When you have a tiny house on a trailer you have to prevent the tires from moving after you park it. You also must properly level it so you don’t end up sleeping on a slant. These X-Chock Tire Locking Chocks work perfectly for trailers with two axles. The chocks are adjustable and they lock…
In my post about Tiny Versus Small houses I spoke a little about our tiny house in the country and our small house in the city. This got me thinking about the other divide among tiny house builders and dwellers. It seems as though many tiny house people are split down the middle when it…
Whether you’re buying a tiny house, working with a tiny house designer, or designing your own, knowing how to draw a floor plan will help you communicate your ideas and turn them into a real, workable design. Getting Started Start the old-fashioned way. Most great ideas start out with a quick sketch on paper. But…
I love teardrop campers so I had to show you this one. It’s a complete video tour of a 2006 Camp-Inn 560 Ultra Teardrop Trailer. Actually it’s one of the best teardrop video tours I’ve come across because the owner shows you everything in detail. You can tell this camper is really well built. Teardrops…
Have you ever heard of the Providence Arcade in Rhode Island? It’s America’s oldest indoor shopping mall which was built in 1828. This mall has been a national landmark since 1976 and it was re-done in the 1980’s. I was happy to find out that they’re adding 38 micro apartments to the mall! The mall…
This tiny house design by Claude von Roesgen not only has a roof made out of solar panels… But it also doubles as a pontoon (actually tri-toon) houseboat. The home has two configurations: (1) to be attached onto a utility trailer or (2) a pontoon boat which I’ll show you below. So can we legitimately call this…
For many people the sound of a blizzard or lots of snow sounds bad. Especially if their tiny house on a trailer is concerned… Right? Today we’re featuring a group of people with a different perspective. For them all of this snow is as great as being a Christian kid on Christmas morning. The Outdoor…
Ryan Mitchell of The Tiny Life has been building his own tiny house. Besides blogging about living tiny and the construction of his tiny home.. And hosting a tiny house chat with Macy Miller of MiniMotives.. He’s been collecting research on tiny houses. Remember that survey I posted? Ryan is having a visual representation of…
Guest Post by Tonita Some people like to entertain or host holiday parties. Tiny house owners might shy away from any thought of it due to not having an adequate amount of space where people can be seated somewhat comfortably. Dinner parties can be fun in a tiny house, that is of course if your…
Over at the Tiny Life, new contributor Marie made a great post about what she calls “Procrastiprepping.” This is the idea that you can stall your work by convincing yourself that you are doing work preparing for the actual work. “While waiting for the trailer, then the welding on the trailer, Alan was purchasing used…
