tiny House Community for Unhoused
The unhoused population in Fredericton, New Brunswick, where millionaire Marcel LeBrun lives, has been a growing problem for years. When LeBrun sold his start-up company, he decided to solve the problem himself — by building 99 permanent homes for his city. While he admits he could easily fill 200 homes, he thinks it’s a step [...]
Personal Chef Has Spent 4 Years in Her DIY Van
After a decade of chef work in kitchens with long hours, Nikki met her now-wife who was traveling the world internationally. Burnt out and inspired by her freedom, Nikki decided to leave that life behind and join her wife in a year-long van conversion! They put nearly 80,000 miles on the van in four years. [...]
Astrologist’s $20K Short Bus w/ Rooftop Deck
Kelsey and Luke own almost identical dogs, although each one is a mutt! That immediately bonded the pair and after Kelsey’s car and apartment leases were up, she moved into Luke’s home — but the house seemed way too big and constricting. That led them to begin searching for a van. However, they found vans [...]
Retired Couple’s $7K Montana Cabin
Below, Kevin and Elizabeth give us a look inside the 420-square-foot Montana cabin they built for just $7,000 — yes, really. Even though the project came together before the lumber-price madness of 2020, that number is still wild for what they pulled off. This little guest cabin feels cozy, finished, and downright welcoming. They kept [...]
28-ft. Felicity Tiny House with Connecting Lofts
Felicity is the latest tiny house from Frontier Tiny Homes in Colorado, and it has an incredible second-story loft system with full-standing height, so you can easily traverse from the main loft to the kid’s loft via the landing above the living room. In order to make that happen, this home is a foot above [...]
Engineer’s Sprinter Van Life with Floor Storage
Keko’s nomadic life started in 2020. His job went remote, and he escaped the US and went to Mexico to wait out the lockdowns. When it was time to come home, he decided to do something different and chose to purchase a van. But he actually lived in the van during the conversion process, starting [...]
Family with 3 Boys Hit the Road in DIY Skoolie
The Reiff Family love their life on the road in their roof-raise skoolie! Joel, Carrie, and their three preteen boys left Pennsylvania to travel west after completing their $70K conversion. They’re now enjoying extensive National Parks tours and getting used to homeschooling on the road. They raised the roof in the middle of their skoolie [...]
Restoration Tiny Home by Modern Tiny Living
The Restoration tiny house by Modern Tiny Living is another stunning iteration of their popular 24-foot Kokosing model. This custom build features their Deluxe MTL Social Area. This elevated living room space features oodles of storage, lots of seating and it becomes a bed for guests with slide-outs and movable cushions. Besides the social area, [...]
He Spent 26 Days and $3k Building His Teardrop Camper
Phil, a professional woodworker, was going to archery competitions where he would camp in a tent. It was always a bit annoying setting up camp, but the nail in the coffin came the day his tent got entirely flooded by the rain at an annual event. After that, he decided to challenge himself and build [...]
Architect Designs Family-Friendly Tiny House on Wheels
Alison worked as an architect before having her first child, and it was during maternity leave that she “got into” tiny homes and started dreaming of designing her own. The THOW below is what she came up with — a truly unique design for her and her family that they use as a second home [...]
Couple’s 7 Years on a Boat! Docked in Seattle
Brittainy and Ryan met about a year before they moved onto the boat. It was initially Ryan’s idea, and Brittainy wasn’t sure about it, but came around to the concept once she saw what that life would look like. Now they’re in year seven of life on the water! While they have a marina spot [...]
Her Off-Grid Tiny Home in Queensland
Janelle has been working as a naturopath for the past 13 years, and while she still loved her work, she was ready for a new adventure! One thing led to another, and she found herself moving to a rural permaculture farm and setting up a mini homestead and off-grid tiny house on wheels. In order [...]

