This journey started in 2006 when my wife and I purchased 35 acres of remote land near the Colorado/Wyoming border. My initial plan was to build this kit Jamaica Cottage Shop Vermont Cottage My first of many mistakes was purchasing this before finding out what my county would allow to … Read more
Six big reasons our family has lived tiny for eight years It started off as a girl and her dog, Denver. Eventually, I met my partner, James, who came on board. We’ve had a couple of kids, Hazel (6), and Miles (5), and they found a cat, Ginger. Together, the … Read more
We are Charlie & Dale, two climbers from Bristol in the UK. In January 2019 we took the plunge and bought our bright yellow ex-DHL van called Ringo, and started to convert it into a campervan. For the previous year, we had spent a lot of time designing and planning … Read more
Six years ago, Mike, Lacie, and their three kids downsized left the city and moved into a small yurt in the country to try their hand at homesteading. Like so many people, they dreamed of living off the land and growing their own food, and with a lot of hard … Read more
Deciding to downsize their lives, Kathleen and Greg from Capsule Tiny Footprint went from a downtown apartment to a 140 square foot camper trailer home. For the first year of the experiment, they parked their 1969 camper trailer at a friend’s house in the back yard. They then purchased a … Read more
Nicolás, with my wife Sandra, made a tiny house in Patagonia, Argentina. He emailed me to share it with you and also the new blog he has started about tiny houses in Argentina. Here is their story and some pictures of the tiny house. Right now with my family, we … Read more
We Did as Seniors and Ended up Loving it by Richard & Laura Pawlowski Are you considering test living in a tiny home — before you buy or build one? Or, are you having trouble paying your mortgage or paying rent and need a new place to live? Perhaps you … Read more
We’ve all been there, where we look at our current lifestyle of accumulating more, aiming for bigger jobs, more money, bigger homes, more clutter, and wonder does any of it even matter? Does any of it bring true meaningful joy? Bigger homes come with more responsibility, require more income, and … Read more
Dan Madsen, also the owner of Oasis Skate Shop in Hilo, Hawaii and Mixed Plate Designs, has been building and designing since he was 12. From constructing tree-houses and small skateboard ramps to later, regular houses and very large skate ramps, Dan has become a skilled craftsman. He has spent … Read more
Hello, we are TheBHiveFamily! We are writing today in the hopes of sharing our message with your audience regarding the different topics we treasure. We’ll return to those shortly but first, a little background on us. John was a former Special Forces Marine with 14 years of service to date, … Read more
Leney is a very unique tiny home dweller. Not only does she follow her passion for her own style of journalism, but she also gains a mobile income from thrifting vintage clothing. Not every tiny home on wheels has to be big to be home, it only has to provide … Read more
While I currently don’t live in a tiny house, a future downsizing is in order and it will require my husband and I to eventually go smaller. So, am I gathering together house plans, materials, old windows, and tiny appliances? Heck no. I have no plans to ever build a … Read more