I’m thrilled to show you Ben Barthell’s 200 sq. ft. solar off-grid tiny house that he built himself on a recycled 24′ x 8.5′ trailer (so yes- it’s mobile). This DIY micro cabin has all of the amenities of home but I’d say it’s even better because: It’s completely self-sustaining. It can power itself using [...]
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Building a Tiny House Interior by the Seat of My Pants (Part 2)
Building a Mortgage-free Tiny House by the Seat of My Pants – Part 2 – by Shirley Loomis Arriving at my tiny house daily was so much more pleasant once the outside was complete. It looked like I was working on something real, no longer just a picture in my mind’s eye. An added benefit of [...]
DIY Bow Top Vardo Office Cabin
DIY Bow Top Vardo Office Cabin Guest Post by Blackfox Kindred I live in the beautiful mountains around Blue Ridge, Georgia and needed space for my home office. I explored several ideas about how to build it and decided to go with the traditional style of a bowtop vardo but built on a skid beam setup instead [...]
Couple Build Stealth Tiny House for $2k in 5 Weeks (SOLD)
Guest Post 2013 6 x 12 Cargo Trailer Camper/bug out/suite build – By B. Winger At first, we wanted a vintage canned ham trailer, but most needed too much rebuilding, then we thought about building a teardrop, but after seeing cargo trailer conversions we were sold! We started out with a 6X 12’ cargo trailer that [...]
The Dorian Tiny House on Wheels: One Level Tiny Living
Guest Post by Stew MacInnes of Maximus Extreme Living Solutions I hope this note finds you well. Here are some photos of our latest tiny house. This model we have affectionately named the Dorian tiny house. It was built for a customer in Orlando and just arrived there about an hour ago. The Dorian features: exposed [...]
Man Converts Pop Up Trailer into Micro Cabin on Wheels
If you’ve been looking for a tiny home you can take with you, travel with, and go on adventures with. Then, consider a micro-cabin like this one. It still retains its cabin-like look and feel. But since it’s smaller, it’s just so much easier to tow and get around with than a larger tiny house. [...]
Brainerd, MN Changes Zoning to Allow Smaller Homes
I wanted to thank Joe M. for the tip for this announcement that the city of Brainerd in Minnesota has changed its zoning code to allow for the construction of small homes. This includes studio/efficiency apartments as little as 350 square feet and small houses as little as 500 square feet. Although so far, since [...]
