This is the story of Ingrid Stanwa and how she built her very own tiny house in Australia. With no prior experience, just a desire to make her tiny house dreams a reality, she made it happen. Here’s her story. Enjoy! Don’t miss other inspiring stories like this, join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter for [...]
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From 2,700 to 314 Square Feet: Family’s RV Travel Lifestyle
I absolutely love seeing families downsize from “regular” American homes to itty bitty spaces and seeing them truly enjoy and thrive in that lifestyle. That’s the case for the Aviles family, who went from a 2,700 square foot sticks and bricks home to a 314 square foot RV so they could travel. In 2019, they [...]
Life in an RV While Building a Home Debt-free
What would it take for you to be debt-free? What could you do without monthly payments? The Ries family decided to move into an RV so they could pay cash to slowly build a small home! While they could have been moved in by now had they financed their home, living tiny with their two [...]
Four Years of Tiny RV Living — With No Intentions of Upsizing
Isela and Tyler never planned on living in an RV for four years, but after their first year of saving for a “bricks and sticks” home by living tiny, they realized they loved the minimalist lifestyle and at the moment, have no intention of “upsizing” any time soon. In fact, when they found out they [...]
Solo Female Travel in the Janbulance! Jana & Her Cat in Their DIY Ambulance Conversion
This is Jana, and she and her cat, Louis, are travelling the country in her DIY converted ambulance, dubbed the “Janbulance.” After living on St. Thomas island for 7 years as a teacher and aerial yoga instructor, she worked five jobs to save up and then asked for a year off from work, bought an [...]
Couple’s 2020 Project: A Historically-Accurate Viking Hut!
This is a post just to show that tiny living really isn’t anything new! This Canadian couple who helps set up a Viking Village attraction most summers decided to build their very own historically accurate Viking hut in their backyard when the festival was canceled due to the pandemic. The tiny structure has mud walls [...]
Family of SEVEN… From Tent, to Van, to RV Life
Meet “This Little Den” — a family of 7 (mom, dad, 4 boys and a baby girl) that’s living in an RV while renting land on a friend’s property in Florida. Just before finding out about baby #5, they decided not to re-up their apartment lease or look for a new one. Instead, they voluntarily [...]