Living in a tiny house is often about sacrifice. It is sometimes a sacrifice of space, a sacrifice of privacy, and even a sacrifice of sanity. It shouldn’t, however, mean a sacrifice in fresh food or even the pursuit of hobbies. With the continued popularity of indoor herb gardens, … Read more
Turn your thumbs green with these 10 hot tips for gardening in tiny spaces! Living in a tiny house often means living with a small yard. (Or no yard at all…) But that doesn’t mean that you can’t have a luscious garden to decorate your space with flowers and grow … Read more
Guest Post by Nicole Brooks If you are looking for a sustainable, secure tiny dwelling with artistic flair, check out what Rhino Cubed has to offer. Rhino Cubed builds tiny structures from re-purposed shipping containers, up-cycling a product that would otherwise become the planet’s waste. Made of Corten steel, … Read more
by Tom Woods Today we’ve got something perfect for anyone looking to build their own tiny shipping container home. As most of you probably know the shipping container home movement has grown considerably over the last several years- in fact we’ve covered some on them on the blog here and … Read more
For anyone who can’t decide on a park model home or a shipping container home, Kottage RV of Canada has combined the two into one compact hybrid made of solid steel—with all the comforts of a park model. Kottage RV offers these fully customizable units for several functions including remote … Read more
by Derek (Deek) Diedricksen Hey Kent, thought you and your readers might enjoy a really cool Container Home Tour that Christopher Smith (“Tiny: The Movie”) and I put together when I was out in Seattle for the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company Workshop that I was a guest speaker at. Hartman … Read more
Designboom is a publication and blog that focuses on design, architecture, art, photography and graphics. Their main offices are located in Milan, Italy, but for the hot summer months, the crew of Designboom recently moved their offices into a series of cargo containers on the island of Sardinia. Their DIY … Read more
Kirsten Dirksen from faircompanies.com recently put up a new story about Lulu’s shipping container home. She did an excellent job of video taping Lulu’s story and sharing her home. This story means more to me because I met Lulu early on when she and Jenine Alexander were building her shipping … Read more
Disclaimer: You should consult an engineer before building something this complex and especially before building underground. This video demonstrates the building of an underground shelter, but could also be used as an underground home or office depending how you completed the interior of the shipping container. Here is the description that goes along … Read more
Guest Post by Daniel Sokol I started my container business because I wanted one for myself. My goal was a practical, well designed, cost-effective living space. Being an interior contractor, I had the skills for the finish work but never worked with a shipping container. Everything I saw online was … Read more
A friend and tiny house lover recently sent me this link to this shipping container cabin retreat in Sri Lanka. The house was constructed in about a month on an Army training base by architect Damith Premathilake with local reclaimed material.
Poteet Architects in San Antonio, Texas recently constructed this shipping container tiny house for a local client to use as a guest house in her artist community. The plan is to use it as a summer house, an art house and for entertaining. The owner enjoys the house for its uncluttered, sunlit appeal and the wonderful blue color.