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Hummingbird Tiny Spaces

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Hummingbird Tiny Space

by Will Yount That moment of enlightenment. You know, that moment when you realized that these tiny house things were pretty darn cool. Personally, I think it goes way back to the days of tree houses and forts. For the most part I think it has become a new way … Read more

Healdsburg High Students build Tumbleweed Epu

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advanced construction students and tiny house

Last Tuesday I had the privilege of visiting the local Healdsburg High School. Ray Holley had invited me down to see a Tumbleweed Epu being built by sixteen high school students. A few years ago the industrial arts program at the high school was being shut down because of lack … Read more

House in a Box

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Mountain Theme

Kevin Daniels lives 10 miles from the Summerville, South Carolina and recently got to view the House in a Box. Here are some photos Kevin took of the exterior. The interior was unfinished, however you get a sense of how nice it would look when complete. Kevin also shared the … Read more

Dan’s Lithuanian Small Home Update

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rainbow over roof

So my building season has ended. The outside, barring a few details, is finished. The last article ended with me getting ready for the roof. They do wood roofs quite differently here than in the USA. My roof is a blend of the two systems. The only problem encountered was … Read more

My Tiny House in Asheville

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Asheville small home

by Marcus Barksdale I recently completed a tiny house for my personal residence in Asheville, North Carolina, and wanted to share a description, a few pictures, and a video of it with other tiny house enthusiasts. I include a lot of detail to help others learn from my thought processes. … Read more

Log Pod

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A few years ago, Kent covered the Pod, an innovative and mobile tiny house designed primarily for camping. Another company in the United Kingdom has upped the ante on this type of building with the Log Pod, a portable wooden structure that comes in two beautiful designs. The Log Pod … Read more

X-Permit Cabin

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by David Lacey

The X-Permit Cabin is an exercise to create a livable space that will be built on a salvaged travel trailer frame. It will be self sustainable, off grid, and will be built without building permits because it is a “travel trailer” and will be registered as such. The site is beside the ocean in Canada. The actual location will be revealed as time goes on. The point of this is to circumvent onerous permits and inspections that come with “permanent” structures. XPC will be an exercise in civics, construction, and innovation. I hope you follow us as we move forward.

x-permit cabin

Certainly, “tiny homes” have been built before and many are like the one we are building, on a trailer, for various reasons. This one is a personal experiment in building a livable space in a maximum of 135 square feet. There probably won’t be “grand innovation” involved, but the completed cabin on wheels must have the charm and friendly atmosphere of an old seaside cottage distilled into the space allocated.

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My Adventure In a Tiny House

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Last January I covered Zack Griffin and the beginning of his tiny house adventure visiting the great ski areas with several friends across North America. Here is the link. Zack recently contacted me and here is what he had to say: Last year I built a Tiny House in order … Read more

A Farewell Tiny House

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farewell tiny house

by Cristo My father was diagnosed with one of the meanest cancers back in 2007. On top of the unbearable pain from the soon-to-come loss, I also felt that an incredible “know-how” was going to disappear because he had this amazing talent for designing and building things when I had … Read more

Cottage on the Hill

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cottage on a hill

by Zinta Aistars I’ve long enjoyed Tiny House Blog, admiring the philosophy and the tiny houses. In March 2012, I moved to a 100+ year old farmhouse in southwest Michigan on 10 acres, my dream come true, sweeter still because it had a tiny cottage on a wooded hill. This … Read more