“While there are quite a few tempting “turn-key” tiny homes available to order right now, there’s just something about a super personalized owner-built home that’s extra thrilling to see. Case in point: this 160-square-foot “Tiny Hall House” (“Hall” being the owners’ surname) in Massachusetts, which was built for under $30K over six months and houses three people.” – Yahoo News Photos via …
“A year ago, Mark and his girlfriend Ellie moved across the country from Indianapolis to an expensive studio in West Oakland. But when they got settled, something felt off. As Mark puts it, “We were just fed up with the whole stereotype of needing everything. I mean, there’s an entire industry devoted to keeping shit …
Tiny house designer, builder and pioneer Dee Williams from PAD Tiny Houses has been living in her tiny house on wheels for more than ten years, and has educated thousands about little house design, construction and living. PAD’s upcoming “Tiny House Basics” Weekend Workshop on November 7-8th in Portland, Oregon will be the last one Dee teaches for 6-12 …
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This is a great example of an remote off-grid tiny home. The land is privately owned but surrounded by the Tahoe National Forest at just over 7000-feet deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. While shipping containers are heavy and somewhat complicated to retrofit into housing, they make excellent building blocks that can be completed away from …
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Customized to their needs with a pop-up canopy and fold-down stoop, this tiny vacation home on wheels helps one young family avoid both the crowds and the high prices of seaside resorts. Bulgarian designer Hristina Hristova built a narrow, lightweight structure on top of a trailer base, limiting it to nine feet wide so it’s …
Guillaume and I waved goodbye to British Columbia, a province that wetted our appetite for glacial lakes and bear viewing, as the Yukon greeted us with a dusty smile. We immediately began by comparing the Canadian neighbors.” – Tiny House Giant Journey Source: Navigating to Alaska: Klondike Loop
The Skysphere is the creation of Jono Williams. It’s a treehouse without the tree. It stands on a hollow steel pipe which also doubles as the main access way – via a steel ladder. Inside the living space you’ll find 360-degree views, some custom built-in furniture, and a queen size bed. There is no bathroom or …
Rob Dunn sits on the porch of his two-story, 96-square-foot home in Poultney, Vt. Dunn, a Green Mountain College senior from Henniker, N.H., has lived off the grid for about a year in his tiny home powered by two 100-watt solar panels. He uses a rocket mass heater for cooking and heating.” – Anthony Edwards/Rutland Herald …
Amazing grain silo home makes living simply look like living the high life. Architect Christoph Kaiser turned a dismantled grain silo, purchased online from a Kansas farmer, into a cozy studio in Phoenix, Arizona. The 190-square-foot space is outfitted with a highly customized interior—only the Eames dining chairs were not made by Kaiser—that serves as …
The Atlas Tiny Home (a.k.a Blake’s Tiny House) will be featured on HGTV tonight. You can learn more about this tiny house on the Atlas Tiny Home website and see how it was built. Rochester native Alex Gore and his business partner stayed busy this summer building a tiny home that will be featured on HGTV’s “Tiny …
Can you build a house in one weekend? Volunteers from Foundations for Tomorrow along with the Alabama Center for Sustainable Energy are doing just that as they show residents how to build and power a tiny home in just two days in Sci-Quests parking lot.” – Sci-Quest, Hands-on Science Center Learn more about the Tiny Home Build …
Rich in Vermont built this tiny 10×16 shed. This photo was taken in 2013. Here’s what he said when he posted the photo. I’m done with clapboard! Well, not entirely, but I need a couple of doors on the shed before that can happen. The second coat of paint is on, but the trim paint …
