Building The Tiny House Blog
how-to guides, tutorials, and resources for your tiny house journey
Tiny Housing Regulations: Exploring the Past, Present and Future With Jay Shafer
Jay Shafer is often referred to as the granddaddy of tiny homes. He’s largely credited with sparking this modern-day movement. It all started back in the ’90s when he moved into a 14-foot Airstream. He began to understand what he needed for simple living and that, for...
Building an Off-Grid Tiny House Homestead: 3 Tips From Someone Who’s Doing It
Richard Ward is no stranger to tiny living. Back in 2015, he built a gooseneck tiny house. He then downsized — to a Honda Element (yes, the car), which he used to travel the country. Finally, he found his sweet spot: a hand-built 54-square-foot micro-home. After...
How to Stay Warm and Toasty in an Off-Grid Tiny Home When You Live in a Cold Climate
Not long after Ariel McGlothin moved into her tiny house in the western Wyoming mountains, her propane heater quit working. It was winter. Temperatures had dipped to -30 degrees Fahrenheit. And Ariel had the flu. After that, Ariel realized that relying on...
How To Turn Your Tiny Home Into an Income-Generating Investment Property
Have you thought about leveraging your tiny house as an income-generating property? Husband and wife duo Lauren Hudson and Chris Krieger did exactly that — the entrepreneurial couple purchased a tiny home with the goal of creating a new income stream. ...
3 Cheap Ways to Build Your Own Tiny House on a <$12K Budget
The post below is awesome, but also really long. If you don't have time to read it, I've put together a quick, 2-page cheat sheet that shows you how to use these strategies to build a tiny house cheap. It's free and you can get it when you click here...
How to Have Stairs Instead of a Ladder in your Tiny House
Most tiny houses builders make the most of the space they have available to them by incorporating a loft into their build. The loft area is then used as a bedroom, and it's accessed via a ladder. This all makes space-saving sense.
How to Convert a Shipping Container into a Tiny House in 13 Steps
In this article, we're going to explore what makes a shipping container a great starting point for a tiny house, what drawbacks shipping containers have, and how you can build your own shipping container tiny house.
Want to Build Your Tiny House on a Foundation? 13 Permanent Homes
Usually when you picture a tiny house, I imagine you think of one with wheels. If there is such a thing, the "standard" tiny house is built on a trailer, often to get around pesky codes and zoning rules that require buildings to be a certain size in order to be deemed...
Tiny House Plumbing: Build your Bathroom, including Shower & Toilet
One of the parts of building a tiny house that many people worry about is tiny house plumbing. This is one big area where your tiny house will be very different from a regular house. While normal houses generally have permanent access to water because they're on the grid, when your house is mobile, there's no guarantee that you'll always be near to a water source that you can hook up to.
How Much Does it Cost to Build a Tiny House?
One of the questions I get asked most often is, “how much does it cost to build a tiny house?” Of course, that's a difficult question to answer because the cost of building a tiny house varies enormously. Just as it's impossible to say how much it costs to build a regular house, it's impossible to give one definitive price for tiny houses.
How to Build a Tiny House with SIPs
A SIPs tiny house uses Structural Insulated Panels. You can build a tiny house with SIPs that you cut, resulting in an efficient, strong tiny house .
How Big Can a Tiny House be?
How big can a tiny house be? For people who aren't bothered about owning big houses and having lots of possessions, we sure do seem to worry a lot about size!
How to Prepare Your Tiny House for Severe Weather Conditions
Securing your tiny house so you can tow it is one thing, but what if you live in an area that experiences hurricanes, tornadoes, and other dangerous types of weather? If you do live in such an area, it's important that you know how to prepare your tiny house for extreme weather conditions.
How Do You Downsize to Live in a Tiny House?
One concern I hear from many would-be tiny house owners is that they're not sure they'll be able to downsize to live in a tiny house. They like the idea of cutting down their possessions and living tiny, but they don't know if they'd actually be able to do it.
Fall at the Tiny House: How to prepare your tiny house for winter
Summer ends quickly here in Vermont. You go from wearing shorts and a t-shirt one day, to nights that dip down to 45 degrees and foggy, damp mornings the next. But it's not all bad. Fall here is beautiful. In fact, it's so beautiful that tourists come from all over...
“Will We All Fit?” 5 Tiny House Families
I often hear from people who would love to live in a tiny house, but who don't believe they can because they have a family. Some people have one kid. Others have three kids and a dog. And plenty more don't have kids right now, but know they will want them in the...
Converting a Storage Shed into your Tiny Home to Save Time & Money
Recently I've been receiving more and more emails asking me about the concept of turning a shed into a tiny house. Can you build a tiny house out of a shed? Why would you build a tiny house out of a shed? And should I start my build with a shed? In this article, I'll...
Create Your Own Tiny House Jungle with These 5 Solutions for Small Spaces
Note from Ethan: This is a guest post about tiny house plants, by my brother Jesse, who works for a really cool plant nursery in Portland, OR. Houseplants are having their moment. Perhaps it’s because people want to bring a little bit of the outdoors in. Or, maybe...
So You Think You Want a Solar-Powered Tiny House? 9 Reasons to Think Again.
Part of the appeal of tiny houses is the fact that they can enable you to live a more environmentally-friendly and sustainable life. Many people who want to go tiny dream of living in a solar-powered tiny house, using a composting toilet, and perhaps even collecting rainwater to reduce the impact they have on the environment.
How to Document & Share Your Tiny House Project (Aka How to Start a Tiny House Blog)
Do you know how this tiny house blog began? I wanted to document my tiny house build, so my friends and family could see what I was up to. I started a Facebook page and a basic blog, so they could follow along. In this post, I'll teach you how to start a tiny house...
