Marcin and Anissa are an inspiring couple who are designing beautiful, natural, and minimalist yurts for Yurta in Ontario, Canada.
They started their career designing lamps and emergency relief tents but transitioned to designing modern yurts when a man from the local Gatineau Park asked them to try their hand at building a lightweight and portable yurt.
They use natural materials including 100% wool felt, ash and cedar wood, and polyester cotton fabric. Their yurts fit into a 4×8″ trailer making them incredibly easy to move from place to place.
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Couple Building Modern Yurt as Super Portable Tiny Home
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The interior of this stunning 360 sq. ft. tiny house was built using reclaimed wood from a home that was torn down nearby. It has a vaulted ceiling, retractable staircase, full-sized bathroom, and a loft bedroom with Japanese-inspired in-floor storage. The exterior has beautiful hemlock siding and bright red accents on the roof and around the windows.
The owner, Pierre, says he bought the tiny house because he didn’t have the means to purchase a conventional house and was happy to have found a place where tiny houses are legal so that he could live in a community and not be alone in the country. His home is located at the “Les Hameaux de la Source” tiny house community in Lantier, Quebec, Canada.
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Spacious Open Concept Tiny House Parked in a Legal Community
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This Hobbit House at Les Toits du Monde eco-resort in Nominingue, Quebec features a distinctive green roof that extends to the ground with leg-like extensions. The design provides passive cooling in summer and heat retention in winter.
Built with straw bale walls achieving R-30 insulation, limestone plaster, and log rafters, the cabin operates completely off-grid using solar panels for LED lighting. The handmade furniture uses locally and sustainably sourced wood, and the bathroom includes a rustic shower and composting toilet.
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Hobbit House Exterior with Extended Green Roof
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Gabriel Parent-Leblanc from Habitations MicroÉvolution built his gorgeous tiny house on wheels to show it was possible to live in a tiny house, year round, in a northern climate. He’s now spending his third winter in his tiny house near Montreal, Quebec and not only is he surviving and staying warm, he’s also saving a ton of money by heating the house with a solar air heater (EcoSolaris is working on a new model of the panel, coming soon!).
During the day, his heat comes almost exclusively from the panel he installed on the side of his house that cycles indoor air through the solar heated panel and back into the house. On cloudy days and at night he uses an electric heater. By tracking the energy consumption of his electric heater with an energy meter, he was able to calculate that his heating bill for one whole winter was only $100!
He’s also got 750 Watts of solar power on his roof that power a full-sized fridge, as well as his computer, lights, water pump and other small electronics.
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Living in a Tiny House Heated with Solar Power – Tour & Interview
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Mat and Danielle from Exploring Alternatives filmed this video tour of the Terrasol mini Earthship-style cabin at the Terra Perma eco-community in Harrington, Quebec, Canada.
The cabin is completely off-grid with a 1000 Watt solar power system, woodstove, in-floor radiant heating, an outhouse, and soon-to-be-installed 3-season rainwater collection system.
It was built with over 200 recycled tires, 400 recycled bottles, and natural materials like cob and wood.
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Incredible Mini Earthship with Solar Power – Full Video Tour
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Julien is an entrepreneur and video producer from Montreal, Canada who lives and works in his camper van full-time.
He started the Go-Van website to share road tripping stories from fellow van dwellers, and videos about his travels. To finance the project he creates video content for brands and tourism bureaus while he travels which means his van is not only a home, but a mobile office as well.
One of his first partnerships was with a Quebec-based camper van conversion company called Safari Condo, who now allow him to use one of their ultra functional vans so that he has everything he needs to live and work comfortably on the road, including power, running water, a shower, toilet and kitchen.
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Film Producer Living & Working in a Camper Van Full Time
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Kelsey & Corbin from Steps to Wander are a sweet couple whose quest for freedom and the open road led them to buy an old Ford E-350 El Dorado Encore camper van that was mechanically sound but that needed a total makeover on the inside. The pair spent months repairing leaks, cleaning up mould & mildew and building custom furniture; and they completely transformed the space into a cozy and functional conversion van.
Couple Transforms Old Campervan Into Cozy Home on Wheels
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Groovy Yurts started off as a simple road trip by the company’s founder and trucker by trade: Yves Ballenegger. Over a decade ago, he raised money and supplies to bring from Switzerland to Mongolia in his transport truck.
Once his truck was empty, he picked up some yurts to bring back home to sell. It worked so well that he continued making these trips in his transport truck to bring supplies to Mongolia, and to return with hand-made, hand-painted yurts for sale.
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The Mongolian Yurt: A Beautiful & Low Cost Tiny House Alternative
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This tiny house is built on a short 16-foot trailer but it feels surprisingly spacious inside with a huge galley kitchen on the main floor and a queen sized bed in the upstairs loft.
Lumbec built this tiny home, La Nautique, as their first tiny house prototype. They added extra square footage to the home by building out onto the triangular space at the front of the trailer, which created some “bonus” space for a cozy living room/dining room area.
Mini 16ft Tiny House with All the Comforts of Home – Full Tour
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