Oregon is often thought of as a tiny house haven. While it’s true that it is home to countless tiny dwellers, a growing number of tiny home communities and numerous builders, Oregon is far from legally tiny house friendly. And most unfortunately, the state is currently caught up in a … Read more
The Florida Tiny House Festival has been registered with the Guinness Book of World Records. For the last two years, it has been epic grassroots gathering created by tiny house dwellers for the tiny house community. It was hosted by United Tiny House Association. The 2017 event featured over 110+ … Read more
The Burgers are a fun-loving family of four living in less than 300 square feet. Their brave matriarch is Brynn, aka The Mama On The Rocks. She has been blogging about your family’s real-life experience raising a child with disabilities, as she puts it “the good, the bad and the ugly.” … Read more
Beach vibes and good times. Just another day in van life paradise? For Wes and Savana, van life is all about living affordably and fearlessly to create an ever-evolving, adventure-rich lifestyle. They are two financially savvy recent college grads and outdoor enthusiasts. While in college, Savana introduced the van life concept … Read more
The RV industry seems to be an inspiration for tiny houses. From trailer foundations to slideouts, campers and trailers and their space-saving techniques have helped tiny houses flourish. The RV table, once a clumsy beast, has now been streamlined to accommodate various configurations. For example, nüCamp’s updated T@B camper no … Read more
TruForm Tiny actually started in 1978. Owner Jon Carroll and his family lived in a handmade tiny house travel trailer while working for the Hoedads Reforestation Cooperative. Now the family-run business designs and builds tiny houses with various floor plans that are RVIA certified. TruForm Tiny is a family run … Read more
A few months ago, my husband and I sat down to write out a budget. He recently returned to school and with two young kids at home, funds were tight, to say the least. We quickly realized that our housing expenses were too high, even though our rent was surprisingly … Read more
I got married in February of 2009. I was 31 years old and had already lived what seemed like a lifetime. I had gone to and graduated from an undergrad program, a masters program, and even started in on PhD hours. I had started a career. I had had major … Read more
Pure Living for Life is the story of a couple in their late twenties and early thirties, Jesse and Alyssa, quitting their lives in the city to start a homestead from scratch in the country. They purchased five acres of land in the Pacific Northwest where they will eventually be … Read more
You don’t have to be located in the mountains to enjoy living in one of these beautiful tiny houses. Tiny Mountain Houses, originally from Salem, Ore. with showrooms in Chehalis, Wash. and Sacramento, Calif., deliver their tiny houses to all 50 states. The company can also construct their homes in … Read more
We don’t wake up to alarms anymore, and we certainly don’t commute to work. We gave up pursuing our degree-related careers and decided to start doing what we love. Travel. We’re only young once and we’re not going to waste it. After adding up how much money we spent on … Read more
Perhaps there is nothing truly worse than sleeping in a sort of gravity inversion position wherein your feet are elevated far above your head. To put it more simply though…how you gonna sleep when your head is crunched up against the wall, your feet keep sliding towards your knees, and … Read more