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Aluminum Tiny House on Wheels: Sliding Loft Design Glass Loft Bedroom

This aluminum tiny house on wheels features a unique sliding loft design that can be repositioned to create different interior configurations. Built by Yuri as a DIY project, the tiny home includes a kitchen, bathroom, closet, and multiple loft spaces including a storage/reading loft and a sleeping loft. The aluminum exterior provides durability and weather…

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Alek, Anjali & Anya’s Mortgage-free DIY Tiny Home on Wheels

Meet Alek, Anjali and Anya. They’re a young couple with a little dog. And they’ve been building they own mortgage-free tiny home on a 8×20 trailer. It was designed in SketchUp and every little bit of the process has been documented on their blog. The tiny house has everything you’d need, including: Kitchen Bathroom with…

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Historic Chapel to Small House Conversion

For me, tiny homes come in all shapes and sizes. And for me to be able to call a house tiny doesn’t require it to be a particular square footage. If you’re with me, high five! And depending who I’m talking to, I may call it a tiny house or I may call it a…

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More Tiny Homes for the Homeless: Now in Seattle

Last month I told you about a business man who built a community of tiny houses for the homeless in Texas. Ever since then I’ve been noticing more projects and non-profits who are on a similar mission. This story begins with a group of homeless people protesting in a parking lot in the city of…

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How to Design & Build your own Scale Model Tiny House

In this post you’re going to learn how to design and build your own version of a tiny house to scale. This is a great way to play around with different ideas you might have before you actually start spending lots of money building your home. It allows you to work out kinks and try…

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252 Sq. Ft. Bodega Tiny House in MA (Video)

Wanted to show you this 252 sq. ft. tiny house in MA. Deek of RelaxShacks.com gives you the tour with his brother, Dustin, of the Bodega house designed by Tumbleweed. Chris Haynes, the owner/builder, tweaked the plans just a bit to meet his own needs as well as to meet the local building codes in…

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200 Sq. Ft. Zen in Law Tiny House with Murphy Bed in the Loft

If you haven’t seen the 200 sq. ft. Zen in Law tiny house yet I think you’ll be glad you did today. It’s a 10′ x 20′ studio was designed and built for a local author near downtown Boise, Idaho. He wanted to have space for writing, doing workshops and hosting the occasional guest. But…

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She Built a 196 Sq. Ft. Micro Home for $11k

If you’ve been discouraged by tiny house prices lately think again. Macy Miller of Mini Motives was able to design and build her own DIY tiny house for just $11,000. And now… she’s offering the plans so if you want, you can build one just like it. More information on that below. The 196 sq.…

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600 Sq. Ft. Tiny Cottage in the Mountains of NC

This is a Reader Submitted Guest Post – Send in Yours Here! Just moved into an approx. 600 sq ft cottage in the mountains of NC. It was built in 1939 as a garage – and was converted in the 50’s to a house. Many of the door handles are polished wooden branches (for the…

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The Tin Can Cabin: A Shipping Container Tiny Home

I’m so thrilled to show you this tiny home that was built using three shipping containers. Steve, the owner/builder, has been collecting ideas for this project for years. He’s a computer programmer who loves designing and building. His website is awesome because he shows you how he did it, too. Please don’t miss other exciting…