This is a minimalist tiny cabin in Norway.
From the outside, you’ll see it’s a bare-bones cabin with a small surrounding deck.
When you go inside, you’ll find a kitchenette, fireplace, and a living area with a collapsible bench, bed, and table. Super simple, and super awesome, isn’t it?
And yes, you can even book a stay in this tiny cabin to try out the simple life if you want to. Please enjoy, learn more, and re-share below. Thank you!
Minimalist Tiny Cabin in Norway
Images © Ernst via Airbnb
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This is a couple’s beautiful off-grid tiny house near Asheville, North Carolina.
In the forest, you’ll find this brown home resting on stilts on a mountain.
When you go inside, you’ll find the entire interior covered in beautiful knotty pine paneling. The shelves and counters have a light green finish. In the kitchen, there’s a two-burner cooktop, a sink, and plenty of storage. The bathroom includes a stand-up shower. In the main living space, there’s a sofa with open-concept storage for pots and pans underneath. A special hook on the wall gives them an off-the-floor location to store their guitar. The home has two lofts – one for their queen bed and another for storage with nifty stacked cubbies. Watch the tour below for all of the details.
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Couple’s Off-Grid Tiny House near Asheville, NC
Images © Tiny House Giant Journey via YouTube
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This is the story of one family of four’s off-the-grid homestead in Pittsboro, North Carolina, including three twelve-by-twelve tiny cabins with no electricity and plumbing.
On the outside, the three cabins share the same rustic feel. One is thin but has a tall, “long” roof over a smaller patio area. You’ll find beautiful cabinets and some tricky-looking steps that save space. A rainwater catchment system provides the family with fresh water. The second cabin shares the same roof line; the third has no patio and a bay of windows on three sides.
The family has chickens, fields, a garden, and even an old-fashioned water pump. In addition to their tiny life, they build affordable caskets. Watch the video below to get a taste of their life, and follow the links in the resources below to learn more about them. Thank you!
Family’s Three 12×12 Cabins
Images © Donald Byrne
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This is a 107-square-foot off-grid tiny house that was built for only $2,500 using mostly reclaimed materials.
It was built with the help of 15 people working together to make it happen and it features a unique geodesic dome window.
When you go inside, you’ll find a living area with a couch and workstation and an upstairs sleeping loft. Since this tiny home is located within a community, the owner has chosen to use the communal kitchen and bathroom on the property.
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Tiny House Built for $2500 with a Geo-Dome Window
Images © Happen Films via YouTube
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This is an off grid country micro cabin vacation near Rosendale, NY.
Inside you’ll find a double bed, twin bed sleeping loft, and a table. There is an outdoor shower and toilet just steps away from the cabin.
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Off Grid Country Micro Cabin Vacation in New York
Images © Airbnb
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This is the Thimbleberry Creek off-grid micro cabin on a farm in Nehalem, Oregon.
Inside you’ll find a studio-style set up with a wood stove/fireplace, a kitchenette with a sink, and a cozy bed.
Adjacent to the cabin you’ll find a private composting toilet outhouse, a deck, and peaceful views of nature. Please enjoy, learn more, and re-share below. Thank you!
Thimbleberry Creek Off-Grid Micro Cabin
Images © Ginger and Brigham
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This is a 800 sq. ft. off grid beach cottage located on Keewaydin Island, Florida that is only accessible by boat. The home was originally built in 1948 as a fishing cottage. When Sherry Irvin (Realtor in Naples, Florida), her husband at the time, and their two daughters (ages three and six at the time), moved into the small cottage, they updated the interior but kept the original wood floors. They also incorporated features in the home that we normally see in houseboats.
When you go inside you’ll find a kitchen, open living room with views of the ocean, two bedrooms, and one bathroom. To save space they removed all the doors in the home except in the bathroom where there was already a privacy curtain. They also added a large deck that is nearly the size of the home itself. They lived here for six years. And the children were best friends since they were the only kids on the island. They also got to go to school by boat rather than school bus. How cool is that? Sherry says she would live here again in a heart beat! So how would you like to live in a small home like this on an island? Let us know why or why not in the comments below.
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Family of Four Live in 800 Sq. Ft. Off-Grid Island Cottage
Images © Sherry Irvin
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This Girlfriend’s Perspective on Off-Grid Tiny House Living is a guest post by Cheryl Davies and Rob Greenfield – share your story and tiny home here too!
A few months ago we shared with you a story about Rob Greenfield’s off grid micro cabin life in California. Since then, Rob’s girlfriend, Cheryl, has shared her perspective on his lifestyle. So here is what they both have to say, starting with Rob…
I often see comments like, “This guy obviously doesn’t have a girlfriend,” and they’re talking about me when they say that! Well let me tell you, I DO have girlfriend and she is AMAZING, GORGEOUS, and we are SO IN LOVE! She loves to spend time at my off the grid tiny house with me and she’s coming over right now. Here she shares her perspective on my off the grid, tiny house lifestyle…
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Girlfriend’s Perspective on Off-Grid Tiny House Living
Images © Rob Greenfield
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This off grid tiny cabins retirement story is a guest post by Michael Scheer – share your tiny house story here too!
My name is Michael and about 5 years ago I wanted an off-grid place for vacation and retirement. Like many others, I am tired of bills, bills, bills and knew I would never have enough money to retire on unless I became debt-free and my home was paid off.
A couple of years passed and as things happened I had a friend who went through a divorce (I recently moved out of my ex-girlfriends home 8 months prior) and he needed help monetarily in order to buy a home and asked me to move in. The move cut my rent in half and enabled me along with my bonus check to purchase some land I found in northern AZ at about 6500 ft elevation. Summers are mild with highs in the low 90’s high 80’s and winters are in the 40’s and 50’s with light snow. I picked up 6 acres for less than $4k.
He Built Two Off Grid Tiny Cabins for his Retirement
Images © Michael Scheer
Months later I decided to put in my first cabin, I bought a 10×18 from weatherking (apx. $4200.00), it was just a shell.
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