A 200-year old townhouse in the historic Leiden, Netherlands lands a make-over and is turned into a modern minimalist home with history.
The original structure remains the same while the interior has been stripped and re-vamped with multifunctional furniture and a twisting staircase to get to each of the three levels.
Total square footage on this 17th-century neatly stacked townhouse is 807 square feet.
Wooden furniture is built-in on each level to provide storage, seating, desk, lounge areas, bedding, and more.
This open plan three story townhouse is functional, yet simple, which keeps the house’s original character.
Three-story townhouse Turned into Minimalist Home
I encourage you to enjoy touring the rest of this inspiring little house in the Netherlands below:
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This is the story of a creative young lad who invented and built his own bicycle-powered ELEVATOR to get up to his tiny treehouse cabin which is built way up in the trees. Pretty incredible!
The story goes like this… Ethan got sick of climbing the ladder dozens of times a day to and from his self-built treehouse. So he did what anyone who owns a self-built treehouse would do… (kidding?) He built a cheap DIY elevator out of a bicycle!
So now when friends visit they can simply use the ladder… Or they can have a lot more fun this way. In this post, you’re going to get to see Ethan’s DIY treehouse, his DIY elevator, and briefly, how it was done.
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Treehouse Micro Cabin with Bicycle Powered Elevator
© Ethan Schlussler
Learn how it works and see more below:
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Swedish designers Inrednin Gsgruppen created the Bird’s Nest Tiny House in northern Sweden.
It’s a part of a hotel that’s up in the trees, camouflaged, and ready to relax in.
Unfortunately, it’s pretty expensive to stay at. But if you do have the money, it would likely be unforgettable (there are other cool shelters on site too).
Either way, you get to see it all right here in this post today almost just as if you were there.
And I couldn’t help but think to myself, hey, here’s one way we could get by codes/zoning for tiny housing (but I’m kidding of course).
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Bird’s Nest Tiny House Hotel up in the Trees
© TreeHotel.se
From the outside it looks like an ostrich nest or maybe some kind of ancient flying dinosaur’s nest but when you go inside you find a modern and luxurious tiny cabin, see for yourself below:
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You may remember Chris Haynes and his 252 sq. ft. Bodega tiny house with Deek.
If not, just click the link above and you can get the tour of his main house which is just 252 square feet.
Chris built this tiny house first and lived in it for more than a year (completely mortgage-free) with his dog (more on that story in the video below) while he was building his main house.
So now his “guest” house- of course- happens to be just 90 sq. ft. His original tiny cabin.
It was built using the old Tumbleweed XS plans (which I think are normally around 65-square-feet) but he actually built his 1′ wider (90-square-feet) because he built his on a foundation (instead of on a trailer).
Using a Tiny House as a Guest House
I think that’s an awesome micro cabin. In fact, I’ve always wanted to build the XS (I even own a set of the original plans).
What’s also great is that his main house is also relatively tiny at just 252 sq. ft.
Anyway head down below to enjoy the video tour w/ Deek as he also interviews the owner/builder/dweller below:
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I ran into this news segment on the Tiny House Movement by Global News 16×9 in Canada.
The episode takes you on an adventure into a few people’s lives who live very tiny lives.
And the question is, for these people, do small spaces mean more freedom?
But it’s not just that. These micro homes are also much better for the environment.
What do you small spaces- including tiny homes- mean to you?
Tiny House Movement: Small Spaces More Freedom?
© 16x9onglobal
I encourage you to enjoy the rest of this article on the tiny house movement, watch the 10-minute documentary video below and see how you may even want to become a part of the small movement for freedom, too, below:
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This is the story of Ethan Waldman’s mortgage-free tiny house that he designed and built himself! What an incredible shortcut to mortgage-freedom, right? A tiny house… yes!
He built it for way less than today’s average home and is already enjoying the debt-free lifestyle that most of us work decade after decade for only to get there run down and beat up… With tiny homes, this is changing.
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Ethan’s Debt-free DIY Tiny House on Wheels
You can go on inside to see what it looks and feels like in there while he’s living in it below:
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Earlier I introduced you to Graham Wales’ Inaugural tiny house and his new company East Coast Tiny Homes. (Update: East Coast Tiny Homes is no longer in business).
His mission is to custom design and build the perfectly suited micro home for his clients on an individual basis.
To kick things off he has already designed and built his first micro cabin on an 8’x20′ trailer (see below).
Ready to Live in Tiny House for Sale
See and learn more below:
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If you’re thinking of traveling with your future tiny house you might want to think about building something like this because it’s aerodynamic.
Not only that but it’s also lighter in weight too. And when you go inside I think you’ll be amazed at all that’s in there.
Granted, this is pretty big for a teardrop trailer but you could still consider it one if you wanted to.
Aerodynamic Tiny House on Wheels
Enjoy the rest of this aerodynamic DIY stick built micro house on wheels below:
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This 387 sq. ft. micro apartment was designed for a recently divorced business man.
I can still see some couples making a space like this work great for themselves.
Especially if it were situated in a desirable location where you’d be able to walk to and from some of your favorite places.
How would you like to live in a micro apartment designed similar to this? Let us know in the comments down below.
387 Sq. Ft. Micro Apartment
© Djan Chu
Enjoy the rest of the tour of this amazing little space saving studio apartment below:
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