Would you ever consider living in a 160 square foot home? It seems too small for comfort, right? Well, one couple has been choosing to live in just that amount of space right in their own backyard!
Mike and Laura decided to build this tiny home in their backyard, renting out the main house for extra income. Yes, the home is extremely small, but every inch of space is functional. And the home is designed to appear open and roomier. They are able to comfortably cook, eat, sleep and bathe–and here’s the best part–it only takes 15 minutes to clean the entire home! It’s even got its own deck off the living area.
See how Mike and Laura enjoy everyday life, simpler and cozier in a tiny home. It may not be the choice of everyone, but it certainly works for them! Please enjoy and re-share below. Thank you.
Couple Living in 160 Sq. Ft. Backyard Tiny House
Images © Terry Iverson Photography via Portland Biz Journal
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This one-person off grid cross shaped tiny cabin is a prototype Tbilisi, Georgia based architect, Dachi Papuashvili designed.
This type of dwelling could be used as a spiritual retreat, writer’s getaway or off grid cabin.
The design consist of two insulted shipping containers that would be clad with wood.
It would be a four-level structure with special areas for writing, meditation, rest, storage and cooking.
The cabin would also have a composting toilet, rain water collection, and solar panels to make it completely off grid.
Let’s take a look at this off grid tiny cabin one might call hOMe. 🙂
Spiritual Cross Shaped Off Grid Tiny Cabin Design
Images © Dachi Papuashvili
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Located in the Hype Park historic district of Tampa this two-story garage was designed and built by Historic Shed.
They completely renovated the existing one-story garage to include what you see now, a two-story one car garage with a 240 sq. ft. cottage.
As you will see in the pictures below the cottage is nicely done with wood flooring and big enough for a guest house, mother-in-law suite or at-home office.
Would you add a tiny cottage above your garage? If so what would you use it for?
Two-Story Garage with 240 Sq. Ft. Cottage
Images © Historic Shed
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I’d like to share with you this prefabricated tiny hexagonal dwelling designed by Hivehaus. You could say it also looks like a honeycomb shaped house. Prefabricated models are built so you can have just one pod or add as many as you like. Each pod is 100 square feet and available with customizable floor plans.
The pods are delivered in panels making it easy for two people to construct the home. What you see below are three pods placed together to create a 333 sq. ft. home with one bedroom, a bathroom, kitchen and living space. The kitchen has a great multi-functional cabinet that tucks everything out of eye when you are not using it. And check out the fire wall. It’s a movable wall, like a door, with a fireplace that allows you to have it either inside or outdoors. What do you think of this tiny house design?
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Hivehaus Prefab/Modular Tiny Hexagonal Pods You Can Connect To Make Your Own Custom Home
Images © Hivehaus
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For Alex Kennedy, this tiny studio in her mother’s backyard garage is perfect for her needs. Plus she is able to have her own home without paying expensive property taxes somewhere else in Melbourne, Australia. Converting this old two-car garage in her childhood home back yard makes this space even more special. And how much better can it get living next to the family?
With the help of designer Sarah Trotter of HEARTH Studio, she was able to turn this garage into what you see below a functional yet cozy cottage for herself to call home. Large glass French doors open up to the garden giving Alex a beautiful view all the time. Almost all materials that went into redesigning and converting this garage into a livable tiny home were salvaged materials.
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Woman Converts Backyard Garage into Studio
Images © Lauren Bamford
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I want to introduce you to POD House. Based in Switzerland they build and design these cool round shaped cabins. Used mostly for camp sites, unique living experiences and hotel extensions.
Or if you are looking to put one on your property as a place to get away they can do that too.
But are they big enough to call home? Or maybe just to be used for glamping, backyard offices, vacation spots?
As POD House says, “Step in and feel good.”
You make the call. Check out some of their four different models below.
POD House: Unique Tiny Living Experiences
Images © POD House
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In search of a more simple life and completeness, the couple, Michael and Diana lived in a 144 square foot tiny home in Northern California for seven years. They feel their house was not tiny but just right for them.
The tiny house does not feel small as you will see below. The natural sunlight and surrounding trees there are magical.
Diana says you enter a timeless time here. And it’s easy to forget about everything but the present moment.
The fireplace is a necessity in this home as it creates heat for the home and bathing water.
With no electricity which means no refrigerator, no meat, no ice cream Diana would cook beautifully colored fresh vegetables in one small cast iron pot over the open fire for their meals.
Enjoy the photos and video below of this unique simple way of living.
Couple Live for 7 years in a 144 Sq. Ft. Tiny House with No Electricity
Images © Faircompanies
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Hello Alex and Tiny House Talk readers, I’ve followed your page for some time, and it was where I saw my first tiny house, Dee Williams house! (who we later got to meet in Seattle).
That was in November 2013, about a week after my partner and I had gotten rid of our apartment, things, and jobs and left to live on the road out of our 6ft x 9ft 1987 teardrop trailer. We’ve now been living out of it happily and successfully for several months and couldn’t be happier.
We left Ontario, Canda November 1st and drove through the US, up the West coast and through British Columbia and we are now heading back to Ontario and will begin building our very own Tiny House! Within a month we will start our build!
Tiny Living (And Traveling) in a 54 Sq. Ft. Travel Trailer
Image © Hobohemians
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When the architects, Specht Harpman, were presented with a project to renovate this 425 sq ft apartment they didn’t realize it would be their most unusual project yet.
The way the apartment was laid out was odd for the amount of space it had. In addition the ceilings went up vertically 25 feet with access to the rooftop terrace.
The four level loft plan brought a solution to this modern micro apartment. It was inventive and creative.
Each loft flowed from one level to the next making the feel of the apartment very open and inviting.
The first level is the entry to the apartment plus the kitchen. Just a few stairs up is the main living area, above the living area would be the sleeping space with a cantilevered bed pavilion.
The final stairs lead up to the garden rooftop terrace. Perfect for a small dog!
Check out the built-in storage on the stairs of the lower level. Looks like plenty of space to store all your necessitates, right?
And don’t forget about the bathroom…it’s located just under the staircase.
4-Level Flowing Modern Micro Loft Apartment with Rooftop Garden Terrace
Images © Specht Harpman
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