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 small house.
All I really look for is that it’s relatively small, makes good use of space, and is designed in a somewhat unique fashion.
In other words… No wasted space, no cookie cutter design, and as much common sense as possible.
That’s why I’m excited to share this former chapel that was saved from destruction and rehabbed into a beautiful humble home.
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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 Olympia.
They did so by camping out in the parking lot in 2007 when, later, police forced them out.
After this, local churches started offering space for the people to camp in since they had nowhere else to go.
Today- several years later- it is a self-governed village of 30 permanent tiny cabins for the group to live in.
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Photo by Bettina Hansen for the Seattle Times
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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 out different concepts after you’ve gathered ideas for your future tiny house before you ever buy any of your materials.
And one of our readers, Dan Paquette, is going to show you exactly how to do it step by step in the video below.
How to Build your own Scaled 3D Tiny House Design (VIDEO)
What you’ll need before you start:
- 4 1/4 inch styrofoam sheets
- Marker & pencil
- Tape measurer
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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 his county.
He even has a 140W solar system set up which he’s soon going to expand.
There’s also a really nice small built-in porch that Chris screened in which makes for an awesome hang out.
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252 Sq. Ft. Bodega Tiny House Tour with Deek
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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 if it were mine I’d like to live in it full-time because it’s AWESOME…
You’d just have to be willing to use the kind of scary ladder to the loft.
But besides that, I think you’ll agree that it could make a great full-time tiny house.
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Images © Kaybird Photography via GravitasLC(Link Expired, Original Source: gravitaslc.com/Blog/2010/11/little-contemporary-writing-studio-completion)
It was designed by Gravitas LC and is actually available as a vacation rental on AirBNB by the owners.
One thing that’s different about it is that it has a murphy bed in the loft.
I encourage you to take the full tour below:
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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. ft. mobile micro home is simple, beautiful, functional, and best of all… No mortgage.
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She Built A Debt-FREE Tiny House for $11k
But it wasn’t that easy… I encourage you to continue reading and touring her tiny house below to learn more about how she did it:
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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 closets and the back door and the bedroom door).
I used many of the hints and ideas from other folks ‘living small’ to take advantage of the unusual and tiny spaces in this place.
Truly enjoying the downsized way of living – and with those views out the back door…how could I not?
– Kessa
I encourage you to enjoy the rest of Kessa’s beautiful little 600 sq. ft. cottage below:
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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.
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Containers to Cabin Conversion
Images: Steve at Tin Can Cabin
I encourage you to enjoy the rest of tour of this awesome shipping container cabin below:
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Wanted to show you Yahini Homes‘ latest tiny house on wheels.
It’s called the Butterfly cabin. A few months ago I showed you their 8’x14′ folding porch tiny house.
Weighs 5100 lbs, has a built in porch, and is stick-built using glued and screwed 2 x 4 framing.
Total width including the gutters (yes, it has gutters!) is 8’6″ so it’s legal to tow without any special permits.
Road height is just 12′ so you’re good there, too (for towing).
Images: Yahini Homes
Total length including the trailer tongue is 21′.
I encourage you to enjoy the rest of the tour below:
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