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A recent post on Tiny House Talk featured a tiny yurt-like cabin, and a reader of the site posted our web site in the comments section of the piece. We thought your readers would be interested in seeing our 180 square foot Polyurt (see below). The Polyurt 180 is big enough to be used as a one room cabin for 2-4 people, and small enough to be cozy and easy to build. The 12-sided round shape yields a very strong and efficient building.

The parts for this model are all cut from standard 4’x8′ material, with very little waste. The round shape encloses the 180 square foot area using about 15% less material than a square or rectangular shaped building of the same area would use. The result is a stronger structure which requires less labor to construct, and has a smaller amount of exterior surface to maintain and lose heat through.

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The Polyurt Cabin by Full Circle Shelters!

Because each of the 12 panels is 4’x8′, standard sized doors and windows may be used. The “corner posts” provide the support for the roof, leaving all wall panels available for windows, if desired.

I encourage you to learn more and see the rest of this little yurt cabin below:

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I thought I would share this tiny house tour with you from Slabtown Customs.

Scott Stewart (owner of the company and designer/builder) gives you a complete tour of their Flipped Loft tiny home while it’s furnished and being lived in.

I know that you probably like to see examples of tiny houses being lived in and you’ll love this because it’s a tiny home for a family of four!

That means… Yes… There’s even a kids room in here!

I encourage you to learn more about this house and how you might be able to get one or build one yourself below if you want to:

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Last week I told you about LaMar’s off grid tiny house design contest.

If you decide to participate and submit your own design you can win books, solar panels and even up to $500 in cash.

All of the details are available right here at LaMar’s website.

But today I wanted to show you one of the very first submissions.

It’s a 192 sq. ft. off grid cabin.

As you can see there are plans for solar power, water collection and more:

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This is the story of a remote log cabin in Alaska built by a man’s sons, friends, and family, all in honor of him. You see, the man you see in the wool cap, on the ATV, he was the one who was going to build this very cabin, on his very land.

But just two weeks after he purchased the land, he became paralyzed. This was in 1980. Then, twenty years later, his sons, their friends, and family, all got together and built the cabin he had always imagined and dreamed of.

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Here’s what it looked like in 2000:

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If you’re into tiny houses but even 8′ x 30′ feels like it’d be too tight then you’ll probably like this 392 sq. ft. ESCAPE cabin. It’s a park model cabin!

It’s 28′ x 14′ so plenty of extra space compared to most tiny homes on wheels that meet the 8’6″ width standards which is mainly so you can tow your own house without any permits. The ESCAPE is still portable only you’d have to pay for professional help to move it which is costly so you wouldn’t want to move very often unless you really have to. So here it is. The Classic ESCAPE.

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The Classic ESCAPE Park Model Cabin

For me, I’d only have this moved if I really had to. My plan would be to find the right plot of land and leave this there for as long as it can last with proper care/maintenance.

Here, let me show you inside:

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Back in 2011, I showed you SignaTours teardrop campers, but did you know that they also build tiny houses? This is “Our Little Secret on St. George Island,” a tiny house vacation by the sea in Florida!

It’s 8′ x 24′ so approximately 192 square feet of space without including the sleeping loft.

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Tiny Beach Cottage with Removable Covered Front Porch

Images: Signatour Tiny Houses

The front porch accessories are all completely removable. They’re installed over the hitch so they also help conceal it so that it looks more permanent. Let me take you on in so you can see the rest of this tiny cottage on wheels below:

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I’m excited to share one of Deek’s latest tiny house videos with you… It’s a 227 sq. ft. a modern industrial tiny home on wheels.

Derek “Deek” Diedricksen is the author of Humble Homes Simple Shacks, HGTV/DIY Network host/designer, and creator of RelaxShacks.com.

This micro house on wheels was designed and built by Yestermorrow Design School students in Waitsfield, Vermont.

It features a full kitchen, bathroom with a composting toilet, and lots of storage throughout.

Yestermorrow actually created a documentary you can watch right here based on the students who built this house from design to completion.

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Would You Live in This 227 Sq. Ft. Modern/Industrial Tiny House Built by Yestermorrow?

Image: Yestermorrow

Watch the video below so you can go inside the 227 house w/ Deek:

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Gina had just finished spending 7 years serving overseas in Uganda, Darfur, and Central Africa.

And she wanted to continue doing so while coming back forth to the United States several times a year.

Gina needed a home so she can feel grounded while she was back in the United States.

Sure she could have rented a bedroom or maybe even stay with her parents while in the U.S.

But we all want a place of our own. So for her, a tiny house was the perfect idea.

Photo: YouTube/Joan Grimm

I encourage you to enjoy the video of Gina’s tiny home on wheels being delivered then check out the Sweat Pea Tiny House Design/Plans below:

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