Several years into living in our tiny house, we adopted a cat. We love our cat, but she immediately raised a number of questions about the design of our home. It was clear that nobody had thought of a cat inhabiting the home. We didn’t know where ...
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Alabama Custom Cabins Designed These Units to Be Handicap Accessible
Today we have a cool project to share with you by Alabama Custom Cabins. As the company explains, "We have accomplished a cabin design for Handicap/Disabled individuals that have been approved to be placed in State Parks throughout the United States. ...
This Tiny Van Conversion is a Work of Art, Inside and Out
It’s time to share another beauty by Supertramped Conversions, a company that takes ordinary vans and transforms them into magical abodes drenched in wonder. This van conversion is named “Vera.” The builder writes, “So I finally get to present ...
Check Out Ernie’s Tiny House in a Van {42 Photos}
Today I have a very special tiny van home to share with you created by Supertramped Conversions. The builder writes, “The customers wanted a beach hut, surf shack, shabby chic tiny home but I didn’t want to just make a “normal” tiny home.” The result ...
This Private Residence by Edge Design Shows Off Configurable Furnishings In Small Spaces
Edge Design has become one of my favorite architects working on building solutions for tight spaces. This home is called simply, “Private Residence,” on the firm's website. There is unfortunately no actual information posted about it, so I do not ...
These Tiny Containers Might Be the Coolest Student Housing Ever
I remember moving into my first dorm room. I was amazed at how small it was, and wondered where I would put everything. I was also surprised to discover I could get by fine on very little space, and that I didn’t mind sharing with a roommate. But was ...
10 Practical Tips for Living in a Tiny House With Children
If you have children, there are a lot of benefits to living in a tiny home. You can save money on housing and utilities, which means you have more to spend on your kids. You can also teach them about frugality and eco-friendly living. But there ...
The Sun Hung Kai/The Wing II Showflat Is a Crystalline Dream
Edge Design Institute is an architectural firm with an interest in creating small livable spaces which are at once beautiful and functional. By far one of their most beautiful creations is the Sun Hung Kai/The Wing II Showflat. There is no ...
9 Borderline Genius Tips for Living in a Tiny House With a Pet
Moving into a tiny house with a pet might sound easy. A lot of tiny house dwellers do live with a cat or a small dog—or sometimes even a big dog. But if you decide to take the plunge, you will discover that it is harder than advertised. There are a ...
Aggregated Stacks Proves You Can Make Storage Out of Anything
This post will be a brief one, since it’s not actually a tiny house—instead, it is a storage solution which I think would work great in a tiny home. This cool set of shelves called “Aggregated Stacks” was created by Andrea Zittel, a designer who ...
This Beautiful Minimalist Tiny Kitchen Is Positively Luminous
In this short post, I would like to share a minimalist kitchen created by Salt & Water Architecture and Yacht Design. The kitchen was commissioned by a family in Novi Sad. The kitchen is in tight quarters, so it was necessary to utilize the ...
This Tiny Space Blends Indoors and Outdoors
This will be a quick post as it is not a showcase of an entire tiny house—just one tiny space, specifically a C140 Salon by Salt & Water Architecture and Yacht Design. The goal of the project was to make a connection between indoors and ...
This Tiny Apartment Has a Very Cool and Unusual Feature
Karin Matz Arkitekt is a Swedish architect with some very clever design ideas for tiny spaces. When presented with a project to convert the ground level of a 19th century stable into a studio apartment, Karin Matz went with a very unusual approach ...
This Tiny House in Alaska Set a World Record
When Tom Marsik and Kristin Donaldson set out to build a tiny house, they managed to set a world record doing it. With 2 bedrooms and 2 bathroom, it isn’t the world’s smallest house, but it is the world’s most air-tight house with a ...
This Tiny Stockholm Apartment Was Once a Furniture Storage Unit
While most of the tiny dwellings we feature on our site are standalone houses, now and again I run into a tiny apartment which is well worth sharing. This one in Heleneborgsgatan, Stockholm, Sweden started life as a furniture storage unit, a purpose ...
Brian and Teri’s Off-The-Grid Tiny House Is Every Homesteader’s Dream Come True
If you are looking for a great all-around resource on homesteading and tiny house design, it is hard to beat the Homestead Honey blog. This blog is run by Teri, who together with husband Brian, decided to build an off-the-grid tiny house from the ...
Luane Brauner’s Rustic Housetruck in New Zealand’s Clouds
Luane Brauner, originally from East Germany, has now lived in New Zealand in a housetruck for many years. Her home looks over Golden bay, which is in the North of the South Island of New Zealand. On the property where she lives she has two structures ...
The Garden Igloo Is an Elegant Backyard Getaway
If you are looking for a backyard “shed” which isn’t a shed at all, and don’t mind a lack of privacy, you might be intrigued by the “Garden Igloo.” This little geodesic dome is made entirely out of 100% recyclable PVC and PA6 materials which will ...
Check Out this Gorgeous and Tiny Backyard Retreat in Los Angeles
Homeowners are often faced with the decision of adding on to their current home or moving to a larger space. These next owners decided to stay in their beloved Los Angeles home and add a separate guest house with an office space in the backyard. The ...
These 35 Enchanting Tiny Houses Look Just Like Real Life Fairy Houses
If you’ve been looking to beautify your lawn or garden this year, chances are good you’ve stumbled across one of this year’s biggest landscaping trends: tiny fairy houses. These imaginative little structures include all kinds of whimsical details, ...
Adventurous Family of Three Sell Home to Live in an RV
Marissa and Nathan are parents to a two-year-old girl who recently decided to completely change their life by selling their normal-sized house to move into an RV full-time. This wasn’t a decision they came to lightly, of course. They first spent a ...
New York Man Makes the Most of His 78sf Apartment
We’re sure you’ve heard of the astronomical rent prices for small apartment in New York City with some even being called matchboxes. While the term may be an exaggeration for most, it isn’t for Luke Clark Tyler who lives happily in a 78-square foot ...
Self-Taught Builder Graduates to Incredible Tiny House with Elevator Bed
Ana White learned how to build while she and her husband were building their own home. Since then, she’s developed a passion for it and has become an expert at construction. Her latest project for clients was this incredible tiny house that’s not ...
This Couple Live Off-Grid in their 210sf Solar-Powered Tiny House
When this couple decided to “go tiny” they decided they would do it all the way and went completely off-grid as well through the use of solar energy. This 210 square foot house was designed to be completely self-sustained and to look good while doing ...
