Download a complete set of plans to see how they work. If you are considering the Archive Set but want to review the drawings first, I invite you to download the Philo 12 house plans for free. Consider this plan as a “specimen” of my work. It is fully representative of … Read more
I met Michael Janzen back in 2008. He had just launched a site called Tiny House Design and wanted me to take a look. To be honest, at first I thought he was a competitor—my own Tiny House Blog was one of the only other places covering the movement at … Read more
Tiny houses have always been about more than clever layouts and compact kitchens. At their best, they’re about people, and this issue is a perfect reminder of that. When Dedria Harper Kolb talks about tiny home communities, she doesn’t begin with curb appeal or floor plans. She starts with human … Read more
Where We Are Overall Guest Post by Macy Miller The proposed IRC code language for movable tiny houses did not pass at the ICC hearings in Cleveland last October. Since then, Martin Hammer, David Eisenberg, and I have been working steadily behind the scenes to determine whether there is any viable path … Read more
In January 2013, the first issue of Tiny House Magazine was published. Thirteen years and 157 issues later, we are thankful to begin another year of publication. It all started as a way to cover the growing tiny house movement–in a magazine format with very few distracting advertisements—available through Apple’s … Read more
She Built This Tiny Home From a Childhood Dream You know how some ideas stick with you forever? That was the case for Rebecca. As a kid, she used to sketch little houses and dream about building one someday. Years later, those sketches turned into a real tiny home in … Read more