This is the story of a couple who teamed up and decided to build their own 250 square foot tiny cabin made out of mostly reclaimed materials for only around $7,000 in material costs. They did all the labor themselves.

And since they built their tiny home on a foundation on their own land they continually make improvements to the place to better meet their needs. For example, they’ve added a porch and a bathroom so far to the original design.

Originally the structure was 12’x20′ until they added the porch and bathroom which extends the footprint to 18’x20′. Lots of the materials were salvaged from a barn along with other random finds that they repurposed.

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Couple Build Debt-free $7k DIY Off Grid Tiny Cabin

Images: PreciousRoy

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This 160 sq. ft. Rhino shipping container tiny home named  ‘Zulu Queen‘ has been created by an architect/artist and an outdoors woman who loves traveling. Together they created a company called Rhino Cubed.

And it combines tiny living, sustainability, and art. Rhino Cubed is based in Boulder, Colorado and the company is building units nearby in Louisville. It all starts with a reclaimed 20′ or 25′ shipping container. From there it’s turned into a sustainable tiny home to live simply in.

Options include full kitchen, bathroom, solar power system, artsy bunk bed, water storage, and more. Would you consider converting a used container into your own DIY tiny home? I would.

Shipping Container Tiny Home by Rhino Cubed

Images © Rhino Cubed

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I thought you might also like this hand-built rustic modern tiny house in Portland, Oregon.

It’s a backyard tiny home that was hand built by the homeowners (and their friends) on the property.

Best of all- they used mostly reclaimed and recycled materials to build and furnish the cabin. This not only keeps construction costs low, but it’s obviously amazing for the environment.

When you walk inside you’ll immediately notice the living room, kitchen, and ladder that takes you to the upstairs sleeping loft bedroom with a queen bed. And yes there’s a bathroom downstairs too.

Reclaimed Hand Built Modern Rustic DIY Tiny House

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This reclaimed tiny timber cabin was built with the help of students from Mexico and Norway in only 3 weeks time.

The community locals made it all possible by providing food, materials, tools, and labor to make it happen.

The architects who designed the structure are TYIN Tegnestue. The purpose of the structure is for people to enjoy the landscape and nature that surrounds it.

Related: Architecture Students in China Design and Build Amazing 75 Sq. Ft. Micro Home

Tiny Timber Cabin Built by Students

Photo: Pasi Aalto / pasiaalto.com

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I thought you’d also enjoy this DIY tiny house project. It involves a really inventive man who went from 2000 sq. ft. to a 160 sq. ft. micro home.

The owner/builder has been living in it for more than 5 years now. The micro home is very energy efficient and was very inexpensive to build.

He built it with the help of his brother. They designed and built it all themselves using mostly reclaimed materials.

5+ Years Living Tiny with DIY EVs Too!

Photo Credit M.Barkley/Flickr

And by the way, the two vehicles you see above on the right have been converted into electric power.

This is one really interesting/inspiring guy… Not just a tiny house… But DIY electric cars, too.

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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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In this post I’m going to show you a family tiny house that’s made out of 1920s recycled streetcars.

And it gets even better than that. Not only is the home recycled but the family also has some cob structures in the back.

A man cave and a she cave. The main home itself comprises of several reclaimed streetcars.

One of them makes up the living and dining rooms. Another streetcar is where the bathroom, kitchen and bedroom is.

At first this house was just 550 square feet but since then there have been some additions. The family is a mother with her three boys by the way.

She purchased the property back in 1999. After learning permaculture and taking a few classes she began to fall in love with cob. The story gets better..

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If you’re like me you don’t just like tiny houses. I happen to like all sorts of unique shelters in all kinds of shapes and sizes, like shipping containers, yurts, cabins, motorhomes, and more.

But usually for me the smaller the better because I like efficiency and the idea of not going beyond our needs too much. So in this post, I’m going to show you an example of what can be done with a couple of recycled shipping containers.

In this case, the two containers were used to create and build a beautiful and eco-friendly small home nestled in the trees. To explore more amazing small homes like this, join our Small House Newsletter. It’s free and you’ll be glad you did!

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Beautiful Small House Built Using Two Reclaimed Shipping Containers

Photo credits Price Street Projects

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