Tiny House Landscape

Fly Fisherman’s DIY Tiny House Built with Recycled Materials

Seasoned fly fisherman, Alan Peak built a simple yet very clever tiny house on wheels using recycled and reclaimed materials. He parked it on his own land, a beautiful wooded lot. It’s located in a rural neighborhood just outside a Colorado mountain town. Ultimately, after much hard work preparing the land, Alan created the perfect fly fishing adventure basecamp. His small parcel is triangular-shaped and mostly uphill. For that reason, it was considered unbuildable. Alan had to do significant grading work to create a level …

Just Park It: Fields, Ranches and Casinos of NorCal

by Alexis Stephens

Northern California stretches from San Luis Obispo County to the Oregon state line. It is diverse, grandly beautiful and chock full of tiny houses. They can be found on farms, ranches, vineyards and of course, backyards. Beginning March 5th, we could see them greatly multiply across San Luis Obispo backyards after the new zoning ordinance officially takes effect. Our Fall tiny house travels took us to Santa Rosa. There we stayed in a field, to be turned into a tiny-friendly campground in the future. We …

Just Park It: FREE and Off Grid in Las Cruces

by Alexis Stephens

On our late fall tiny house road trip through southern New Mexico, it felt like spring. Warm, sunny days and cool nights. We discovered an enchanting free boondocking site on the outskirts of Las Cruces. For four days, our backyard was the rugged Organ Mountains. Specifically, we were parked in a Baylor Canyon BLM dispersed camping area within the Organ Mountains-Desert Peaks National Monument. Felt remote, but had connectivity perks. The close proximity to the city meant strong cell service. It was also just a …

Lessons Learned from Traveling 54,000 Miles with Our Tiny House

by Alexis Stephens

When I sat down to write this article, I started to make a list of all the lessons that I have learned over the past three and half years of tiny house travel. My first draft included over 50 examples of personal growth, travel realities, and tiny house movement insights. I just can’t stop thinking up things my partner, Christian, and I have learned after making 37 states our temporary home. What an excellent problem to have! Seven years ago, I could have never imagined …

Just Park It: Skoolie Homestead in New Mexico

by Alexis Stephens

Homesteading can take many forms, as we learned in our recent visit to northern New Mexico. Our friends, Trebventure, are a family of five. They converted a school bus into a stunning home on wheels. Together they traveled for several months, enjoying the freedom of nomadic living. When they felt ready to settle down, they looked for land in their beloved Corrales, NM, where they used to live in a big house. After securing land, this sweet young family created a homestead oasis, just off …

Just Park It: Tiny House Communities in Durango, CO

by Alexis Stephens

One of our recent tiny house parking spots was in beautiful Durango. It is located in southwestern Colorado where the high desert meets the mountains. This bustling little city is known as mountain biking and kayaking haven. It now becoming known as a tiny house friendly city, offering multiple legal parking options within city limits and possibly more to come. We explore all that Durango has to offer in episode 8 of Today’s Tiny House Parking Spot. Christian and I came specifically to talk …

Just Park It: Tiny House Boondocking in Moab

by Alexis Stephens

Welcome to Today’s Tiny House Parking Spot! In episode 7, we parked our tiny home in beautiful Moab, Utah. We boondocked for ?a full week at an incredible free camping site, just outside of Arches National Park. Our tiny house was 100% off-grid. There was no access to hookups in this dispersed, rugged camping area.[pullquote align=”normal” cite=”FreeCampSites.net”]Boondocking is essentially camping without hookups. You may also hear it referred to as ‘dry camping’. Often, dry camping means staying in a campground without hookups, whereas, boondocking typically …

A New Tiny House Resort Community Comes to Pennsylvania

by Alexis Stephens

Despite the exploding popularity of tiny houses, there are still relatively few options to experience tiny living first-hand. Even scarcer, legal parking options. But how do you go about changing all of that? Meet Abby Hobson, a young, enthusiastic entrepreneur with a big vision. [pullquote align=”normal” cite=”Abby Hobson, CEO of Tiny Estates”]Tiny Estates aims to e people the opportunity to create their own opinion of what a tiny house and being in one can be like. So much of the tiny house “struggle” is due …

A Very Special Tiny House Story Time

by Alexis Stephens

Join several of your favorite tiny housers from the movement and TV for a special story time of The Big Adventures of Tiny House. This is a inspiring story of adventure and community, and most importantly a fresh take on the meaning of home. An old farmhouse reinvents himself. He gets recycled into something new: TINY, a little house with a big heart – and WHEELS! Read by… Zack Giffin, Tiny House Nation Bryce Langston, Living Big in a Tiny House Jay Shafer, Four Light …

Newly Approved Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village

by Alexis Stephens

An urban tiny house pocket neighborhood is a dream come true for many in the movement. Not everyone can be a digital nomad. That’s why proximity to jobs is still necessary for many tiny home dwellers. Most existing tiny house communities are rural or located in hybrid RV parks, not everyone’s cup of tea. The planned Lake Dallas Tiny Home Village offers a desirable opportunity for those looking for an urban living experience, with the benefits of a small town. It’s just outside of the …

7 Things You Might Not Know About Tiny House Community Life

by Alexis Stephens

A few years ago, almost no one had even heard of a tiny house. But now? Across the nation, more than a dozen cities are become officially tiny-home friendly and 50-plus communities of tiny homes have cropped up—everything from intimate backyard co-ops and tiny house/RV parks to upcoming full-on urban developments. My main squeeze, Christian and I have had the pleasure of becoming temporary residents of more than a dozen of tiny home communites, of all kinds. If there’s one thing we have learned, downsizing …

Tiny Lots on the Prairie

by Alexis Stephens

Imagine an adorable tiny home nestled in big sky country on the wide-open, peaceful prairie. Sound appealing? Now add a handful of kind neighbors and a slew of sweet dogs. Sound even better? If you answered yes and yes, Tiny Lots on the Prairie might just be the perfect fit for you and your tiny house on wheels. It is a quaint tiny house community in Decatur, Texas, within the greater Dallas-Fort Worth area. I had the pleasure of visiting with my tiny home this …