Gen Zer, Derek, purchased an affordable preowned tiny house for his first home in Portland, Oregon. He customized it to express himself creatively, which helped turn a bit of a bland his 22-foot-long home on wheels into a vibrant space. First, he painted bright, cheerful colors to liven it up, … Read more
Sawyer and Courtney built a cute tiny house inside of a box truck for just $14k, by using reclaimed materials. They even made a multi-purpose room with an elevator bed and clever have a collapsible table. They have given the box truck a fun name. Elfie. Sawer’s first experience with … Read more
Welcome to North Carolina’s new tiny house community, Cranmore Meadows. It’s located in Haw River, part of the Piedmont Region. The village sits on a 30-acre nature preserve and is split into three meadows. As you enter, the first meadow features the community guest house, shared kitchen & laundry room, … Read more
Danielle is a Millenial DIY builder who built an enchanting $25k tiny house. Notably, it’s 20 feet long by 8.5-feet wide. She achieved her low-cost home by using about 70% repurposed and reclaimed materials. Further, what she found directly influenced her layout and rustic boho-style interior design. For example, she … Read more
When I was at the recent Overland Expo in Redmond, Oregon. I saw the Drive the Globe a huge vehicle turned into a tiny home on wheels. I wanted to share with you this option for traveling in a unique expedition home. In the Spring of 2020 Mike from Drive … Read more
Callie and Nathan, Cranmore Meadows founders, built a truly impressive DIY tiny house named Polaris. It lives large for its extra small footprint. While it’s 20 feet long and a total of 178 square feet (271 sqft with the lofts), they doubled their living space with a detachable deck and … Read more
Jen lives in a permitted shipping container home in the Colorado mountains—a dream come true. But to get to this point took a massive amount of research. Importantly, she found a county government open to nontraditional housing types. Gilpin County proved to be exceptionally helpful during the entire permitting process. … Read more
I had the privilege of going to Overland Expo Pacific Northwest in Redmond, Oregon on July 10, 2022. I wanted to check out a few overloading-type campers that would potentially work for living tiny off-grid, etc. One company I have been following and am very impressed with is the Bean … Read more
Nick Soave contacted me to share his special tiny house that was designed to be a tiny house and a recording studio. Here is his story. I designed this tiny house in 2017. I showed the design to my Dad, who is a highly-skilled builder, and he convinced me I … Read more
Tyler first discovered her single-floor tiny home on Tiny House Listings—ESCAPE Vista Boho model. Fortunately, the previous owners allowed Tyler to spend a night in it before making her final decision. Of course, she fell in love with it. With help from her dad, Tyler customized her tiny home to … Read more
Newlywed grad students, Emilio and Krysten, live in a plant and book-filled tiny house. It offers a satisfying simple living sanctuary as they work towards literary PHDs. Every area of their tiny house includes books. They act as decor, inspiration, and practical studying needs. In fact, they have an entire … Read more
LuxTiny is a tiny home community in northern Arizona. Currently, it features 41 parking spots for full-time living and a few rentals. It feels very much like a neighborhood versus an RV park with a much larger average lot size at 3500 square feet. The multiple rows of unique-looking tiny … Read more