This is a 16×20 cottage called the Adapted Starlet Cottage in Gainesville, Florida. Historic Shed was approached by a client in the historic Duckpond neighborhood who wanted to add a tiny cottage in the backyard that matched their historic home. So that’s exactly what Historic Shed did for them! The tiny home offers about 320 sq. [...]
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Young Couple’s 1983 Toyota Camper Van
This Young Couple Travel in 1983 Toyota Camper Van is a guest post by Buck and Penny– share your story and tiny home here too! Our tiny home is a remodeled Toyota Camper. In December of 2014 my fiance and I bought a 1983 Toyota Sunrader. We spent the next month working countless hours remodeling it to be [...]
Vince Van Go! Aspiring Actor Embraces Van Dwelling Lifestyle
What would you do to make your dreams reality? Are you willing to do the complete opposite of everybody else to build your dream lifestyle? For the last year Vince has been living in his van in the sprawling city of Los Angeles. In his blog, Vince Van Go, he shares his true-life experiences while [...]
Brad Pitt Bringing Tiny Homes to New Orleans?
According to this article by Heather Cha at Yahoo Makers, Brad Pitt’s Make It Right Foundation is partnering with FYI’s Tiny House Nation to build their first tiny house in New Orleans. Brad Pitt founded the Make It Right Foundation in 2007 with the purpose of providing affordable housing for people and communities in need. [...]
12 Tips to Design/Build Your Own Non-Toxic Tiny Home
Something that you might not have thought about when designing your tiny house is the dangers of using toxic materials in such tiny spaces such as a tiny home on wheels. In a quick exchange of e-mails with Brad Kittel, of Pure Salvage Living and Tiny Texas Houses, I was able to take some of his [...]
150 Sq. Ft. Timbercraft Tiny Home
This is a 150 sq. ft. Timbercraft Tiny Home in Guntersville, Alabama. And it’s built by Doug Schroeder who has been a home builder for 20 years. His company, Timbercraft Tiny Homes, is now offering 20′, 22′, and 24′ models of tiny houses on trailers. With the 24′ option you can even go with double lofts for [...]
40,000 Show Up for 2015 Tiny House Jamboree
If you weren’t one of the 40,000 people who made it to the 2015 Tiny House Jamboree sponsored/hosted/organized by Eco Cabins ( in Colorado Springs, Colorado this post will give you a recap of what you missed! Can you believe it? Thousands of tiny house people from all over the world got together in one place over the [...]