Video Tours

Annie wanted to reduce her footprint and find “sonic freedom” by getting a house where she didn’t share walls with others. As a soul-folk musician, she built her tiny home around her instruments and music supplies. She has a lovely little backyard lot in Portland, Oregon, complete with a little garden plot and patio space. [...]

Explore Rebekah’s plant-filled 30-foot custom tiny house by Mini Mansions featuring abundant storage, a full kitchen, 3/4 bathroom, and cozy living space for her, husband Luke, and cat Peach.

Tawny and Mike had the American Dream — a home, a gym, and all the trappings of modern life. But they felt trapped and unhappy despite their circumstances and wanted to find more. So they started selling everything and building a school bus home! It’s been four years, and they split their skoolie’s time between [...]

Jess is an actress, and Josh mixes audio for sets — the long hours and travel kept them apart, so during the same year they planned their wedding, the couple converted their 2019 Ford Transit. Now, they can pursue work side-by-side based near LA. Their van has a fabulous functional kitchen with a pantry and [...]

This is the story of how one man turned his 2007 Lexus GX470 into his overland vehicle for traveling and working remotely as a software engineer. He retrofitted the vehicle to house all of his basic living needs including a rear kitchen with a refrigerator and a rooftop tent with 300W of solar panels. While [...]

Angela and Sky saw a Scamp while they were camping with their parents once and fell in love with it. For two years, the couple kept searching for a Scamp of their own to renovate, when they discovered their neighbor was selling his 1997 16′ Layout A one. Once it was theirs, Angela went to [...]

Rich and Robin had enjoyed camping in large RVs over the years, but storing the RV was expensive and they always needed reservations to travel. When Robin was diagnosed with cancer again, they decided to convert a van for easier, more spontaneous travel. Now they can leave home at a moment’s notice with everything they [...]

Katja & Björn have been traveling Scandinavia in their self-converted van — named Beelzebus — for nearly 4 years now! Most recently they purchased a garage/workshop in Gotland (where they have family) which they’ve been renovating to act as a rental property and a spot they can stay when they come home. Below they share [...]

Explore this DIY tiny house built by Nick, a 6’5″ builder who designed every space for his height using SketchUp, featuring storage stairs with an espresso machine and a standing-height loft.

Rich had the American Dream with a big house and grown kids — but when divorce hit, he needed to pivot after the grief. That’s when he decided to leave his job in corporate photography and gift family portraits to single moms in shelters or who have left domestic abuse situations. Living in his renovated [...]

Bre & Destiny wanted to own something before turning 30, but a $500,000 home in the Portland area just wasn’t in the cards for them. That’s when they started looking into tiny homes and realized the $90K price tag was far more manageable. At the moment, they spend about $2,000 a month on their loan [...]

Lovell and Paris got into vanlife largely out of necessity — with nearly $50,000 in consumer debt, they needed a way out of it, and not paying rent was the first step! They started in a very basic low-roof van they already owned, but after paying off their debts in 2 years, were able to [...]

Do you remember this family’s tiny house tour? We told you they also have a van and sailboat they travel in, and today you’ll be getting an insider look at their DIY van conversion (that was also totally debt-free!). They did some super creative stuff with this conversion, including creating an elevator bed for the [...]