Tiny House
Tiny House Gives Young Couple An Amazing Start
In this weeks episode we meet a charming young couple who have built their dream tiny home on wheels. Joel and Deborah had their tiny house constructed to lock-up by their builder but set about doing all of the interior themselves. The result is a beautiful tiny home which is absolutely packed with their own charm and character.
Amazing House Bus Home & Airbnb By The Beach
In this weeks episode we meet an inspiring couple who purchased a stunning property by the beach with panoramic ocean views and turned an old house bus into both an amazing family home and a dream Airbnb get-away.
This Couple Designed A Brilliant Tiny Home For Their Family
In this weeks episode, we meet a family who are mastering the art of tiny house living. Originally Brad and Ruby were planning on moving into the tiny house with just their 9 year old son, however plans quickly changed when they discovered they were pregnant with another child!
Dream Airbnb Tiny Home Helps Woman Find Freedom For Retirement
This week, we visit a stunning tiny house Airbnb which has been lovingly designed as a dream couples escape and also as a place where people can experience tiny house living for themselves.
Is This The Coolest DIY Tiny House EVER?!
There's no question about it, building a tiny house on wheels is no small task, especially without any prior building experience. This couple we're up for the challenge though and the result is nothing short of spectacular.
Finding Freedom With A Tiny House In The Forest
In this weeks episode, we meet Leanne and Dave who have built their dream tiny house in order to get out of the rent trap and find more freedom for retirement.
$500 Bedford House Truck Renovated Into Stunning Tiny Home
The old Bedford house trucks are like New Zealand's tiny home's of yesteryear. Fortunately, this old truck has been given a brand new life and has been stunningly renovated into a beautiful tiny home.
This Couple's DIY Tiny House Is A Real Stunner
In this weeks video we meet Hilde and Michel, an intrepid couple who have constructed a stunning DIY tiny house on wheels in order to help facilitate a life of travel and adventure.
Nature Inspired Architecture In Twin Airbnb Tiny Houses On The Beach
Together with his wife Trish, old-school surfer Kevin has constructed two incredible tiny house Airbnb's on a spectacular section overlooking a surf beach on the wild west coast of New Zealand.
Young Doctor's Idyllic Tiny House In Vineyard
One of the things that I've always loved about tiny houses is the wide variety of people who call them home. In this weeks episode we meet Lauren, a young doctor who has built a stunning tiny house on wheels to give her a cosy place to live while she travels New Zealand gaining experience working at various hospitals around the country.
Family Build Epic Modern-Country Style Tiny House
This family have created a stunning off-the-grid tiny home for themselves! Adam and Michelle are a build dream team. One a builder and the other an interior designer, between them they have created a spectacular home, perfectly designed for family living.
Off-The-Grid Tiny House Is Pure Design Genius
This spectacular high-spec tiny house is designed to be totally off-the-grid and is absolutely packed full of brilliant design features. Built by owner Mark, this DIY, handcrafted home has been incredibly well designed and constructed using top quality materials.
This Modern Tiny House Is An Off-The-Grid Dream
In this weeks episode we meet Jason and Summer who live in an absolutely stunning, modern, off-the-grid tiny house on wheels. This home is packed full of clever design features, wonderful art, and an impressive solar system which keeps their home powered.
Enchanting Tiny House & Gardens On Generational Family Farm
This spectacular tiny house, situated on a multi generational family farm, is absolutely breathtaking. Constructed largely from a mixture of reclaimed materials and beautiful timbers which have been found on the farm, this home is absolutely packed with charm. Ruby grew up on this farm. The family has a deep connection to this land and it's where Ruby wanted to deepen her roots by building her own home.
How This Stunning Tiny House Airbnb Enabled A Couple To Keep Their Home
In this weeks episode we meet Mike and Alison, an inspiring couple who have transformed their tiny house into a stunning Airbnb property, which has enabled them to keep their own family home.
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This Family Downsized Their Home To Upsize Their Life
In this weeks episode we meet a beautiful young family who chose to sell their conventional home in the city, move to the country and build a tiny house, downsizing their home, but upsizing their quality of life!
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Couple Build Incredible Handcrafted Tiny House
There’s nothing quite like a handcrafted home. A place where people have poured all their love and hard work into creating a unique and beautiful house that’s totally their own. This exquisitely built tiny house is just one of those homes.
You Won't Believe This Amazing Tiny House & Parking Spot!
There’s a saying in the tiny house world that home is where you park it, but not all parking spots are created equal and this spectacular, modern tiny house has found an incredible spot to call home on an elevated hillside with breath-taking panoramic views!
Modern Meets Rustic Design In Dream Tiny House
This stunning, modern tiny house on wheels is wonderfully paired with charming rustic features. In this weeks episode we meet Lisa, who together with help from her brother Glen, a professional builder has constructed her dream tiny house on wheels.
Top Ideas For Kids In Tiny Houses
If you love the idea of living in a tiny house but are worried about the idea of starting a family or having children in a tiny house, then this video has been created for you! In this weeks episode, we take a look at some of our absolute favourite family tiny houses and the clever ways that people have designed their tiny homes to enable their children to thrive!
You’ve Never Seen A Tiny House Like This Before!
This tiny house design is just as unique as it is stunning! When building a tiny house on wheels, you’re working within a limited space and for that reason, the more time that you can spend on the design of your home, the more likely you are to create a home that will truly meet your needs and that’s exactly the case with this incredibly well thought out tiny house.
Epic Modern All Black Tiny House
If you’re a big fan of modern, minimalist design then you’re going to love this tiny house. On the exterior, it’s striking all-black, trapezoidal design is incredibly eye-catching. The interior is filled with very clever spatial design and forms a wonderfully comfortable home.
A Perfect Tiny Home For A Woman And Her Dogs
Every now and then I visit a home which I can tell is just perfect for someone, and this is one of those places. Matilda has lived in this tiny house on wheels for the past four years, and it has become the ideal home for both her and her three dogs.
Young Couple Climb Onto The Housing Ladder With Incredible Tiny Home
In this weeks episode we explore a beautifully crafted tiny house that has allowed a dynamic young couple to get onto their first step on the housing ladder. Especially in a city like Auckland, where the average house price is close to one million dollars, it’s hard for young people to get into their own first home. For that reason, increasing numbers of young people are turning to alternative living and tiny houses to make their start in life.
Dream DIY Tiny House With Amazing Kid-Safe Loft
In this weeks episode we visit an incredible DIY tiny house which has been constructed to include an ultra-clever kid-safe sleeping loft design. DIY builds are often by favourite homes. You can really see where people have poured their hearts and souls into building their own home and that’s certainly the case with this stunning tiny home!
Colonial Cottage Style Tiny House Built For Only $8000
This week we explore an incredible colonial cottage style tiny house which has remarkably been constructed for only NZ$8,000 (US$5000). Almost entirely constructed out of reclaimed materials, this home is packed with a whole lot of style and character!
This Tiny House Is Actually A Submarine!
In this weeks episode we visit an incredible tiny house which has been constructed out of an old grain silo and transformed into a whimsical yellow submarine themed dwelling. For those who love super creative projects, this is a must see video!
Solo Mother's Charming Tiny House Gives Financial Freedom
One of the things which has always drawn me to the tiny house movement is the way that tiny houses can help to people achieve greater financial freedom. In this weeks video, we meet Michelle, an inspiring solo-mother of four boys who has constructed a beautiful tiny house for herself now that her children have left home, enabling her to save more money and enjoy a better quality of life.
Ex Hong Kong Architect’s Family Tiny House
After 15 years of working as an architect in Hong Kong, Bobbie is certainly no stranger to small space design. Having returned to New Zealand and after going through a separation, she decided it was time to put her design skills to the test and create a wonderful, functional tiny home for her and her two children
Urban Industrial Tiny House is a Tiny Mansion
In this weeks episode, we explore a stunning, modern, urban-industrial style tiny house in Auckland, New Zealand. Described as a tiny mansion, this stunning tiny house is packed full of brilliant design features which make living in this home a dream come true for owners Kyron and Natalia.
This Dream Tiny House Is A Total Game Changer
This stunning tiny house on wheels is packed full of absolutely game changing design! There is a saying in architecture that you should build your first home for your enemy, the second for your friend and the third for yourself. Good design takes time and practice to get things right, and this home truly is the result of years of experimentation and small space design exploration.
Epic Modern Tiny House With Library Net Loft
In this weeks episode, we meet Gina, a tiny house builder from the Bay Of Plenty, New Zealand, who has created a stunning, modern tiny house that is packed full of clever design and storage ideas and which even has an amazing library loft with a net floor! Originally designed as a spec home, this tiny house was assembled from different, left over and miss-ordered components from other builds and for that reason is affectionally named ‘The Bitser’. Gina fell so in love with the design that she decided to buy it herself and make it her own.
Top Storage Ideas For Tiny Homes
This week, we take a look back over some of our past episodes to highlight some of the best storage ideas for tiny homes. Even if you’re a minimalist, you still need some stuff! When designing a tiny house, it’s essential that you build in enough storage space so that you can ensure everything in your home has a place.
Tiny Homes Of The Ancient World: Celtic Iron Age Roundhouses
In this pilot episode of our Tiny Homes Of The Ancient World series, we travel 2000 years back in time to the Celtic iron-age fort and roundhouses 0f Castell Henllys. So far on Living Big in a Tiny House, we have explored tiny homes and downsized architecture from all over the world. In this new series, we aim to reach far back into our historic and prehistoric past to explore the tiny homes of the ancient world.
Incredible BIG Modern Tiny House With Amazing Storage
This stunning Hampton-style tiny house on wheels in Queensland, Australia is absolutely packed full of super clever design ideas! At 12 meters (39ft) in length, this home on wheels is big as far as tiny homes go and each and every inch of the home has been ingeniously utilised to create a beautiful and totally functional home.
Japanese Meets Scandinavian Design In Zen Inspired Tiny House
In this weeks episode we see an old favourite, with a brand new twist! This stunning tiny house in Queensland, Australia is a wonderful blend of Scandinavian and Japanese design, taking the best of both worlds and creating a beautiful and wonderfully functional home. It’s design is heavily based on the Zen Tiny House in Byron Bay, but this home has some brilliant modifications and unique features which make it a home perfectly suited to owner Leah.
Stunning Modern Tiny House in Queensland
Stunningly constructed and packed full of brilliant small space design ideas, this modern tiny house on wheels situated in Queensland, Australia is definitely one that you’re going to want to check out!
Amazing DIY Tiny House Parked In Nudist Club
This amazing DIY tiny house is packed full of super clever small space design ideas. Every inch of this home has been thoroughly thought through to create a super functional and beautiful home for its builders / owners, Chris and Mariëlle. The home has also found a really unique parking spot, in a quiet corner of a nudist club!
Rent-Free Urban Living in Amazing Tiny House
In a city like Auckland, New Zealand, it can be especially difficult for young people to get a hold on the housing ladder. With an average house price of close to 1 million dollars and rent prices to match many have effectively been priced out of the housing market entirely to the extent that many refer to young New Zealander’s as generation rent. Cam and Amanda are an enterprising young couple who thought outside of the box and decided to get onto the housing ladder by constructing an unconventional first home in the form of a tiny house, which allows them to live now in their own home in one of the worlds most expensive cities.
Compact Tiny House Designed To Travel New Zealand
So many of us dream of a life on the road, and this family turned that dream into a reality by building a tiny house on wheels and traveling full time all over New Zealand. Their home is beautiful, functional, compact and perfectly designed to meet the unique needs of a traveling tiny house on New Zealand’s roads.
Tiny House Life in Lockdown 🔒
It’s crazy times around the globe as the world goes into lockdown in an attempt to stop the spread of Covid-19. In this video, we check in with some of our tiny house family around the globe to see how they are dealing with life in a tiny house while in lockdown / self-isolation / quarantine.
Young Woman's Beautiful Tiny House Gives Freedom From Rent / Mortgage
At 17m2 (182ft2) this house may be tiny, but for owner Stef it’s a huge step onto the housing ladder! Steph was attracted to the idea of living in a tiny house as she was drawn to their simplicity, minimalism and a home which could allow her to focus on other things in life, while also being closer to nature and living a life with a smaller environmental footprint.
Stunning Modern, Minimalist Tiny House
Stylish, modern and ultra minimal, this beautiful, architecturally designed tiny house is sure to impress. From is all-black metal exterior to it’s minimalist plywood interior, this solar-powered home is one you are definitely going to want to check out!
Pro-Gamer Builds Epic Tiny House With Crazy Computer Set-up
One of the reasons that I’ve always loved tiny houses is that they can really open up options for following passions in life. Reduced living costs can free up money and time resources in order to follow hobbies and even alternative career paths. In this weeks episode, we meet Nessa, a professional YouTuber and gamer from Germany who has built a tiny house on wheels which helps to make her unique lifestyle possible.
Mind-Blowing Ultra-Compact Eco Tiny House
This mind blowing tiny house on wheels is without a doubt one of the most clever designs we have seen on the show so far! In this episode, we explore the homes of Cahute in France, where builder Thomas is constructing beautiful, ultra-compact and eco friendly tiny houses on wheels which are perfectly designed for both full time living and full time travel on the narrow roads of Europe.
The Amazing Tiny House Traveling The World! 🌍
One of the things which makes tiny houses on wheels so unique is the fact that they sit on wheels and are able to move and travel with relative ease. Few tiny home owners really take full advantage of their moving foundations, yet some do! In this weeks episode we explore the incredible tiny house of Jonathan and Yunaë, an intrepid couple who have set out to travel the world in their amazing do-it-yourself built tiny home.
Dream Minimalist Tiny House in France
In this weeks episode we explore our very first tiny house in France! The tiny house movement has rapidly been growing in France which has now become a hot spot for tiny homes and small space design in Europe. Looking at this tiny house, you can quickly understand why! The home’s design is elegant, simple and very unique making it a dream, minimalist tiny house on wheels.
Amazing Lord Of The Rings Inspired Van Conversion
This amazing Lord of the Rings inspired van conversion is sure to impress! After his divorce, retired police officer turned wood-carver Glen wanted to do something different and follow his dream of converting a van into a wonderful tiny home on wheels.
17 Year Old Builds Tiny House For Only £6,000!
Amazingly, Tom was only 17 years old when he bought a trailer and began construction of his very own tiny house on wheels. He had just began a building apprenticeship and set about taking the skills he was learning on the job and applying them to the construction of his own home. The entire home was constructed on a tight budget, using mostly reclaimed materials to save on costs. Thanks to his DIY attitude and resourceful nature, Tom was able to complete his home for an incredible £6,000 (under US$8k).
The Top Tiny Houses of 2019
2019 has been a really big year for tiny houses and Rasa and I have been traveling the world seeking out the very best small space designs to share with all of you. We feel truly privileged to be able to share these wonderful homes with you as well as the beautiful people who live inside them. Years ago when I started this website and video series I thought that there would come a time when I had seen everything that a tiny house could offer. I now believe that human creativity is limitless and there will always be new and exciting innovation in the world of small space design.
