This is the story of how one woman gradually downsized from a four-bedroom house, to a one-bedroom apartment, and finally to her very own custom-designed and built tiny home on wheels that you see here. The move to tiny officially started a decade ago in 2005 when Jewel began downsizing. Over the course of ten years, she transitioned [...]
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Tiny House Friendly RV Park on Lake Okeechobee
This Tiny House Friendly RV Park is a guest post by Barbara Diaz of Cottage Camper. Gracious Park is a small waterfront RV/Mobile Home park on Lake Okeechobee’s northeast coast. With 75 sites it’s affordable, clean, has great onsite managers (Pam and Andy), full hookups, and concrete slabs. There is a large social hall with pool table, bathrooms, [...]
Couple’s Life in Their 118 Sq. Ft. Tiny Home on Wheels
This couple has recently completed their 118 sq. ft. tiny home on wheels and has now been living in it for about four months. They’re now also starting a vegan tiny house community! My partner Richard & I have been living in our self-designed tiny house for 4 months now! We love tiny house life [...]
Woman Builds Micro Cabin on Wheels: Part II
This is a 60 sq. ft. micro cabin built by Barbara Diaz of Cottage Camper. Since we last featured Barbara’s camper, she has added some upgrades to it. She raised the roof so that it’s now 6 feet tall, painted the roof white to reflect the Florida sun, added more windows, installed custom made curtains and cushions, and installed solar [...]
The Victorian Prepper Tiny House on Wheels
This Victorian Prepper Tiny House is a guest post by Stew MacInnes of Maximus Extreme Tiny Homes This is another Maximus Extreme Tiny Home, affectionately called the Victorian Prepper. I designed this home for a lady that is an avid “Doomsday Prepper,” who was looking to have a home that not only had off grid [...]
College Student Builds Floating Teepee
William Woodbridge is an Australian university design student who decided to protest high rent and absurd fines by building a floating teepee on a lake and living in it! Protest? Why? Well… The student was living on campus at the school when another organization took over the accommodations and increased rent by 30 to 50%, according to [...]
Family of Four Live in 800 Sq. Ft. Off Grid Island Cottage
This is a 800 sq. ft. off grid beach cottage located on Keewaydin Island, Florida that is only accessible by boat. The home was originally built in 1948 as a fishing cottage. When Sherry Irvin (Realtor in Naples, Florida), her husband at the time, and their two daughters (ages three and six at the time), [...]
