I saw this luxurious and reclaimed garbage container tiny house created by a guy named Gregory Kloehn floating around the Internet lately. After running into it twice and a couple of readers have sent it to me, I thought I should share it with you. It sort of reminds me of the Apocalyptic Tiny House I featured way back. Greg has taken a garbage container and made it into something that some people might actually want to live in.
He added hardwood floors, stainless steel appliances, and windows that can be completely hidden for when you sleep. It really gets you to think, doesn’t it? How much do you really need? There’s ample storage, a stovetop, toaster oven, 6-gallon water system, electrical, and lights. It also got me thinking of ideas and ways that you can convert vehicles into stealthy little houses just like this one. Check it out…
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Garbage Container Turned Into Micro Home
Photo Credits Kim Aronson and Gregory Kloehn
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A few years ago, Alex did a piece on some land for sale near Dancing Rabbit Eco Village. Let’s return to Missouri to check out some of the most recent projects of this thriving intentional community. Brian Liloia goes by Ziggy and has been living at Dancing Rabbit Eco Village for nearly four years. He started his busy blog, The Year of Mud, soon after.
Ziggy has given the tiny house and natural building community a huge resource by continuing to document his construction projects through his blog. Today, hundreds of blog posts take readers step by step through his building process.
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A few weeks ago I was exchanging e-mails with Kenny in Portland who wants to turn his garage into a studio. It’s just a one-car garage so I’d really consider this to be tiny house living (in a garage). But seriously. With the renovation done right, it can be turned into a really nice studio slash tiny guest house.
I think it already looks good on the outside. Kenny recorded a video walkthrough of the garage as he talks about his ideas for the project. He wants to hear your feedback, suggestions, and ideas.
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Kenny’s Garage to Tiny House Conversion Project
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A few days ago I ran into a great find on Airbnb.com I wanted to show you. It’s a small cabin with a balcony. Remember the cozy cube cabin with a balcony that Kevin showed us a while back? This is.. well, sort of similar.
This one is a little bigger but I’m always a sucker for a small space with a balcony you can hang out in. This tiny cottage is beautifully decorated and surrounded by cedar. Next door sits a 150-acre park with nature trails that lead to a secluded Pacific beach. This small home is in Point Roberts which is also known as South Tsawwassen.
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Tiny Cabin on a Foundation “The Gingerbread Cottage”
Photo Credits Pat/Airbnb.com
If you’re interested in enjoying a vacation getaway here, rates are available at a reasonable price.
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When you’re getting ready to live in a tiny house or other kinds of small space you’ll probably end up wanting a futon.
This way when you have guests there’s somewhere for them to sit and/or sleep.
A futon is almost like having a sofa bed except that it’s less expensive and most of the time more comfortable.
In my friend Dan Louche’s first tiny house that he built for his mom, she used a futon as her couch during the day then converted it into a bed in the evening.
This allowed her living room to serve two functions with little effort since she didn’t want to be climbing up a sleeping loft to go to bed.
So here are what I consider to be the top 7 futons for tiny houses and other small spaces.
If you’re actually shopping for this right now, look carefully as you may have to purchase the mattress, cover, and frame separately.
Premiere Futon Mattress
If you already have the frame in place, or simply want to order a futon mattress for your upstairs sleeping loft then here it is.
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With today’s building codes how can you get away with building a garage so that you can convert it into a studio to live in instead of having to construct an entire 1500 square foot plus house on your land?
Is that even possible? Here’s the story of how one guy did it in Hawaii.
Johnny purchased a plot of land with $3000 cash about ten years ago.
He had always wanted a tiny house, but couldn’t get that passed by the city.
So Johnny came up with a great idea. He presented plans for a large house with a separated 400 square foot two car garage and got it approved.
Then he went ahead and built the garage first and got it all inspected and approved legally.
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Photo Credit Faircompanies on YouTube
How to live legally mortgage-free in a garage converted studio
Video length: 10:40
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Phil Thiel of Seattle, Washington, has inspired a whole fleet of tiny human-powered houseboats in the United States, England, and Germany. He calls his quaint canal cruisers Escargots for their slow speed and sells the building plans for just $150. Each 18.5′ by 6′ houseboat fits up to three bunks and is propelled by a combination of pedal and solar power.
The solar drive isn’t strong enough to allow for direct solar power propulsion and the best way to move about is to pedal. At a pedaling rate of 50 rotations per minute, Thiel’s design can puff along at four miles an hour. Keep in mind that the average cyclist pedals at around 60 rotations per minute and professionals can do nearly twice that!
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Human-powered Floating Home
A cute and cozy Escargot canal cruiser
Thiel, now 91 years old, is a naval architect who started enthusing about and building human-powered boats when he was a teenager. Born in Brooklyn and now relocated to Seattle, Thiel has only driven an automobile twice in his life. Houseboats, though, he’s steered plenty of times.
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Living aboard a 36′ Catalina sailboat in the Caribbean… Ah, the good life. Sailboats provide you with a small space so you have little to take care of and clean. Plus, like an RV or motorhome, they give you the ability to travel inexpensively.
I’m Alex Pino and I had the chance to meet up with Derek Diedricksen, author of Humble Homes, Simple Shacks to shoot this video in Cape Coral, Florida. I hope you enjoy watching it, and that it gives you some ideas you can use for your own tiny house, cabin, apartment, or other small space. If you like this post, you’ll also like this post I did on a custom built houseboat in California. Must see!
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36-ft. Catalina Sailboat Cabin
Watch the Video Tour of this 36′ Catalina Sailboat Below
Length: 6:48
I encourage you to watch the video below and if you like it, pass it along. Enjoy..
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Most of you already know Dan Louche of Tiny Home Builders.
He’s currently working on the Tiny Living house model that you’ll see here.
In the past, I’ve given you a video tour of both of his models:
Dan is almost finished with the interior of this one and soon he’ll be starting his next tiny house project.
And guess what..
If you wanted, you can build along with him through his online tiny house workshop which starts soon.
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