Meet Jessica Rambo, a Marine veteran who is helping other veterans with her traveling art studio (that doubles as her home!).
Her 501c3, the Painted Buffalo Traveling Studio, has a mission “to enhance the quality of life for members of the U.S. Armed Forces and their community by providing alternative tools in art and art making.”
She and her two children live on the bus together, along with her cat and dog! It’s an amazing work-in-progress that she has built herself. We got to do a Q&A with her about the studio and #buslife, so be sure to read it at the end of the post!
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Mom’s Traveling Studio School Bus Conversion
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Last week we got in touch with multiple tiny home dwellers to talk to them about living life in a tiny house during the pandemic. Now we’re here to say: Maybe some of us who are stuck in the city can try it too!
Some vacation rentals on Airbnb across the country are opening their doors to city-dwellers who need an escape and a safe place to stay socially distant in. Quarantine looks a lot different in a locked in a high rise than it does on a piece of land in nature where you can get outside and enjoy fresh air even if you aren’t able to be a tourist.
So we made a list of some of our favorite Tiny House Vacation spots in the US & Canada below for you!
We post this with great caution: In no way do we at Tiny House Talk want to encourage the unnecessary spread of the virus. Please only consider tiny living for quarantine if you’re currently in a city/urban area where social distancing is difficult. Do not rent any of these places if you’re feeling ill, and make sure to truly stay quarantined when you arrive. While these are in great locations, this isn’t the time to sight-see.
Also try to find one within driving distance of your home, so you don’t have to fly in order to get there.
Agua Norte Cabin in Minnesota
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We interviewed Tim & Sam, the owners of Tiffany the Tiny Home, just after they moved into their THOW, and now it’s been nearly three years and they’re still living tiny!
In fact, the couple purchased a small island in Florida where they are in the process of building an octagonal tiny home on a foundation (@shellmate_island on Instagram) that they will rent out to others who want to try out the tiny life. They’ll continue to live in Tiffany, just in a more idyllic location they own.
Tiffany (@tiffany_the_tiny_home on Instagram) has such an elegant interior with dark trim, cream walls and stained glass windows. We caught up with Tim & Sam in our Q&A at the end of the post, so be sure to read that!
Related: Shellmate Island is now Available on Airbnb!
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Tiffany the Tiny Home Updated Owner Interview
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Meet Adam and Rachel. This amazing couple gave up their $1800/month mortgage to downsize into their renovated bus. The couple DIYed the entire thing!
Perhaps the most unique thing about their life on the road? They’re traveling with 5 animals! One dog, two bunnies and two cats — all of whom they rescued. How do they afford to travel? Each of them has a remote job: Rachel is an anti-captivity activist for marine mammals, and Adam has a referral and consultant business in the AV world.
During quarantine, they’ve moved their bus back “home” to Washington and are staying on family land, but there are more adventures ahead for them. Read our Q&A with Rachel and Adam (@soulfulbuslife) at the end of the post, and enjoy the video tour of their bus too!
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From Mortgage to Motoring: Life in Bus Conversion
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The year is 2020, we’re all in some form of isolation, and I thought I would bring some tiny house-friendly apparel back to Tiny House Talk. It’s been a while since we’ve done it, so I thought I’d start offering limited-run t-shirt designs based on some of our favorite quotes and cabins. If anything, just for fun.
With this one, we went with the quote, “all good things are wild and free,” by Henry David Thoreau. So it’s the Wild And Free Tee (but is also available as a pair of socks or tank top). Check it out if you’re interested. If not, I totally understand. But if you’re in the market for a new comfortable t-shirt, and this is a message that jives with you, well, consider supporting our tiny mission while expressing your true self and having a reminder to find ways to be wild and free, even under today’s weird circumstances. Inspire yourself, and inspire others (from a safe distance, please). This design is on a limited run, so once these are sold, they’re gone.
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Wild And Free Tees (Limited)
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This is a preview of a whimsical and funky tiny house being built by Incredible Tiny Homes out of Newport, Tennessee. It’s a one-of-a-kind (custom) tiny home on wheels for one of their customers and we just can’t wait to see how it continues to come along.
Pretty fun, right? Obviously, something like this costs more for a builder to do because it takes more time to make it look like this and yet also be a well-built home. It makes sense, I think. Anyway, they’re not finished yet, but I thought I’d let you have a sneak peek at it. In the video below, Randy Jones shows you some of the many other tiny homes they’re building for other clients. Incredible Tiny Homes offers THOWs starting at $20,000.
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Funky And Whimsical Tiny House by Incredible Tiny Homes
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This new model — The Homestead — from Utopian Villas is a perfect size between small home and tiny home. With 400 sq. ft. of living space on the first floor and another 191 sq. ft. in the loft (plus a 120 sq. ft. deck) you get room to spread out without a huge footprint!
It comes in three different style designs: The Modern Farmhouse, Modern, and Rustic. Each one is designed to fit your preferences. You’ll get an amazing ground-floor master bedroom (with space for a king!) as well as a loft that can be divided into two separate bedrooms if you so choose.
Check out the renderings and floor plan below, and be sure to watch the video walk-through!
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The Homestead by Utopian Villas: Home Sweet Homestead
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This is an owner-built Tumbleweed Cypress tiny house on wheels that’s for sale in Wimberly, Texas. It’s 7 ft x 21 ft, and features a king-sized sleeping loft and second storage loft. The first owners did the stunning rough-edge cedar exterior, and the current owners finished out most of the interior.
The plumbing for water isn’t finished yet and the bathroom is a complete blank slate for you to design however you’d like! The bathroom walls are just concrete board and plywood at the moment, but the build comes with an on-demand gas water heater that was never hooked up, a shower pan, and small Ikea sink.
In the kitchen the couple used a convection oven, Instant pot and induction cook top for meals, and there’s a full-sized refrigerator. A space heater and fan have provided heating and cooling to date, but a mini-split install is something you can do further down the road.
The couple is selling the THOW for $27,000 to help cover the costs of the small farm they are purchasing. For more information and to make an offer, head over to Tiny House Marketplace.
Buy Your Own Tumbleweed Cypress Tiny House
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The ESCAPE Mobile Home is a two-bedroom, two-bathroom park model tiny house built with the same quality craftsmanship ESCAPE is known for. This one-of-a-kind design features both bedrooms and bathrooms on the main level, making it practical for couples, roommates, or those who need guest accommodations. Located at the ESCAPE Tampa Bay Village in Thonotosassa, Florida, this 54-foot by 11-foot 8-inch unit demonstrates how tiny house construction techniques can scale to larger floor plans.
ESCAPE Mobile Home at Tampa Bay Village
Image via ESCAPE
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