Our tiny house friends from New Zealand are at it again with another amazing tiny house tour.
Bryce Langston of Living Big in a Tiny House visits Brett Sutherland who just finished his 161 sq. ft. debt-free tiny home.
He was living in the Caribbean for many years and wanted to return home to New Zealand.
But Brett feared that if he had to rent a place to stay he’d lose all of his savings as soon as he returned home.
So instead of renting or buying a normal home, he looked into mortgage-free options and decided on building his own tiny mobile villa and named it the NV.
Related: New Zealand Woman Lives Simply in 121 Sq. Ft. Tiny House
Please don’t miss other exciting tiny homes – join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter!
Brett’s NV Debt-free Tiny House in New Zealand
I encourage you to enjoy the rest of the tour (and video interview/tour with Brett the builder/dweller/artist) below:
[continue reading…]
{ }
As far back as I can remember I’ve always been fascinated with bus conversions.
This mobile cabin on wheels (that used to be a school bus) is now ready for minimalist living and traveling.
How would you like to tour the country in this tiny house on wheels? Or maybe even live off grid in it?
Inside this 1959 Chevrolet Viking short bus you’ll find most of the comforts of home…
Chevy Viking Short Bus Conversion
Check out the rest of this viking short bus cabin below:
[continue reading…]
{ }
Atlas Survival Shelters specializes in creating galvanized corrugated pipe survival shelters for its customers.
These are designed to be built underground with 1-2 bunker entrances/exits for emergencies.
They come in diameters of 8′, 9′, 10′, 11′, and 12′ and in lengths of up to 50′.
In addition, they also offer Monolithic concrete domes and shipping container shelters.
This is less tiny house living and more of a survival shelter but I still thought you might enjoy learning about it (I thought it was interesting).
Please don’t miss other exciting tiny homes – join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter!
Underground Survival Shelter
See the rest and even take a video tour below:
[continue reading…]
{ }
This 90 sq. ft. micro cabin is really more like a DIY passive solar cabana. It’s a 7′ x 9′ structure with redwood bark clad from a local sawmill. All but one of the walls open for ventilation (passive cooling).
And a living roof up top to make it even greener. The cabana cabin is named the Hawk House and is designed by architect Alex Wyndham.
Don’t miss other awesome tiny house stories like this – join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter for more!
90-sq.-ft. Micro Cabin with Passive/Solar Design
Let me open it up for you and give you a peek below:
[continue reading…]
{ }
Here’s a one of a kind motorhome owned by Jay Leno.
This motorhome was inspired by a houseboat…
And by airplanes. It was completely custom made by Randy Grubb of Blastolene.com.
I’m sure it was very expensive. What’s really unique about it is you can drive it from upstairs giving you amazing views from above.
And it’s designed so that your head is just under the 13’6″ US road law.
A reader sent this to me as it was featured on Jay Leno’s Garage.
You can watch the complete tour inside and out (and see what it’s like to drive it) below:
[continue reading…]
{ }
This is the story of Frank’s micro cabin on wheels. He built it in all of about two months, doing all of the work himself, and using sustainable materials from his area in western North Carolina.
He’s a traveling carpenter who spends lots of time on the road, so this is going to be something he tows with him so he doesn’t have to stay at motels. What do you think?
Please don’t miss other exciting tiny homes – join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter!
He Built a Micro Cabin on Wheels
I was able to catch a quick interview with Frank which you can enjoy below while you tour his tiny cabin on wheels:
[continue reading…]
{ }
A chest solar refrigerator or freezer might be a great way for you to save space (and energy) in your tiny house kitchen.
This type of fridge is great for tiny homes on wheels. (It’s already been proven on sailboats, hasn’t it?)
A small chest style fridge can save you space because it’s a it opens upward (see below).
This means you can design it so it can be installed right into your kitchen counter.
And you can also run them on a 12 volt battery system.
I almost forgot to mention that they’re VERY energy efficient and can even run on a solar panel!
I encourage you to enjoy the video tour then discuss using this type of refrigerator in tiny houses in the comments below:
[continue reading…]
{ }
Doug built his own 8’x20′ Tumbleweed Cypress 20 Overlook tiny house on a trailer. He started building it almost 3 years ago and has been living in it while finishing it.
All while also keeping a job. But now he’s finished and has invited us to come to get the tour thanks to Deek. Doug used glass storm doors to create one of the world’s tiniest sunrooms at the entrance instead of the usual porch. With this design idea he’s been able to generate solar heat using the sunroom and what he does is simply open his front door to let some of the heat into the cabin for passive solar gain.
Don’t miss other interesting tiny homes like this – join our FREE Tiny House Newsletter for more!
Teacher Builds a Tiny House w/ Passive Solar Heat
Doug doesn’t spend more than $104 per year to heat his tiny house and just $176 per year on energy total. That’s a total of just $14.66 per month on utilities!
[continue reading…]
{ }
I thought you might like this 484 sq. ft. studio house by Alex Nogueira.
It’s a modern design that I see working well as a standalone tiny home (as shown) or as micro apartments.
But this modern tiny cabin is one-of-a-kind and located in Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul, Brazil.
A large sliding glass door takes up almost the entire rear wall of the home as you can see below.
In the front of the house, however, it’s not so open. It’s actually very private.. See below:
[continue reading…]
{ }
