Lumbec is a tiny house builder in Gatineau, Quebec that I’m showing you here today. They’ve recently launched their new Tiny House Lumbec website along with a 3D rendition prototype of their tiny house on wheels. You’ll also get to see a reclaimed tiny barn cabin that they built out of reclaimed materials a couple of…
I’m excited to tell you about Hammerstone School because it’s a tiny house carpentry school for women in Trumansburg, New York. Best of all, they learn by building tiny houses hands on. The school offers workshops and courses including Basic Carpentry Skills 101, Tiny House Framing for Beginners, and more. Below you can see how a group of 13…
In this post you’ll learn about a group of students who took part in a tiny house carpentry program at Carcross/Tagish First Nation in Carcross, Yukon. This is an initiative that took place in 2014 in partnership with government and non-government organizations who helped put it all together. Every morning the students meet in class…
This is a tiny house builder in Hawaii called Habitats Hawaii. The organization is run by two women, Barrie Rose and Johanna Tilbury, which you can learn more about here. So if you’re in Hawaii and you’re looking for help building your own tiny house then maybe you might want to consider hiring Habitats Hawaii for the job.…
A few different companies offer tiny house workshops to teach people how to design and build their own tiny homes and find freedom from debt, freedom from stuff, and freedom to roam. But as the free and online resources for tiny houses get better and better, what’s the “value” in taking a tiny house workshop?…
This is the story of a man who built his own tiny house for less than $500. His name is Scott and he calls it his transforming tiny home because it has a custom and very simple fold-out bed. And here’s what’s really interesting. This is the biggest house he’s had in almost 3 years…
In this video post you’ll get to see how a man named Rob Greenfield downsized into a 50 sq. ft. micro house on wheels that he bought for only $950. Rob admits that he is pretty extreme when it comes to downsizing. And I agree because this kind of lifestyle is definitely not fit for…
When Alaska experienced an economic downturn there were lots of lost jobs and homes. In 2010 the opportunity came for this couple to buy a plot of land outside of Fairbanks. So they did. Since they had a small land payment they decided to start building their own tiny home of about 264 sq. ft. (12×16) little…
An interesting video report by WLOS News 13 on the current tiny house movement in Asheville. The story features 22-year-old Ruby Beg who is a college senior building a 144 sq. ft. tiny house on wheels with her boyfriend, Landon. It’s taking them about $14,000 in materials and about a year of labor on their…
This little stone cottage in St. Agnes is known as Inglenook. St. Agnes is a coastal village in Cornwall, United Kingdom. This small home is a vacation rental that offers spectacular views—including an ocean view! The cottage also features sheep’s wool insulation and solar power. Wouldn’t living in a small house like this one would be…
