One area of my tiny house that I have come to think about a lot is the bathroom. Now of course you need a bathroom, a place to use the restroom, a place to shower, etc. It can range from in your tiny house flush toilet or composting, to an “outhouse” style with a properly …
Named Cabanas no Rio, which translates as cabins on the river, the two rustic structures offer a rural retreat for a pair of inhabitants. One hut contains a living area, with a simple counter that can be used for preparing food, while the other accommodates a bedroom with a small toilet and sheltered outdoor shower. …
The shed’s rectangular footprint measures 8 ft. 6 in. by 12 ft. 6 in.; a 4-ft.- 6-in.-deep porch faces the yard. Stick-framed with 2x4s, the shed is sheathed with 1×10 pine boards applied diagonally and exposed on the inside as finished walls. All 12 windows are made from recycled sash. An extrawide pull-down stair leads …
Spanish architecture studio Ábaton has developed a micro home that can be transported on the back of a lorry and placed almost anywhere (+ slideshow). Ábaton chose dimensions of nine by three metres to provide just enough space for two people and also allow the transportable house to be hoisted onto the back of a truck. …
“French designers Zébra3/Buy-Sellf have designed a prefabricated holiday home in the shape of a cloud that sits next to a lake in south-west France (+ slideshow). Le Nuage (The Cloud) cabin by Zébra3/Buy-Sellf was designed for the Urban Community of Bordeaux (CUB)…”
Great find by Don, a reader of Relaxshacks.com. It’s a historic playhouse but I suspect this may inspire some people to doll-up their tiny homes. “The Dietz Doll House is one of the Seguin Conservation Society’s most charming properties and like the others, comes with an intriguing history. It was built in 1910 by Louis …
It appears the answer is yes… habitable sheds are popping up in the UK. “A fascinating business proposition in Oxford is moving the shedworking/tiny houses story forward. As reported by the BBC Oxford businessman Robin Swailes is marketing £25,000 shedlike pods (3m x 2.5m) with electricity, kitchen, bed, toilet, shower, underfloor heating and running water …
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Timber framing seems to be making a comeback – and I can see why. “Shown is one way of finishing our 8 1/2′ x 11′ timber-framed mini-barn. We are selling a kit for the frame of this mini-barn as well as plans for 2×4 construction of the same size cottage For more information, people can …
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A new tiny house plan is available at Humble Homes. “The BRV1, A.K.A. ‘The Bedroom House’, is available for purchase from today! (In case you were wondering it stands for Bedroom Version 1 – we’re going to release two versions of this home.)” via The BRV1 House Plans Go On Sale! | Humble Homes.
Nice to see such small thinking. After all sometimes it takes less to think more. “There now exists in the world a house that measures one square meter. The aptly named One-Sqm-House was designed and conceived by Berlin-based architect Van Bo Le-Mentzel as a place where ‘no one other than I, myself, can decide what …
This house is not tiny but there are some interesting ideas here for prefab pipe houses. “The curved interior has a hobbit-worthy homey quality, while consequently-curvalinear built-ins throughout seem both retro and contemporary. It also has a cave-like sense of enclosure.” See more at Prefab Parabolic-Roofed Summer Home in a Cozy Cylinder | Designs & Ideas …
This house isn’t tiny but it is an interesting approach that could be downsized to provide an interesting underground tiny home. The view from inside would be virtually non-existant but it would provide incredible privacy. Subtle Subterranean House
