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• Cozy cabin in the woods, perfect tiny beach house, urban living in a tiny city dwelling, rustic retreat in the mountains, and modern minimalism in a tiny home are some of the must-see tiny house tours.
• Tiny living offers benefits such as minimal living expenses, minimal environmental impact, encouragement of a minimalist lifestyle, and a closer connection to nature. However, it also presents challenges such as limited storage space, the need to downsize possessions, planning for mobility and utilities, finding personal space and privacy, and insulation and climate control challenges.
• Sustainable living in tiny homes involves using sustainable materials, off-grid living with solar panels and rainwater collection, maximizing natural light and ventilation, and implementing composting toilets and graywater recycling.
• Creating a quaint cottage with big style can be achieved through the use of vintage furniture and cozy textiles, soft pastels and muted tones, clever storage solutions, antique accessories and vintage accents, and the creation of cozy nooks and intimate spaces.

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A Tiny House on Wheels: The Ultimate Mobile Living

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Sustainable Living in a Tiny Eco-Friendly Home

A Quaint Cottage With Big Style

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Innovative Designs: Pushing the Boundaries of Tiny Living

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I’m Theodore, and I love tiny houses. In fact, I’m the author of Tiny House 43, a book about tiny houses that are also tree houses. I think they’re magical places where imaginations can run wild and adventures are just waiting to happen.

While tree houses are often associated with childhood, they can be the perfect adult retreat. They offer a cozy space to relax and unwind, surrounded by nature. And since they’re typically built on stilts or raised platforms, they offer stunning views that traditional homes simply can’t match.

If you’re looking for a unique and romantic getaway, a tree house tiny house might just be the perfect option.

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Living in a tiny house, embracing simplicity: how tiny homes are revolutionizing retirement living.

• Tiny home living can provide physical and financial benefits for older adults, including a simpler and stress-free lifestyle, improved physical and mental health, and cost savings on utilities, taxes, repairs, and maintenance.
• Customizable features such as wheelchair ramps and handrails can help older adults age in place safely, while living in a central location can make it easier to attend doctor appointments and run basic errands.
• Tiny house communities can increase social interaction and regular socialization, which can help combat loneliness and isolation, major issues for the senior community.
• Downsizing from a family home after retirement can help older adults live a fulfilling retired lifestyle and achieve more freedom and mobility.

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Customization and accessibility, improving physical and mental health, how much does it cost to build a tiny home and what factors affect the cost, are there any regulations or restrictions on where you can park a tiny home, how do you handle waste management and utilities in a tiny home, can you have pets in a tiny home, what are some challenges that come with downsizing to a tiny home and how can they be overcome.

Hi, I’m Emma. I’m the Editor in Chief of Tiny House 43, a blog all about tiny houses. While tree houses are often associated with childhood, they can be the perfect adult retreat. They offer a cozy space to relax and unwind, surrounded by nature. And since they’re typically built on stilts or raised platforms, they offer stunning views that traditional homes simply can’t match. If you’re looking for a unique and romantic getaway, a tree house tiny house might just be the perfect option.

Retired Teacher’s DIY Tiny House on Wheels: A Journey of Construction and Dreams

Retired Teacher Builds Diy Tiny House On Wheels!

• Bill Knapp, a retired teacher, is building his own DIY tiny house on wheels as a way to downsize and live a simpler life while still having a home base for travel and exploration.
• Bill’s passion for building and designing is evident in his tiny house project, which features leaded glass cupboard doors for aesthetic appeal and natural light, as well as a freestanding solar array for sustainable energy usage.
• Despite facing various challenges during the building process, Bill’s experience in construction and his love for building have allowed him to manage the project efficiently and ensure that it meets his high standards.
• Bill’s tiny house on wheels is a unique and personalized space that showcases his commitment to sustainability and desire to live a self-sufficient lifestyle.

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Building process, unique features, what inspired bill to start building tiny houses in retirement, how did bill source the materials for his tiny house build, what challenges did bill face during the construction process, and how did he overcome them, does bill plan to live in his tiny house full-time, or is it for occasional use, what advice would bill give to someone interested in building their own tiny house, building a tiny house, kate’s resilience and resourcefulness: how she transformed a builder’s bail into tiny home triumph.

From Builder Bail To Tiny Home Triumph: Kate’s Inspiring Journey

• Building a tiny home presents challenges such as limited space and sourcing affordable, quality materials.
• Resourcefulness and creativity are valuable in overcoming obstacles such as sourcing affordable, quality materials and maximizing limited space.
• Perseverance and hard work are essential in achieving goals, even when lacking construction experience.
• Kate’s journey serves as an inspiration to pursue dreams, even when the road ahead seems uncertain, and that setbacks can be transformed into triumphs with hard work and dedication.

Interest and Inspiration

Building challenges and solutions, lessons learned, what was the total cost of building lycaenidae, and how did kate budget for it, how did kate and her husband decide on the layout and design of their tiny home, did kate encounter any legal or zoning issues while building and living in her tiny home, how has living in a tiny home impacted kate’s daily routine and lifestyle, what advice would kate give to someone who is considering building their own tiny home.

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Tiny House Video Tours

Do you love Tiny House Video Tours? Below you can watch a detailed tour of my house and DOZENS of video tours of other Tiny Houses! Go ahead, get your binge on.

My Tiny House Video Tour

This video tour of my Tiny House was taken in March of 2017, at Mt. Hood Tiny House Village, where I parked and acted as a campground host. The video was shot, edited, and published by Dylan Magaster.

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Other Tiny House Video Tours

I’ve toured dozens of tiny spaces and met hundreds of interesting people living in alternative dwellings. Below you will find a collection of video tours I filmed to share this unique, alternative lifestyle with you. Enjoy!

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C’est vraiment super. J’adore la table (surtout quand on est invité). Je ne sais pas si tu pourras nous accueillir: un enfant et un chien… Je regarde de temps en temps voir ou vous en êtes, c’est vraiment sympat. Étant anti “livre-visage” je ne peux pas te laisser de message. En reregardant cette vidéo j’en profite donc. Nous, nous allons construire un maison. Ca devrait commencer dans quelques semaines. Je tiendrais donc un blog “Giant house tiny journey” car nous ne pourrons plus la déplacer et ruiné par l’emprunt nous ne pourrons plus voyager. J’essayerais de te joindre par tel un de c’est 4. Les USA nous manque mais pour se consoler nous irons en écosse cet été. Bise à vous trois!

PS : je ferais l’effort d’écrire en anglais la prochaine fois. Pour toi ça ne changera rien tu devras quand même traduire pour Jenna.

Haha, merci pour ton message l’ami! J’ai vu ton appel mais j’étais en pleine interview pour la télé… Dis-moi, t’es encore sur Besançon? On devrait passer en France fin novembre, mi-décembre. Je te rappelle dès que j’y pense, ou tu peux me rappeler aussi. Bises!

que linda experiencia, los felicito desde Argentina, son unos genios.

Welcome to Skyo! I feel honored that you wanted to stay at our place. Just wish I could have been there to say hi and see your beautiful little home in person.

Thank you so much for your hospitality. This place is so amazing we might change the locks 😉 Seriously though, we are the ones honored to stay on your beautiful property!

Hey, there! I found this house and decided to watch the video (it is PRETTY amazing btw!) and I couldn’t stop thinking… How do you have internet? Is it included in your house…? Do you pay for it every month…?Do you stop at cafeterias and restaurants every day? Could you please explain?? Im confused!

Thank you! We use our phones as hotspots and we use free internet whenever we can.

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Escape eOne Tiny House Tour

This is an Escape eONE tiny house on wheels! It’s the all-electric version of their Escape ONE with a slightly different floor plan featuring a double loft layout with a connecting, railed catwalk. This tiny house boasts a large kitchen, windows, and a cozy downstairs living area that can also be used as an office. [...]

Escape eVista XL Tiny House Tour

This is the Escape eVista XL tiny house on wheels! One of these units will become available at a discount on Tuesday, 25, 2024! Check this page for availability and pricing, and enjoy the tour below. Let us know what you think about it in the comments! 26-ft. eVista XL Tiny House on Wheels VIDEO [...]

Escape eBoho Go Tiny House Tour

This is an Escape eBoho Go tiny house on wheels! eBoho GO is an all-electric (EV) ESCAPE with an intimate, functional space that has built-in fixtures, lots of natural light and multiple opening windows. The floor plan offers flexibility for many uses, including private office, rental unit, or guest house…just to name a few. One [...]

Mountain Shire’s “House of Dragons” Tiny Home!

Nestled in the enchanting landscapes near the Smoky Mountains of Tennessee lies Mountain Shire, a whimsical haven for tiny house enthusiasts and fantasy lovers alike. Today, we’re thrilled to take you through their spellbinding “The House of Dragons” tiny home, thanks to Jenna at Tiny House Giant Journey. The House of Dragons Tiny House in [...]

Murphy Bed Van Life: Yes or No?

This is a quick video demonstrating van life with a Murphy bed! During day mode, the bed hides into one of the van’s walls, acting as a sleek entertainment center. It quickly folds down for sleep mode when it’s time for bed. Would you consider this option for your own van life layout? Video: Murphy [...]

Building a Luxury Van Conversion in 60 Seconds

Ever wonder how to build a luxury van conversion with a walnut interior? In this short video, Lucas Ravizza of Ravizza Luxury Vans transforms a cargo van into a luxury camper van in just 60 seconds, a process that normally takes 8 months. How long would do you think it take you to convert a [...]

Two Bed Two Bath 10×40 Tiny House

Incredible Tiny Homes has several communities offering different levels of privacy, lot sizes, and rent prices. The Mountain has some truly spectacular lots that are private and spacious. Bill and Carmen snagged one of the lots before the electricity and plumbing made it up there, so they live entirely off-grid right now. Bill has done [...]

Southern Heights Small House Village

So you want to downsize, but you’re not ready to go tiny — and you’d like to own your land instead of leasing. Well, Randy at Incredible Tiny Homes has an opportunity for you! He’s planning a subdivision in Morristown, Tennessee where homeowners can pick from several small house designs (between 800-1500 square feet) and [...]

Little Italy Tiny House Community: Corcoran, CA

Here’s a new-to-us community that’s developing beautifully in Corcoran, California. The community is only available right now to people who purchase homes from Pacifica Tiny Homes, and the cost is your house payment plus utilities. They do plan to expand in the future. You have your own little lot where you can put up a [...]

Her Raised Roof Short Bus Conversion

Alyssa built out her own bus conversion, but it’s not her first bus! She lived in a different one before tackling this awesome project with some help from a professional skoolie outfitter. She used everything she learned from living in the first bus and used it to make this bus perfectly functional for her needs. [...]

Couple and Newborn in Super Stylish Skoolie

Dakota and Dalton live with their newborn baby in an amazing DIY skoolie that might be one of the most stylish (and functional!) that we’ve ever featured. They chose a unique layout with their bathroom at the very back of the bus, and wait until you see how they incorporated rattan, gold, and swans into [...]

Musician’s 7 Years in a Tiny House

Annie wanted to pursue her music career more seriously, so she decided to downsize into a tiny house on wheels! This traditional-style THOW has been her home outside of Portland, Oregon for almost 7 years now. She has room for her instruments and a little area to work from home. Her loft has about 4 [...]

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Jessica was ready to leave her regular days in construction and hit the road — but on a budget! She found this low-top van on Facebook Marketplace already built out and for only $7,000. After updates and mechanical repairs, her total cost was $9,500 for the rig. Incredibly, her jewelry business took off after posting [...]

From 33 Acres to 33 Feet: Luxury RV Living

Brent and Pat had a 33-acre farm that they sold to move into a 2022 Living Vehicle Pro EV — a luxury trailer that’s 33 feet long! They sold all of their belongings, downsized into the compact space, and have no regrets. The RV has clean lines and a bright interior that makes it feel [...]

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Tiny houses are all the rage! Why? It all began with the  small house movement , an architectural and social movement that advocates living simply in tiny houses. General speaking, a tiny house is any home less than 1,000 square feet, built with the intention of living purposefully and sustainably. A conscious movement to have less, and do more. Or, to do more with less. Either way, the tiny house is a step toward using your space; walking away from the trend of having space for the sake of space. Tiny houses are lovable and creative homes. Homes that you can very easily order, buy off the market, or build yourself ! From small and basic (plywood everything), to astoundingly complicated (walls that move), we've rounded up some more of our own favorites here! Check them out!

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May 6, 2015 at 8:06 AM

Link to Victorian house doesn’t work. Would like to see that gallery.

May 6, 2015 at 11:19 AM

Fixed the link. Check it out here: http://tinytexashouses.com/painted-lady-tiny-victorian-house/ 🙂

May 6, 2015 at 3:16 PM

Would love to see the inside of these homes, especially the victorian one. How many sq feet??

May 6, 2015 at 6:22 PM

I pulled a 33 ft RV around for 14 years ( and lived in it) and I am more than a little aware of what an vehical can pull as far as weight goes. I see these tiny homes made of a LOT of wood(heavy) and on wheels. But there is no mention of how much they weigh. I ended up pulling my (lived in) RV with a one ton dually. Even tho I had been pulling it with a 1/2 ton that was set up to tow. The wt of truck and RV only came to 17,000 lbs. which is a feather wt for my truck ( I had it set up to tow a 40 ft Fifth wheel which would have weighed in at around 24 to 34,000 plus pounds. The truck was rated to pull 36,000 lbs. Sooo seeing these tiny houses on wheels and. no info for wt. is a little scary to say the least. Where would I get THAT info?

September 30, 2020 at 9:32 PM

i love the vitorian house

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Dwell’s Top 10 Tiny Homes of 2018

Not only do these micro dwellings offer a gateway to downsizing, but they also prove that limited square footage doesn't have to preclude refreshing, innovative design. Scroll ahead to take a peek at the tiny abodes that made the biggest impact on our readers this year. From an old grain silo reborn into an unexpected oasis to a network of small prefabs that allows users to "pay as you live," these stories illustrate you can still live large in pocket-size spaces.

10. Tiny, Modular Smart Homes That Aim to Relieve the Demand For Affordable Housing

Prefabricated and stackable, Kasita's high-density units may be a solution to America’s affordable housing crisis—with tech-enabled, high-quality design to boot.

9. This Canadian Trio Builds Contemporary Tiny Homes Starting Under $69K

The three artisans of Minimaliste Houses are crafting more than just affordable tiny homes with sleek, minimalist aesthetics—they're building a new way of life.

8. A Tiny Trailer Home That Boasts Soothing Beach Vibes

Inspired by the calming sea, an Oregon–based builder crafts a beach-inspired tiny home trailer and sells it within a month of listing for $72,500.

7. A Well-Traveled Couple Launch a Line of Sleek Homes on Wheels

The husband-and-wife duo behind Living Vehicle tell us the story behind the off-grid, mobile home that is shaking up the industry.

6. An Old Grain Silo Makes an Enchanting Tiny Home in Phoenix

Tucked into the urban grid, a 340-square-foot grain silo becomes an unexpected desert oasis that overcomes several design challenges.

5. An 860-Square-Foot Tiny Home Becomes a Summer Haven For a Family of Five

Nestled near Lake Michigan, a family finds peace and relaxation in an off-grid tiny home.

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Smart, sustainable, and minimalistic—these "location-independent, pay-as-you-live" prefab tiny homes introduce a new genre of urban living.

3. A Tiny Home and Writing Studio Invented For a Children's Author

The newest model from New Frontier Tiny Homes was designed for bestselling author Cornelia Funke, and is now available for $125,000.

2. A Midcentury-Inspired Tiny House That Radiates Clever Design

With a base price of $79,000, this 194-square-foot trailer is a complete tiny house on wheels and offers its owners flexibility of layout, as well as a wide range of optional customizations.

1. This Oregon Company Crafts Exceptional Tiny Homes Starting at $40K

Hunkered down during a week-long snow storm, three couples hatch a plan to build purposefully designed and expertly crafted tiny homes under the moniker Tiny Heirloom.

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Inspired by the ocean and the elements. This coastal design is  built  around the view. Towering windows mixed with an open and spacious layout make this space feel open and bright. With luxurious finishes and materials, this home holds nothing back. The Athos tiny home is the first in our Ourea luxury line of tiny homes and it is truly one of a kind.

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In a world where the principles of minimalism and sustainability are gaining increasing popularity, the movement on tiny house plans has garnered substantial attention. Leading the charge in this movement are Tiny Houses on Wheels (THOWs), which present innovative design solutions enabling people to live comfortably while reducing their carbon footprint. 

There are many ideas regarding THOW concepts and design that shed light on the advantages of mobile living solutions, the harmonious relationship between sustainability and compact living, off-grid concepts, and practical furniture options for these diminutive yet highly efficient dwellings.

The tiny house movement, particularly Tiny Houses on Wheels, is gaining traction as people embrace sustainable and minimalist living.

• THOW offers a unique lifestyle with the freedom to wake up to different views and locations regularly. 
• Living in a tiny house on wheels isn't just about simplicity, it's about sustainability. 
• It holds a promising future, serving as a solution for modern nomads and creative spaces that integrate sustainable living.
• It offers economic efficiency through reduced upfront costs and lower ongoing expenses, making resources available for experiences and adventures.
• It inherently has a smaller ecological footprint due to their minimized space and eco-friendly materials.
• Going off-grid is possible with solar power, water filtration, propane appliances, composting, greywater systems, and rainwater collection.

Emergence and Popularity of THOW Lifestyle

With the world increasingly pivoting towards sustainable living, the tiny house on wheels lifestyle is catching on. More and more individuals are redefining home design and creating their mobile tiny homes. Swapping ostentatious mansions for compact, efficient homes, these pioneers are changing the face of home living.

Imagine waking up with a different view every day—lush forests one week, sunny beaches the next. That's not holidaying—that's living the THOW lifestyle. The mobile tiny homes are not just revolutionizing spaces, they're revolutionizing experiences. In fact, there’s a trend in the market that offers tiny house on wheels for sale . 

For a tiny home to be comfortable, it must be well designed. Unique designs often embrace multi functionality. Every piece of furniture serves more than one purpose, adding layers of functionality to compact spaces.

It isn't just about simplicity—it's about sustainability. These homes, often built with recycled materials, epitomize green living. Some of the best models feature solar panels, composting toilets, and even rainwater catchment systems. They're a testament to what's achievable when we prioritize the planet as much as comfort.

THOW designs hold a promising future. They act as the solution for the modern nomad, integrate sustainable living, and bring forth a lot of room for creativity. Whoever said big things come in small packages must have known about tiny house on wheels—a lifestyle choice that’s redefining our concept of home and living.

Benefits of mobile living solutions

The appeal of mobile living solutions, goes beyond the freedom to travel and explore. It offers various benefits that can make you look for a tiny house for sale!

Here are the primary advantages that make THOW an appealing choice for individuals seeking a more sustainable lifestyle in a minimalist house. 

Economic Efficiency

THOWs offer a significant financial advantage. Conventional homes often come with burdensome mortgages and utility bills, whereas tiny house on wheels owners benefit from lower upfront costs and reduced ongoing expenses. This financial freedom allows individuals to channel their resources into experiences and adventures rather than being shackled by mortgage payments.

Reduced Environmental Impact

Tiny houses on wheels inherently possess a smaller ecological footprint compared to larger, traditional homes. With their minimized physical space, they require fewer construction materials, less energy for heating and cooling, and generate fewer greenhouse gas emissions. Furthermore, THOWs are often designed with eco-friendly materials and systems that amplify their positive environmental impact.

The capacity to relocate one's home at will is a major draw for tiny house on wheels enthusiasts. Whether individuals yearn for a change of scenery, wish to explore new destinations, or need to move for work or family reasons, it offers ultimate flexibility. This mobility empowers individuals to live life on their own terms.

Streamlined Living

The limited space encourages a minimalist lifestyle. Many discover that downsizing their possessions and concentrating on what truly matters leads to a more fulfilling and uncluttered existence. THOWs compel inhabitants to prioritize essentials and eliminate excesses.

Combining Sustainability with Compact Living

Compact living is the heart and soul of the movement, but it's more than just dwelling in a small space; it's about fostering an environmentally responsible and sustainable lifestyle. Here, we explore design principles and ideas that demonstrate the synthesis of sustainability and compact living in THOWs:

Energy Efficiency

You can integrate energy-efficient appliances, LED lighting, and well-insulated walls and windows to curtail energy consumption. Solar panels and wind turbines can also be incorporated to generate renewable energy, empowering homeowners to live off the grid.

Sustainable Materials

Construction can employ sustainable building materials like reclaimed wood, bamboo, and recycled steel. These materials not only mitigate environmental impact but also infuse unique character and charm into the home.

Rainwater Harvesting

Capturing and utilizing rainwater for non-potable purposes like watering plants and flushing toilets can be an eco-friendly enhancement. It diminishes water consumption and dependence on municipal water sources.

Composting Toilets

Traditional flush toilets are notorious water guzzlers. Composting toilets offer a sustainable alternative by transforming waste into nutrient-rich compost, thereby reducing water usage and fostering eco-friendly waste management.

Off-Grid Tiny House on Wheels Ideas

Many enthusiasts dream of going off-grid to attain self-sufficiency and liberate themselves from utility bills. The following are off-grid THOW concepts and solutions to realize this aspiration.

Solar Power

Solar panels are a popular choice for off-grid living. They can generate electricity to power lights, appliances, and even heating and cooling systems. Battery storage systems permit the storage of surplus energy for use during cloudy days or at night.

Water Filtration

Investing in a high-quality water filtration system is imperative for off-grid living. It guarantees a clean and safe water supply, whether sourced from a well, a creek, or a rainwater collection system.

Propane Appliances

Propane-powered appliances, including stoves, water heaters, and refrigerators, can operate independently of the electrical grid. Propane stands out as an efficient and dependable energy source for off-grid living.

Composting and Greywater Systems

As previously mentioned, composting toilets can significantly reduce water usage and eliminate the need for a sewage connection. In addition, greywater systems can treat and reuse wastewater for non-potable purposes, further minimizing water waste.

Rainwater Collection

Installing a rainwater harvesting system can furnish a sustainable water source for your off-grid THOW. Properly filtered and stored rainwater can serve various household needs.

Space-Saving Furniture Options for Your Mobile Home

One of the most formidable challenges is optimizing the utilization of limited space. Ingeniously designed and space-saving furniture can revolutionize the functionality of a tiny home. Consider the following furniture options to make the most of your mobile living space:

Folding Tables

Wall-mounted or collapsible tables can function as dining areas or workstations when required and can be conveniently stowed away when not in use. These tables are especially advantageous in kitchens and home offices.

Murphy Beds

Murphy beds represent a classic space-saving solution. They can be neatly folded up against the wall during the day, liberating valuable floor space. Contemporary Murphy bed designs often incorporate additional storage options.

Loft beds create supplementary floor space by elevating the sleeping area. Beneath the loft, you can harness the space for a home office, storage, or even a cozy sitting area.

Modular Furniture

Modular furniture pieces can be customized and reconfigured to serve different purposes. For instance, modular sofas with built-in storage can be adapted to create a seating area, a guest bed, or even a dining space.

Wall Shelves and Storage

Harnessing vertical wall space is critical. Wall shelves, pegboards, and other storage solutions can help maintain order and accessibility without cluttering the limited floor area.

Sliding Doors and Pocket Doors

Traditional swinging doors can monopolize valuable space when opened. Sliding doors or pocket doors offer sleek alternatives that optimize room space.

Multipurpose Furniture

Hunt for furniture pieces that multitask, such as a sofa that transforms into a bed or an ottoman endowed with concealed storage.

To conclude, Tiny Houses on Wheels (THOWs) epitomize a unique and sustainable way of life, intertwining mobility, compactness, and ecological mindfulness. By embracing it, individuals can relish the advantages of economic efficiency, minimized environmental impact, simplified living, and the liberty to explore new horizons. To further elevate the sustainability and functionality of these homes, the inclusion of off-grid solutions and space-saving furniture is paramount. Whether you are an eco-conscious adventurer or an individual seeking to streamline and simplify your life, THOWs offer an enticing avenue to lead a more sustainable existence without sacrificing comfort and convenience.

Delve into the expanding realm of Tiny Houses on Wheels (THOWs), where the intersection of sustainability and simplicity provides an exceptional way of life, economic effectiveness, and the liberty to travel, all while reducing environmental impacts and adopting a lifestyle in a minimalist house.

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Whether you want to elevate your own backyard property or are considering downsizing, we’ve got all the inspiration you need, including treehouses, A-frames, English garden cottages, and ultra-modern tiny houses—even one that’s in a windmill. And they’re all tiny house rentals , so you book one to test out bite-size living. Keep scrolling for 70 tiny house designs you can share with your contractor or architect or simply scope out for a life-changing vacation.

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Lofty Dreams

Nestled among the trees just outside the town of Woodstock in upstate New York, this treehouse-like tiny home is elevated to create sweeping views of the swimmable pond and surrounding forest. Its most enviable features include a sleeping loft, full walls of windows, a breakfast bar, a wood-burning fireplace, and a barrel-style hot tub.

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Slanted Exterior

Ask any architect: Walls don't have to be straight. The off-kilter style of this pro-built tiny house in the Catskills adds visual interest and makes space for a lofted bedroom, built-in shelves and cabinets, and a breakfast nook with a window seat. It also illustrates how much you can do without electricity or running water.

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This New Paltz, New York, tiny home's interior design is fairly standard, but its showstopping two-tone exterior paint job makes it a standout. The platform it's built on creates a wide deck for eating and hanging out—a simple way to sneak in a few extra square feet.

BOOK NOW $60 per night

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Coastal Views

Set directly on the coastline of Quebec, Canada, this '70s-inspired tiny house has vast square windows along the front for assessing the surf conditions and taking in the views each morning. Don't miss the natural wood built-in storage (including the queen beds' headboards) and ceilings and clever recessed lighting throughout.

Book Now $179 per night

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Quaint Cottage

Tucked away in New Ipswich, New Hampshire, this no-frills cottage, named for its fairy-lights lined porch, can sleep up to three. Its latticed porch, rocking chairs, and weather vane dial up its charm.

Book Now $79 per night

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Architectural Wonder

Designed by Austin-based architect Nicole Blair, this AIA Award–winning tiny house called the Beehive plays with angles to maximize sunlight and square footage. You'll want to bookmark the open-concept kitchen, spacious shower, and efficient staircase for your next trip to SXSW—or your own backyard project.

Book Now $200 per night

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Best All Around

Soft canvas walls give this tiny house in the West Texas hill country a tent-like feel; all the comforts of home, like HVAC and plumbing, elevate its luxury level. Outside, a cedar soaking tub is for unwinding after a day of winery hopping and antiquing. The rustic privacy fencing, elevated deck, and private fire pit, and beautiful landscaping belong on your mood board too.

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Desert Oasis

An ideal distance from Big Bend National Park, this light-filled tiny home in Texas is designed to be a soothing rest spot for adventurers. It's also a case study in how to put clean energy to work in your tiny house, with solar lights, a solar shower, and a composting toilet.

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Scenic Cabin

With sweeping views of Iceland's Kirkjufell Mountain, bay, and even the northern lights, this cabin and its deck are stained green to blend into its awe-inspiring natural surroundings.

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Hillside A-Frame

The Malbec Cabin, nestled in the mountains of Brazil, is in-ground A-frame structure with expansive windows and a working wood-burning fireplace. If they're not enough to grab your attention (or would-be renters'), the rope swing and cozy fire pit definitely are.

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Essentials Only

The Shepard's Hut on England's Cornish coast is no-nonsense in the best way possible. There's a quaint kitchen, fireplace, and Murphy bed, with double doors and farmhouse-style lighting adding to its friendly vibe. Its selling point, however, is the lakefront view and outdoor dining setup. You might want to copy their clever rope-and-post fencing and graveled terrace ideas.

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Bold A-Frame

Just 12 miles from Breckenridge, Colorado, you can't miss this creekside A-frame, painted fire truck red to stand out among the evergreens. Inside, a wood burning fireplace wards off the mountain chill and custom built-ins offer kitchen and bathroom storage. You don't want to miss its cozy loft, either.

Book Now $255 per night

Festive Container

Your tiny house's interior isn't the only place you can express your design personality. This wagon-style spot on England's North Cornish coast has a cheerful two-tone exterior and sports party bunting year round. You'll love the brilliant under-bed storage, floral curtains, and green-painted trim inside, too.

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Urban Windmill

No structure is too small or off-limits for a tiny house, as evidenced by this windmill turned living quarters near Lisbon. The bedroom even features the original mechanisms in the ceiling. Because everything inside is rounded (even the shower and cabinets), it's full of helpful ideas for other challenging small spaces.

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The Greenhouse

Those not opposed to a lack of privacy can opt for glass walls like this greenhouse-esque home's in South Africa. Not traveling soon? Head over for inspiration from its luxury tile, indoor and outdoor fireplaces, and sleek, modern deck. It shows how much life and beauty plants can bring to any tiny house too.

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Looking Glass

Tucked away in the middle of the Catskills forest, this storybook-ready A-frame home is a small but mighty fortress. The view feels twice as special thanks to a full glass front wall.

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Designed by Roderick James, this Scottish insulated aluminum pod offers breathtaking views from dragonfly windows. The futuristic interior is warmed up by wood accents and cozy textiles.

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French Cottage

The stone exterior and interior details of this French cottage make it look like it came straight out of a fairytale. While the overall design of the interior isn't much, the architecture serves as major inspo if you're looking to build your own dreamy tiny home.

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The Family Home

With two bedrooms (including a walk-in closet!), this tiny home is just right for a small family. The fully-equipped chef's kitchen can whip up alfresco meals for warm summer nights. Not to mention, the industrial-meets-cabin aesthetic is sleek and inviting.

At the foot of a volcano in Hawaii, this tiny house—called the Phoenix House—will make you feel as though you've stepped onto another planet as you explore the lava fields and black sand beaches that surround it.

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Take a Virtual Tour of IKEA's New Sustainable Tiny Home

IKEA has designed and built a sustainable tiny home, and the space is available for free virtual tours online.

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There are so many benefits to moving into a tiny home (as long as you can handle living in close quarters, of course) — and IKEA wants to give tiny house hopefuls an inside look at the lifestyle. So, IKEA has designed and built a sustainable tiny home , and the space is available for free virtual tours online.

Along with brand studio Vox Creative, IKEA created the “stylish, sustainable, and affordable” 187-square-foot tiny home , after being inspired by their “shared commitments to sustainability, inclusivity and innovation.” The goal of the project is to prove “that anyone, anywhere can live a more sustainable life,” according to IKEA.

“We built a sustainable tiny home from the ground up to better educate and inspire consumers to bring sustainability into their own lives,” IKEA added. The brand also helps this project will “[generate] awareness of the tiny home and [illustrate] the big impact that small, daily decisions can make for a better, more sustainable world ."

You can take a free virtual tour of IKEA's tiny home online.

The tiny, mobile house was actually built back in March, and IKEA planned to take the tiny home on a tour across the U.S., stopping at various sustainable events around the country, letting people explore the small space. But once the coronavirus pandemic struck, IKEA obviously had to change plans. 

So, IKEA and Vox Creative worked with Curbed to launch an in-depth virtual tour of the tiny home . The virtual tour is scattered with details about the space-saving furniture, electricity, appliances, and more, as well as tips on how people can make their own homes (whether tiny, large, or anywhere in between) more environmentally-friendly — because whether or not you’re ready to move into a tiny home, there’s so much to learn from the tiny home lifestyle.

IKEA's tiny home was photographed for the virtual tour on a sunny open field, flanked by a cozy outdoor seating area and solar panels. Once you virtually enter the Scandinavian design-inspired home, you’ll see eco-minded details like a water-saving sink, a gas-free portable cooktop, a wooden countertop made from “the whole tree,” and kitchen cabinets made from recycled plastic bottles.

Are tiny homes sustainable?

Of course, whether or not a tiny home is sustainable depends on the actual details of the home in question — but generally, tiny homes do have a lower environmental impact than larger homes. Tiny homes use up less land, require less electricity, generate fewer emissions, and require less building materials. They also force residents to downsize, often encouraging a minimalist lifestyle where owners only buy things they truly need. 

According to Virginia Tech PhD Candidate Maria Saxton, who studied the environmental impact of living in tiny homes, people’s energy consumption typically goes down by about 45 percent when they move into a tiny home, as Curbed reported. 

Saxton also found that tiny home owners were more likely to grow their own crops, buy less, recycle more, and produce less garbage — all things that can lower one’s environmental impact. 

In addition, tiny homes often result in significant cost savings, as well as reduced time cleaning and maintaining the home and property.

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11 Best Tiny Houses With Genius Floorplans (Videos & Pics)

Over the last years, we have interviewed and filmed a ton of tiny houses. Houses on wheels primarily.

Some of our home tours have gotten over 1 million views on Youtube, and if you have looked on Youtube for “Tiny Houses” you will have seen some of our home tours.

In this post, we have gathered the very best of the best. We hope you will enjoy it as much we enjoyed visiting all these wonderful people in their amazing tiny homes!

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We’d like to thank each and every one of these amazing people for letting us film their homes. We are very thankful for the opportunity to share all these great tiny spaces with our readers!

Before We Start…

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Let’s dive in!

Tiny House by Chattanooga

We had the pleasure of filming one of the fine tiny houses from Chattanooga   last winter.

They do a really good job and they are also very popular. The houses are built kinda like a 5th wheeler with a gooseneck mount for a truck. And you need a good truck to two this bad boy.

We also took a bunch of pictures from inside the house.

Let’s start with some of the pictures.

The inside is very spacy and the kitchen area takes up a lot of the space. This makes perfect sense as many tiny house people love to cook. (Trust me, I’ve interviewed a lot of them 🙂

See more pictures of the Chattanooga tiny house here .

We love how this house is very open, white, and just overall spacey. There are many different ways to configure the house. You can seal off the bedroom area above the toilet among other things.

Here’s the video home-tour we did of the house: 

Modern Tiny House from Denmark

This tiny house is actually built and designed 30 min from where we live! We live in Denmark and last year one of our friends called us to let us know that we needed to go to “Odder” – a small village outside Aarhus (Denmark’s 2nd largest city) where we live.

And we were NOT disappointed when we went to see that little cute house!

Man, these guys did a great job with the design and floorplan of this house. It’s just different than what you normally see and definitely has that Northern/Scandinavian minimalistic and modern feel to it.

Here’s a shot from the outside.

The dark panels and the staircase really make this house stand out. We really like the mix of dark and light colors here.

Here’s the interior design of the house. The layout is very unique and it really makes sense when you study the floor plan.

There’s plenty of space upstairs and the open space in the middle is great when you need that little extra space.

The space above the bathroom/toilet can be used for watching TV. Notice the dining table as well as the cute and stylish windows.

Maria really enjoyed filming this Tiny house. It was really fun to actually film a Danish tiny house (As we are Danish), But it was also very different from many of the other designs we have seen so far.

Here’s the video home-tour we did of the house last year: 

The floorplan (as well as the images) are from their website (in Danish, but there’s a translate button at the lower right corner).

Bear’s tiny homes

Mark from Bear’s tiny homes   is another really great guy we had the pleasure of meeting last year. He showed us around in his really cool tiny house. Lot’s of great features here as well.

The front porch can slide completely in under the house to make it easier to transport. The house is 24 feet (7,3 meter) long and 207 sq.ft. (19 M2).

It’s a very nice house with cozy cabin-style wooden walls and surfaces.

Here you really get the feeling that you are inside a nice warm cabin in the woods. A very cozy and open space that instantly inspires you to relax and take it easy.

The simple metal lamp in the center of the house is a great touch as well. A very unique house and not like anything else we have seen.

The wood finish is consistent throughout the house.

Of course, you can tell from the pictures but the house had a really nice smell to it. You kind of felt like being in the middle of the f orest. One of the very nice features of this house is how they have placed the master bedroom downstairs.

So many tiny houses would have you sleep upstairs but not everybody can climb the ladder. Especially for elder people, this layout is really great.

Here’s the home tour we filmed with Mark inside the house:

Tiny house with a big porch

The next house we filmed a few weeks before the one above.

We stayed in it for two nights to really get the feel of it and we loved every second of it!

It’s a really nice layout for a super tiny house. You basically just have the kitchen and living area downstairs and then you climb the stairs and enter the sleeping loft. I LOVED sleeping in this cute little home.

Being able to wake up in the middle of nature and just open the window and enjoy your little sleeping loft was a great experience.

Here’s a picture of the house from the side. It has wheels below the little front porch and can be towed.

This is the entrance on the left (behind the cap) where you enter directly into the kitchen/living room area.

We love the white and modern feel of this house. Many American designs are more traditional and covered with darker wood and paint, which can be super-cozy as well. But for a house this tiny we typically prefer very light colors on the walls.

Upstairs you have the sleeping loft which is very tiny.

You can easily sleep up there but you have to bend your neck to get up there as you will see in the video below. We had a little trouble getting up there but we are also both pretty tall.

It’s one of the smallest floor plans we have seen, for a house that didn’t feel too small or claustrophobic (at all).

I think another reason for this is how they have placed the windows. We got a lot of daylight into the main living area.

As we said, we stayed in this tiny house for two nights and it was a great experience.

We loved everything about it and we could easily live in a house like this if we didn’t have kids (luckily we have Max).

And here is a drawing of the layout.

Titan tiny homes

We met Bob from Titan Tiny Homes in Florida last year and he was also kind enough to let us film his amazing tiny house.

It’s a 28 feet (8,5 meter) model and it was brand new when we filmed it. Another really great layout and some really nice and clean white lines along the walls and ceiling.

It has 256 sq.ft. (24 m2) on the ground floor and it has 150 sq.ft. (14 m2) upstairs.

Here’s the kitchen area with glitter on the wall. Pretty cool.

They did a really great job on mixing black and white into the space to create some masculinity and style.

It also has a full burner stow and a ton of cabinet space. So storage is not going to be a problem.

The loft is spacious and you have a great view over the house from here. Bob also put some nice lamps on the wall between the windows which are really cozy during night time.

It has a California King mattress upstairs with a really nice sleeping arrangement. There’s also space for another TV around the bed or you can choose to have extra storage for clothes or stuff.

In the video, you get an explanation of why the doors are placed on the side in the back of the house.

It makes room for a much larger living area and when you add the high ceiling you get a very open and nice tiny house. It just doesn’t feel small or squeezed in any way. Great job!

The second sleeping loft above the toilet can also be used for storage. So you don’t have to sell everything or do any extreme downsizing to be able to live in this space.

“The Abbot” by Cornerstone Tiny homes

The next one is one of our favorites. Maybe because Brett was such a great guy. We love the color of this house as well.

This is a 27-foot (8 meters) model with a 12-foot (3,5 meter) front porch

Blue is such a great color for the exterior of a tiny house if you ask us.

The little round window is a cute detail and we also fell for the big window and the Murphy bed !

I can’t believe more people put a Murphy bed in their tiny house. We honestly haven’t seen it before and we have filmed a ton of these houses!

Here’s a shot from the inside of the house.

Very spacious and light. It didn’t really feel like a tiny house when we are sitting there. It felt more like a regular living room And I think the reason would be the amount of daylight coming into the living area through the big windows.

I love how they have these huge windows to let the daylight into the living space.

And here’s a little shot of the Murphy bed. But you can’t really catch this on a photo. Watch the video below instead.

Brett shows the Murphy bed around the 4:50 mark.

The (downstairs) bedroom has a barn-door-style door to close it off. When the Murphy bed is down you can phone got a little writing desk. And inside the Murphy bed they have put in lighting and an electrical outlet so you can charge your phone at night.

This next house is very different from the other tiny houses we have visited. It’s located centrally in the city in a garden.

Dutch tiny garden pod

We filmed this cute little garden pod in The Netherlands. The owner was kind enough to show us around after we talked to the architect behind the project.

It’s working as an office space but it has everything you need to live in it: A kitchen( ette ), sleeping sofa, and a toilet.

The house is 280 sq.ft. (26 m2) and it has some very unique features like the top window section (easiest to see in the video below) and some beautiful wooden panels outside the huge windows.

Inside the house, they have built-in bookshelves all the way at one of the sides. It looks great and they have a special-made ladder that attaches to the shelving units so it’s fixed.

A very nice twist!

I think this is a little too much with all the stuff but it is used as an office So the owner chose to have a lot of books and work material close by. Here’s a shot that was taken from the entrance of the house.

You have the little kitchenette to the left and the door in the middle leads to the bathroom, which you can see in the video below (along with the rest of the house).

The best detail is the loft windows. They are angled so the light enters most of the day (explained in the video below).

This little garden pod was really a gem.

Hidden in a city-garden it had everything you need to live in it full-time, even though the owner uses it as an office at the moment.

The next house is another tiny house on wheels.

“Skylight” from Free Range Homes

This is also a very nice tiny house. We love the layout of this one. It’s 24 feet (7,3 meter) long.

We also filmed this house last year and it’s so unique and well done that we had to include it in this post.

They actually put a tub inside this house, but that was hard to catch with the camera lens so you will have to check the video below to see that .

Here’s Maria sitting on the sleeping loft.

Notice how natural and light everything seems. It was a pleasure being up there and it didn’t feel small at all, probably because they have given everything a light finish.

Again, that’s really something we recommend people do with the tiny homes. It just makes it feel bigger!

The dining area (right next to the entrance on the left) is also super spacious. You can easily sit 8 persons here when you add chairs around the table.

The table can be separated into two parts and placed along the wall to the left (besides the entrance). You can see that motion in action in the video below.

A REALLY neat detail that we really loved!

And of course, there’s plenty of storage built-into the seats. You can lift up the seat of the bench and have a ton of stuff down there.

Just as a lot of the other tiny houses this house had a full-size fridge and a four-burner stove.

So you don’t have to compromise on the kitchen space and interior. For most of the houses, we have seen people really like to cook. So it’s important to have what you need to cook a good meal.

“A New Beginning” tiny home (one of our absolute favorites!)

We had the pleasure of filming Adam Lehman’s home-built tiny house at the Tiny House Festival north of Colorado last year. He actually built everything here himself and he did an amazing job!

The house is 270 sq.ft. (25 m2) and we were impressed by how much storage and space it had. You can read more about it on this Facebook page .

The tiny windows at the top is a really nice feature that adds so much atmosphere to this design!

Here’s the view from the entrance and up towards the sleeping loft. The loft is super spacious because the ceiling is extra high.

The contrast between the white and dark wood is great and really gives this house that extra atmosphere.

The dark colors on the inside are the same color as the darker wood on the exterior. Just a cool details we didn’t notice at first.

The table can fold down and make more floor space in the house. A great feature. We also love the little kitchen area and the sofa below the big window. There’s a lot of light in this house with all these windows. There are more than 13 windows as we start counting!

This is a picture taken from the sleeping loft toward the entrance of the house.

You should absolutely watch this video we filmed inside and outside the house last year. There is so many great details we cannot capture on a photo. We explain it all in the video.

Danish tiny home with huge porch

We had the pleasure of visiting Karen Jelnes in her tiny home in our hometown Aarhus. She showed us around her summer home which she built with her husband. They are both architects and as soon as you see the house you can feel the love and passion they threw into this project.

It’s only 236 sq.ft. (22 m2) and they live here with their two kids during the summer period.

From the outside, you can enter the house through the kitchen which is the main part of the house.

The glass-doors can slide open to include the huge front porch as part of the living area.

The porch is a good place to eat and be outside even when it rains.

The kitchen is split into two parts: one indoor part and another outdoor part. A fun way to include the outdoor space in the daily life of a family.

Here’s Karen in the indoor part of the kitchen. You can look directly out into the garden area and you really feel connected to nature when you standing here with the glass-doors aside.

The outdoor part of the kitchen is made with the same wood finish as the exterior of the house. Very nice detail.

There’s much more to this house but we didn’t get any good pictures from the rest of the house. So be sure to watch the video below to see how they manage to fit two children in a pretty small bedroom.

Small brick house in San Francisco (160 sq.ft.)

This small house in San Francisco is totally it’s own.

It was originally a laundry boiler room and now serves as a guest apartment. It has a full-size kitchen and a living room.

It’s squeezed in between other buildings, and the cute factor is high!

The toilet is in the mezzanine section

When you climb up the stairs, you first reach the mezzanine section, where you find the tiny toilet and drawers with space for clothes and belongings.

It’s small, but above the entrance the architects placed a skylight, to lighten up the area.

When you climb the last stairs you get to the sleeping loft. Besides the bed there’s a small window, which is a very nice touch:

The apartment is very clean and simple – not for everyone, but for the city dwellers with a taste for simplicity it can be the perfect spot. The kitchen is big enough to actually cook, and there’s extra table space under the stairway.

Here you can see how the rooms are divided.

You have to like cooking if you were to live in this space full time, as it takes up most of the ground floor.

The entrance door is big, and the glass sections let in a lot of light.

The architect placed the upper floor on top of the brick-part, and I would personally have kept the brick-style all the way up, but it does fit in well with the surrounding buildings.

Photographer: Cesar Rubio  and architect: Christi Azevedo .

Prototype apartment from New York

This is a test apartment from New York City, showing some cool furniture designs.

We especially love how the flatscreen slides out in front of the left side  murphy bed , to transform the room for a movie night.

The Murphy bed to the left might only be used as a guest bed though, because I don’t think you would sleep this close permanently in a “real apartment” space. So it could probably be replaced by a mattress.

The Murphy bed couch is always a great touch, and a really good idea for a studio apartment, where you only have one room.

You NEED to see this as well..

We have written a really good article with 35 great ideas on how to get the most out of a studio apartment .

If you want to see more tiny houses and tiny home tours we have a whole section on the website dedicated to this. Just click on “Tiny Homes” up in the main menu at the top of the page.

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Tour the world's small but mighty tiny homes

Posted: 13 May 2024 | Last updated: 13 May 2024

Small but mighty micro dwellings

When it comes to real estate, we've all been duped into thinking that bigger is better. Yet what could be more clever and enticing than a home that perfectly meets your needs without wasting a single inch of space?

From a floating micro-home that can be located anywhere in the world, to a state-of-the-art pod that's as sustainable as it is smart, click or scroll to take a look at the world's best tiny homes that don't compromise on anything...

Kererū Retreat

This award-winning tiny home in Canterbury, New Zealand is 100% off-grid and just as beautiful. Designed by the team at Studio Well Architecture , the property incorporates locally sourced materials and simplistic design, but that doesn't stop it from being utterly dreamy.

Known as the  Kererū Retreat , the remote holiday home spans less than 190 square feet and was built entirely from salvaged materials, including timber and galvanised iron. Self-sufficient, it boasts solar panels on its roof, a rainwater collection tank and a composting toilet. A small exterior deck is the perfect spot for stargazing and soaking up the surrounding scenery.

Inside, the home's rustic theme continues, with beautiful untreated wood covering the walls, ceiling and floor. As for spaces, there's a hand-crafted kitchen, a dining nook, a sitting area and an elevated bed platform located right next to a huge picture window.

Despite its tiny interior, the house also offers a hidden bathroom and a sleeping loft, meaning it can accommodate up to four people at a time. Recently, the property was recognised, being named a DINZ Best Awards Silver Winner.

Riversdale Retreat

Known as Riversdale Retreat , this architecturally designed tiny home was a finalist in Airbnb’s 2023 Host Awards – and it isn't a surprise. The home is surrounded by native bushland in the Australian town of Chewton, but it's its design and green credentials that make it truly remarkable.

Designed by Insite, the unique property is both eco-friendly and innovative. Imbued with Japanese influences, it features a bold, cantilevered design that allows it to "sit off the land yet be immersed within it", the architects explain . Crafted with bushfire and ESD (Ecologically Sustainable Development) principles in mind, it boasts solar hot water, a rainwater tank and super insulation.

What's more, it benefits from a gorgeous, modern interior with chic furnishings, wood-burning stoves, high ceilings and giant sliding screens that allow the occupant to control the interior climate. Large windows and portholes frame lovely landscape views, while its "floating decks" allow for unobstructed panoramas. 

The pad was also shortlisted at the World Architecture Festival Awards 2009, the High Commendation Houses Awards 2011 and the Commendation Interior Design Awards 2010.

MAJA micro apartment

The Greek capital of Athens is a densely populated city, with almost  3.2 million residents  living in 39 square kilometres (15 square miles). Here, the  average apartment  ranges from between 376 and 1,044 square feet, so space is in short supply.

So when a young family of three moved to the city, they turned to the architects at  KN Group to help them transform their compact flat in this former office building, into a practical and beautiful family home.

Measuring just over 1,000 square feet, the micro home needed to provide space for two adults and a child to relax, cook, dine and sleep, all without compromising on comfort or privacy.

The former office space had a basic layout, so KN Group opted to redesign the floorplan, creating a partition in the middle of the apartment that smartly separates the public spaces from the quiet, private areas. 

There's a small entrance lobby, which flows through to a hallway. From here, there's a luxurious kitchen with a dining area, a family bathroom, a lounge and a master bedroom.

Tucked into a cosy nook is the second bedroom. Created using functional, built-in furniture, the bed can be turned into a sofa, while the shelving unit above acts as a mini library. What's more, ample windows draw plenty of light inside and even provide views of the Acropolis.

Woodland wonder

Featured in Vogue Living and Architectural Digest , this woodland retreat is also award-winning, having been named the Best Guest House or Artist Residence at the 2016 New York Design Awards . Designed by Steven Holl Architects, the impressive cabin is known as Ex of In House and lies in Rhinebeck, New York, on 30 private acres.

The project aimed to create a unique vacation retreat that preserves the natural landscape and habitats around it. "Instead of building today’s typical 'McMansion' of several thousand square feet", the architects instead opted to create a single house of just 918 square feet, with three spherical voids at its centre, resulting in a truly unusual interior.

Available to rent on Airbnb , the property boasts a kitchen and living space on the ground floor, with a staircase leading to the main bedroom. Huge windows and roof lights allow the woodland to merge with the interior, drawing ample light inside. Instead of fossil fuels, the house is heated geothermally while solar panels provide its power.

Movable modular cabin

The Space of Mind modular cabin was initially developed in response to the Coronavirus crisis. With people spending more time at home, the architects at  Studio Puisto in Finland wanted to create a movable cabin that would redefine the idea of a home away from home. The team wanted the property to be adaptable, practical and suitable for almost any location, whether installed in a backyard or a forest clearing.

The designers decided to keep the exterior of Space of Mind a blank canvas, while offering the occupier the chance to transform the interior to suit their individual needs.

The compact cabin boasts custom-made furniture, which is attached to the structure of the house via rungs, giving the residents the freedom to tailor the space as they desire. This also makes the modern cabin timeless, meaning it can be modified now, or in 20 years.

Covering just under 107 square feet, the micro dwelling is compact but space-efficient. A pitched ceiling enhances the impression of space, while a large picture window draws plenty of sunlight inside.

Designed to be transported to any position by crane or helicopter, the house is also entirely sustainable. Formed from ecologically sourced Finnish wood, the cabin can withstand even the harshest of Arctic winters, without the need for insulation.

Sustainable smart home

Functional, environmentally friendly and integrated with smart technology, this living pod is perhaps the world's most sophisticated tiny home. Designed by  Nestron  in Singapore, the Cube One blends futuristic design with sustainable ideas, adding some sci-fi fun to the world of prefabricated architecture.

Designed for dense urban areas where low-cost housing is in high demand, the green home features just 254 square feet of inside space and comes with various interior design options.

Prices start from just £33,100 ($42k) and the Cube One arrives fully furnished and ready for use, but customers can choose add-ons and finishes to make their new home perfectly suited to their needs. Built-in furniture subtly zones areas off for sleeping, cooking and dining.

Smart as well as eco-friendly, the pod comes with built-in electric blinds, smart locks, water filter systems and motion sensor lighting. 

Formed from 90% recyclable construction materials, Cube One is pollution and emission-free. Plus, thanks to its design, it’s also termite resistant. Rooftop solar panels power the home, while its foundation-free construction means it will have minimal impact on the environment.

All units are built-to-order so can be made compliable with any local regulations and can be delivered anywhere in the world.

Award-winning Hamptons beach house

The Hamptons is renowned for being one of America's most expensive places to buy a house. Usually reserved for enormous beach-front mansions and glamorous country piles, this part of the States doesn't usually do things by halves. Yet this inspiring tiny home can be found in the Amagansett Dunes area of East Hampton, just a stone's throw from the sand...

The owners of the property purchased the quarter-of-an-acre plot more than 40 years ago nut, due to local building regulations, were only able to install a 600-square-foot house. So they approached Bates Masi + Architects to design a functional and beautiful coastal home that not only met planning restraints but their individual needs, too.

The award-winning residence boasts two bedrooms, a living room, a dining nook, a kitchen and floor-to-ceiling windows.

Other amenities include zoned air conditioning, a Sonos sound system, a utility area and an outdoor deck. Don't be fooled into thinking this Hamptons home might come with a tiny price tag, though. In fact, it's thought this beautiful building could be the world's most expensive micro dwelling and  last sold in late 2020 for £1.3 million ($1.6m). 

Contemporary glass treehouse

Designed by Cape Town-based architecture studio  Malan Vorster , this spectacular treehouse is the ultimate wilderness retreat. Formed from glass and four cylindrical towers of untreated red cedar, the one-of-a-kind tiny home merges into its woodland setting. Built on a steep sloping plot, the house is elevated off the ground by stilts, in a bid to preserve the surrounding environment. 

Offering a unique "pin-wheel plan layout", the treehouse gains support from columns, arms and rings constructed from laser-cut and folded Corten steel plates, which are connected to the natural timber floors by brass bolts.

A spectacular living area and kitchen occupy the first floor of the house. A neutral palette allows the warmth of the cedar and the stunning treetop views to do all the talking, while the black lines of the furnishings echo the industrial beams that frame the windows.

Enclosed by a glass balustrade, the master bedroom can be found on a snug mezzanine level above the main living zone. Designed to double as a lookout platform, the suite boasts stunning vistas across the exterior landscape.

The bed frame and side table were cleverly built into the wall, creating a minimal, seamless finish that makes the most of every inch of space, while a compact but practical en suite bathroom is tucked away in a nook behind the bed.

America's first 3D-printed house

This beautiful tiny home can be found in Austin, Texas, and is far more than it first appears. Known as Chicon House, the award-winning property was the first 3D-printed home to be built in America, making it ground-breaking as well as stunning. 

Quick to assemble, affordable and resilient, it's hoped that the 3D-printed home will offer a solution to the world's homelessness crisis.

Taking just 24 hours to print, the pad was created by  ICON ,  Bandd Design  and  New Story , a not-for-profit organisation that aims to provide affordable housing solutions for displaced people around the world. 

The home's design was inspired by the colours of the desert and everywhere you look you can see unique textures and beautiful materials. A warm timber ceiling and plenty of glazing add warmth to this stripped-back pad.

In 2018, Chicon House was named one of the best inventions of the year by TIME magazine and it's really no wonder. Spanning just 350 square feet, the compact cabin is made from a concrete composite known as lavacrete, which can withstand extreme weather conditions and even natural disasters.

Costing just £7,900 ($10k) to construct, this revolutionary tiny home could change residential construction as we know it. 

Custom-made crib

Beautiful and inspirational in equal measure, this custom-made miniature mansion proves that you don't need bucket-loads of space to live well. Home to Dan and Marnie Prowse , the ultra-modern tiny home lies in a leafy suburb of Sydney, Australia, and was designed to perfectly suit the needs of a family of four. 

Designed by Chris Freeburn of Ironbark Architecture , the property stands at just 340 square feet and offers two separate bedrooms, a spacious living area, a full-sized kitchen and plenty of outdoor space.

The house came about when Dan and Marnie decided they wanted to live more simply. They had a spacious backyard at their disposal, so opted to rent out their house to finance a tiny self-build project.

The couple followed a less-is-more approach to the scheme, buying sparingly but investing in premium materials to create a high-quality finish. The result is a magnificent miniature crib that offers each family member their own private space.

Generous high ceilings enhance the sense of space, while the lounge is multifunctional thanks to custom-built joinery and movable furnishings. The kitchen also boasts a glass hatch, which opens up to a poolside dining area.

Converted grain silo

When Christoph Kaiser spotted a flat-pack grain silo from the 1950s for sale on Craigslist, he thought his storage problems were over. But a quick Google search for similar projects led him down an entirely different path.

With a whole lot of hard work and a budget of around £78,800 ($100k), Christoph created a truly genius tiny home that perfectly suits his lifestyle.

With a background in residential design, Christoph meticulously planned every inch of the silo’s 26-foot-high frame. He wanted the interior to reflect the elegant curves of the silo’s shell, which meant designing and building bespoke cabinetry and furniture that would hug the walls.

He even constructed the home's ultra-cool sliding door himself, using a material usually reserved for greenhouses, Polygal. The custom-made door opens the interior up to a small private garden.

With just 340 square feet to work with, every space needed a purpose, so Christoph opted to use the full height and volume of the silo, creating an arc of units against one wall to free up the remaining floor area.

A space-saving spiral staircase leads to the mezzanine bedroom, which offers standing room at either side of the bespoke bed, while the home's bijou bathroom includes a shower, a basin and a toilet.

Prefab floating home

The architects at Kodasema OÜ in Estonia know a thing or two about innovative housing solutions. In an attempt to tackle the country's affordable housing crisis, the team set about designing a movable tiny home that wasn't reliant on land.

The KODA Float sits on pontoons that are attached to the shore, enabling people to live in a harbour, on a private lake or an urban canal. When a change of scenery is in order, the home can simply be towed to a new location.

Covering just 269 square feet, the floating home boasts a living space, sleeping area, kitchen and bathroom. The well-organised interior means every inch of space is put to good use, while high ceilings and full-width windows allow for light-filled and airy spaces.

As well as being designed as the ultimate tiny home for everyday living, this versatile modular cabin can also be set up as a harbour-side café, an artist’s studio, or anything else the purchaser might desire.

The prefabricated house is formed from timber, glass, mineral wool and steel, making it a light and movable option. Finished with a plywood interior, KODA Float offers a modern, minimalist finish that is both cosy and ultra-stylish.

Entirely customisable, the exterior of the house can be changed to a variety of materials, including timber and zinc cladding and the home takes just three months to be produced and delivered.

Oasis model tiny home

We don't know about you but we think this is one of the most beautiful tiny homes in the world. Designed by brother-and-sister duo Dan and Ellie Madsen of Paradise Tiny Homes , the Oasis exemplifies the joys of the tiny house movement.

Based in Keaau, Hawaii, the Madsens joined forces to design and build micro-homes that truly aligned with the way their clients live. Not just practical, their tiny creations offer both freedom and happiness, without the need for compromise.

Every inch of the Oasis was designed with purpose, making the most of space by incorporating more of what matters and less of what doesn't.

Starting from £169,400 ($215k), the Oasis covers 260 square feet and boasts a soaring 14-foot ceiling, thanks to its clever curved roofline that was inspired by a skateboarding half-pipe. The interior is functional and stylish, with a chic colour palette of crisp white, vibrant teal and exposed timber.

Boasting a living room, a beautiful kitchen, a utility area, a stunning bathroom and a bedroom mezzanine, this petite pad has all the makings of a dream home. There's plenty of hidden storage and an abundance of glazing to allow lots of natural light inside – including two huge awning windows in the kitchen, which open up fully to create a seamless flow between inside and out.

Picture-perfect and genuinely stunning, this micro-home is anything but ordinary.

Dwell House

Named one of the best tiny homes of 2019 by Dwell, this stunning property can be installed in a backyard in just two weeks. Tiny home manufacturers  Abodu  designed the pad in collaboration with Dwell and Norm Architects to create more housing in dense urban areas in a very short space of time.

Known as Dwell House, the 540-square-foot residence features an easy, open-plan layout with built-in storage, a full-size kitchen with premium appliances, custom-made Nanawall bifold glass doors and durable engineered oak floors. Stylish and filled with natural light, the property also has dimmable lighting.

There's also one bedroom and a full bathroom, while a heat pump will power your air conditioning unit, heater and hot water. Fully customisable, the exterior can be finished with vertical cedar siding in either a natural or black finish, while the interior can be altered to meet your design needs.

High-end and highly sought-after, Dwell House can be delivered across the United States but will set you back a cool £346,000 ($439k). If this is what living tiny looks like, then we don't want to live big!

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As he was: Harry Styles superfans flock to his tiny hometown's walking tour

HOLMES CHAPEL, England — Customers come from around the world to Simon Wakefield’s bakery in this village in northern England — and not just to sample his quality sausage rolls.

“We get lots and lots of fans,” he says, referring not only to W. Mandeville’s tasty product but also a notable ex-employee: Holmes Chapel’s most famous son and global pop megastar Harry Styles .

“People come in from all over the world ,” the fourth-generation baker says as groups of young tourists crowd into the bakery to take selfies and buy pastries. “All over the U.K., but then Brazil, the U.S., Australia, Japan, everywhere.” 

W. Mandeville is one of the stops lining the Harry Styles walking tour that began operating earlier this month in the singer’s hometown, which is about 20 miles from the northwestern city of Manchester. A local not-for-profit set up the tour after growing numbers of fans have flocked there in recent years, with all proceeds going into a fund for the village. 

The superfans, known as “Harries,” are led to the Twemlow viaduct — residents say Harry had his first kiss there — which is covered in colorful messages to Harry and has even spawned its own hashtag. They’re also taken through the village, where many line up at Wakefield’s craft bakery to pose for photos with a poster of the former One Direction member as a teenager wearing an apron. Styles mentioned his Saturday job in his breakthrough interview on Britain’s talent show “The X Factor.”

At the Holmes Chapel train station, a life-size cardboard cutout of the “As It Was” singer greets fans, who can sign a message to their idol in a notebook. Those notebooks are later delivered to the star by his dad, Desmond, who lives locally.

Station manager Graham Blake, 62, explains that Styles’ father gave the last five books of fan messages to his son as a birthday present. “He said, ‘He’s got everything,’ and people have put down these stories from the heart. He said, ‘I’m going to wrap it up in a big red bow … because he does love his fans,’” Blake said of Desmond.

On the first day of the tour, a dozen devoted Directioners follow their guides through the village and out through the lush green countryside. Styles superfan Suzanne Tinsley shows her fellow walkers the lyrics she has tattooed on her arms, including “ Treat People With Kindness ,” her favorite song.

“Harry Styles has got me through a lot, he means the world to me,” Tinsley explains. “I know people say ‘It’s just a pop star,’ but when I feel like I can’t get through the day, I just listen to Harry and he makes me feel better,” she said. “He makes me smile.”

The walking tour runs weekly throughout the summer, with tickets priced at 20 British pounds, or roughly $25. Organizers say that demand has driven them to add additional weekend tours due to Taylor Swift fans in the area taking a detour during the U . K . leg of her tour . Swift and Styles dated between 2012 and 2013 and Harry even brought her home to see Holmes Chapel.

Styles also returned in 2013 to film a documentary about his life, “and ever since then, people have watched the documentary and thought, ‘I want to see where this superstar grew up,’” explains 16-year-old Ben McCormick, one of the tour’s guides. “So people are coming, they’re spending money in local businesses, they’re interacting with all the people in the village,” he added. “It’s created a really positive environment that all of us here can get involved with.”

Kelly Cobiella is a correspondent based in London. She previously worked at CBS News and ABC News in London, following several years with CBS in New York, Dallas and Miami.

Laura Saravia is a producer based in London.

My Small Home Tour and 12 More Small House Tours

Today I'm sharing a small home tour with tons of ideas you can grab and DIY! I see tons of large home tours, and most of them are so stunningly beautiful, but feel very unattainable for most of us. No worries, today I've gotten together with 12 of my blogging friends to show that you don't have to have a large home to have a beautiful home...and you don't have to have a ton of money either. I hope you can grab some inspiration and make some simple changes in your small (or large) home, and really learn to love the home you live in!

I'm so excited that my blog friend, Stacy from Not JUST A Housewife  put this Small House Tour together! She's first up on the tour today, so be sure to check her out after you tour my little house! If you are a first time visitor, I encourage you to take a look at my Home Tips Page while you are here! I share hundreds of DIY Cleaning Solutions and Budget Friendly Home Tips to make life easier!

Next on the home tour will be my friend Abby from Just a Girl and Her Blog ...she has the cutest style and is all about organization...you will love her!

I'm going to walk you through the the main floor of our home and show you a few inexpensive DIY ideas along the way. We have talked about moving into a larger home many times through the years, but I honestly love our home and the coziness it provides. I think living in a small home has made our family stay close. Sometimes it's a struggle, and storage can be a real issue, but if you just get a little creative, living in a small home can be amazing! Don't forget to check out all of the other ladies that are sharing their small home tours today and tomorrow! I'll be linking to 5 more today and I'll post links to the other 6 tomorrow.

Let's start in the living room, shall we? This is what you see when you first walk into our home. As you can see, I love whites and blues. I guess if I had to describe my style, it would be thrifted, cottage style...with tons of plants. I have plants EVERYWHERE in our home...a little known fact about me, when I was little, I wanted to be a botanist. I once turned the back room in our home into my laboratory. I dug up every flower, plant and weed I could find and planted them in cups and bowls so I could study them. Needless to say, that didn't pan out, but I still have a strong love for plants.

A few little details about our living room...that huge chalkboard above the mantel used to be a mirror on a dresser. I just painted it and it's been there for a few years now. You can find the tutorial HERE ! The TV console is actually a shelf from Target.

The plant behind my husband's leather chair (which I try to camouflage with a blanket), is a Fiddle Leaf Fig  plant. If you ever read Better Homes and Gardens, then you have probably seen one. I am absolutely in love with them, and have two. The shelf beside the couch is an old whiskey display that my father-in-law brought me a few years ago. I painted it white, and it is one of my favorite pieces in our home. Most of the furniture pieces in our home started out dark or in bad shape, and I have painted them with Chalky Finish Paint . I love chalk based paint...it adheres to furniture with no sanding and really sticks. A little goes along way, so you don't have to spend a ton of money to change the look of a piece of furniture.

I just got these faux paperwhites in the mail yesterday! They are from Magnolia Market (you know, Joanna Gaines shop from the HGTV show, Fixer Upper). They really make it feel like spring!

Our living room leads into our dining area, which is right off of our kitchen. That grey cabinet that you see on the left used to be a cherry wood and glass curio cabinet. I painted it glass and all with Chalky Finish Paint in Relic a few weeks ago so I could store my crockpot, pressure cooker and other kitchen gadgets in there without having to look at them.

There are two more pieces from Magnolia Market in our dining area too. My husband bought me the "Today is a good day for a good day" metal sign for Christmas, and I bought myself the amazing Farmhouse Serving Plank that you see in the middle of our table. I use it to serve dinner on in the evenings, and it's great to use when we have guests over as the world's largest cheeseboard.

This is the view from the living room that shows how our dining space, kitchen and breakfast nook/office are all connected. This is where I spend most of my time. I created a kitchen island using a sideboard that I found at Wayfair. It houses my cookbooks, some fun dishes, our indoor grill and is where I do all of my meal prep when cooking dinner. Since we are super limited on cabinet space, I added hooks to each side to hold my colanders and strainers.

I removed some of our cabinet doors so I could see my dishes. Our kitchen cabinets were originally cherry, and in really rought shape, so I painted them using chalky paint too. The backsplash is actually peel-and-stick faux wood flooring planks that look a lot like our wood floors. I wanted a rustic look, but nothing too permanent. This is the second time I've used this product for a backsplash, and I love it. You can see the tutorial I shares showing how to use them as a backsplash HERE ! It's by far one of my most popular posts!

This is where the business of blogging happens. I LOVE all things aqua, and white of course, so this is my favorite space...it inspires lots of creativity. It can see our patio and back yard from here, and the windows let in a ton of light. And of course...I have plants everywhere! Those hanging planters are from IKEA. I saw them in one of their commercials and had to have them. You can even see the cat food bowl tucked in beside my smaller Fiddle Leaf Fig plant. Just keepin' it real here.

So, that's a quick tour of our little home. You can find our Blue and White Bedroom HERE and our Back Patio HERE !

Now onto some more small house goodness! Be sure to check out the rest of the small home tours below!

Thursday, February 25th

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73 responses to “My Small Home Tour and 12 More Small House Tours”

WOW....loved the tour of your home. Your place looks soooooo fresh and inviting. You are SO CREATIVE. Will be trying the "chalky Paint" on some of my stuff. I have never heard of it before. Who makes it....etc.

Hi, Mickie! Thank you so much for the kind words! The chalky finish paint is made by DecoArt. I use it on EVERYTHING. I've painted tables, shelves, the curio cabinet (including the glass), mirrors, my kitchen cabinets, two of our bathroom cabinets and a few dining chairs. It is amazing! You need to finish it off with DecoArt's Creme Wax to pull out the color and really protect it. Hope this helps! ~Jess

I loved taking the tour of your small house. I also have a small house and have come up with some ideas for storaage, etc., etc., etc. My colors are different, but, still make my rooms look larger.

I love the faux wood backsplash - I would have never thought of that! I think it would even be a good idea as a backdrop for food photo shots.

So crisp, fresh and clean! Great job! Love everything. Now it is time to enjoy the fruits of your labor with your family and friends.

Where did you find the white curtains hanging in your blogging space? I LOVE them. You have a beautiful home. I went from a 1,400 sq ft house to a 2,600 sq ft house thinking we "needed more space." We didn't like it; it was terrible to keep clean and we seemed so far away from each other in the same house. We downsized back to an 1,800 sq foot home and I am so happy we did. It is cozier and we seem closer as a family again. It's so weird how the size of a house can do that. Love the home tours!

Hi, Miranda! I bought them at Target! You know, it's funny, we have tons of friends that live in huge homes and they have encouraged us to move "up" as well. When we take a step back, we see the disconnect in some of their families. I feel like everybody just goes off to their own space and you really lose the family closeness. Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

Thanks do much for sharing your home! I, too live in a small space...400 square feet to be exact! I love to decorate and have a blue, white, soft turquoise color scheme. Love your grey, too. I've never used the chalky paint but will try it soon. I'm refinishing my cabinets and kitchen arrangement at the moment...have you ever painted your countertops? I have laminate but would love to have the look of marble or granite. Ideas?

I have painted my countertops in the past. We recently had new ones installed after saving up for them. There are tons of countertop paint kits that work really well. I love the one Rustoleum has as Lowe's.

I adore your home! I want to be a landscape architect so I love plants too :) Thank you so much for playing along and being a part of the tour!

Jessica! I love your home! Your office is in the perfect spot! I adore the pop of color! It is great to be on this tour with you!

So pretty and not so perfect that min doesn't instantly wonder what my kid will break. I envy your deeper desk. My goal is to so more of my desk and less electronics very soon. I have this annoying Ooma phone and a ELEPHANT sized black printer taking up my Zen-space. Thanks for opening up your home to all the snoopers in the world including myself.

HI Jessica.

Love the updated backsplash and it is exactly the look I am going for in my bathroom. It looks wonderful in your kitchen. I was wondering if you can share with us the painting technique and colors that you used on the updated kitchen backsplash. I am so anxious to get this project going.

Thanks for sharing.

Would you mind telling people where the updated wood planks are from? It isn't mentioned anywhere in this post.

Hi Jessica.. I'm a 68 year old grandma,living a real small budget. Can't afford anyone to remodel my tiny kitchen. Do have a DYI counter top suggestion? It has to be something I do myself.. Help please.

I love the vinyl backsplash idea so much! I saw it on Pinterest and Remodelaholic and just posted a blog about how I wanted to tackle it this weekend for my bathroom! I was thinking about trying to get a white washed look but not sure if I can achieve that on vinyl? But I also love your updated version and the color you used! Now I'm even more excited to attempt this! Curious how your chalk paint is holding up in your kitchen? I've been contemplating it but read different reviews.

Hi, Valerie! The chalk paint really held up. The key is to make sure you either wax it at the end or add a coat or two of polyurethane. Hope this helps! xoxo Jess

I love your casita!!!!!! Did you use the planks behind the stove too? I’m afraid it will melt.

For the peel and stick flooring used as the kitchen backsplash, how hard was it to remove them when you wanted to replace them? Did it do much damage to the wall?

They were really easy to remove, and other than pulling a little paint off, there wasn't much damage at all. I changed it out to a different peel and stick last year and it was pretty easy.

Love your back splash! I'm curious about the house you have your bananas and canisters in. Is it glass or just open? Where did you find that?

Thanks, Anne! It's a terrarium that I bought at IKEA years ago. I took out the side panels at one point and used it to house my canisters and bananas.

I based my whole kitchen remodel off that yellow, gray, tourquise fabric at our old house because of your kitchen, lol

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