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The Living Big in a Tiny House Christmas Special 2019🎄

This Christmas we wanted to do something really special and show how tiny house families all over the world are getting ready to celebrate Christmas. In this video, we’ve asked people who were featured on the channel this year to send in a video with a Christmas message and showing how their own tiny homes have been decorated for the season.

WW2 Railway Train Car Transformed Into Amazing Tiny House

This World War 2 railway train carriage has been beautifully transformed into an amazing tiny house which is simply out of this world! The whole conversion project is filled with clever small space design and the interior of this home is like stepping into a wonderful piece of living history.

Retro Airstream Renovated Into Stylish Modern Tiny House

Of all the caravans, few are more iconic and loved than the airstream. There’s something about the design of an airstream which makes you think of adventure and life lived on the open road. The Airstream featured in this weeks video tour is no different, except it’s been completely renovated into a stunning, modern tiny house and designed for full time living and travel.

Modern Architecturally Designed Tiny House With Amazing Hidden Shower

This modern architecturally designed tiny house on wheels is sure to impress! Within it’s small footprint, this home is filled with some big ideas to really help make the space work for it’s tall owner, including a raising bed mechanism and an especially clever hidden shower!

Natural-Built Tiny House Incorporates Biophilic Design And A Living Roof

Biophilic design is a term which refers to the connection between our built environment and the living world around us. It speaks to our innate love of nature, our biosphere and connection with living systems. This tiny house has been designed to incorporate elements of biophilic design and natural building to construct a home which is beautiful, natural and healthy to live in, proving that a tiny house can truly be capable of having a big positive impact.

Back To Nature Living In A Beautiful Tiny House Tent (Revisited)

This inspiring family have gone off-the-grid, living in a beautiful tiny house tent which they constructed on an acre of land next to a river in New Mexico. In this re-visited episode, we catch up with the family a year after our first video and marking the two year anniversary of living in the tent to see how they are getting on.

Couple Build Incredible Tiny House For One Years Rent

This couple have built an absolutely beautiful, modern tiny house, and best of all, they have pulled off the entire build for a budget equivalent to just a years worth of rent in San Diego. In this weeks episode, we explore this stunning tiny house and meet its builders. 

Television Show Interior Designer’s Own Colourful Tiny House

As an interior designer, Kim Lewis’s work has been seen on various hit television shows such as Extreme Home Make-Over and Tiny House Nation. In this weeks episode, we explore Kim’s own home which she has created together with her husband, film-maker Joey Puterbaugh. This home has been uniquely constructed from two tiny houses on wheels which cleverly fit together to create a spectacular 500 square foot (45sqm) home.

Our Urban Tiny House In New Zealand

This week I am so excited to be able to share something really special with you all. A full video tour of our very own tiny house on wheels in New Zealand. For those who have been following my journey from the very beginning, you’ve been waiting a very long time for this reveal and I’m so happy to be able to finally share the completed home with you after almost 5 years!

Incredible Tiny House Even Has A Built-In Sauna!

This stunning tiny house situated in Austin Texas is sure to impress. Molly and Ken decided to build a tiny house to enable them to save money and travel the world. For a small house, this home is packed full of some really big features including an incredible Sauna which has been built into the bathroom. 

Tiny House Gives Young Family An Amazing Start

In this weeks episode we explore a beautiful, cottage-style tiny house located just outside of Oklahoma City. For a long time, Jeremy and Kasey had dreamed of building their own tiny house on wheels and several years ago that dream turned into a reality when Jeremy, a carpenter by trade, brought the couple’s paper sketches to life. 

Growing Family Builds Second Tiny Home For Expanding Homestead – Revisited

When we first visited Phil, him and his wife Cynthia were living in a beautiful, whimsical tiny house in Tofino BC. He was completely off the grid, powering his home with solar, hydro and even human power via a bicycle. Be sure to check out our first tour of the home here.

Family’s Fantastic Farmhouse-Style Tiny Home

 Designed to perfectly meet the needs of a family of four, this fantastic farmhouse-style tiny home on wheels is packed full of great design ideas! This home is as wonderfully styled as it is functional. It’s everything that a young family could hope for.

One Man’s Dream Tiny House You Have To See

From the moment you approach this incredible tiny house on wheels, you know that you’re about to experience something very special. Constructed as a DIY project by owner / builder Matt, this tiny house is more than just a dream home, it’s a testament to overcoming adversity and what is possible when you really set your mind to making something happen.

Simple Living In Artistic Tiny Home With Greenhouse

 This inspiring mother / daughter duo made an epic trip, moving from Toronto to Victoria to start a new life. With a desire to simplify, and live closer to nature, Natasha set about building a tiny house on wheels for herself and her young daughter, to allow them to live without the worries of mortgage and Victoria’s high rent prices. The resulting home is absolutely beautiful, filled with artistic flare and parked up in a stunning location.

Stunning Modern Tiny House Sanctuary

 In todays hectic, modern world, it’s never been so important to have a place to retreat to, a sanctuary space where you can leave the troubles of the world behind and where you feel nurtured and able to dream and create a life of your choosing. Entrepreneurial couple Derek and Jeffrey created such a sanctuary for themselves in the form of a stunning and modern tiny house on wheels.

Mother And Daughter’s Wild Tiny House Adventure

 Starting a new life takes a lot of courage. Selling your family home, building a tiny house on wheels, downsizing your possessions and driving that tiny home right across the country to a new province can be an incredibly scary feat, and yet that’s exactly what this inspiring mother and daughter duo did.

Woman’s Spectacular Tiny House in The Wilderness

Some of us have a dream of living wild and free in the wilderness and some of us actually get out and do it! Jessica grew up on a sustainable farm with her family, where she developed a deep affinity and connection with the natural world. Her dreams of living off the grid in the wilderness were realised with the construction of her spectacular tiny house on wheels, which is now parked deep in a forest in the Okanagan region … →

Tiny House Gives Financial Freedom In Expensive City

In this weeks episode, we travel to the outskirts of Vancouver, Canada, one of the worlds most expensive real estate markets to meet an inspiring couple who took a leap of faith and decided to move into a tiny house on wheels, allowing them to now look forward to an early retirement. Early retirement is something that many of us dream about. Being financially free and with the youth to enjoy that freedom is a dream worth aspiring to. Nowadays, this … →

Transforming Tiny House Combines Beauty And Engineering For Artful Living

When Gauri Ma and Nirvana got married, they promised each other that they would walk in the way of beauty and I’m quite enamoured in that sentiment. Beauty surrounds us all, it’s in nature, it’s in our relationships and it’s within ourselves. Seldom though, do we truly strive to make our living environment as artful as it could be, a true extension of the beauty we are capable of creating. When constructing their tiny house on wheels, this couple ensured … →

This Ultra Modern Tiny House Will Blow Your Mind

 Matt and Lisa’s tiny home on wheels is quite something to behold. Jet black with hints of cedar trim, this modern tiny house has a lot going for it. Amazingly, this tiny house began it’s life with a simple match on a dating app which united two souls, one with an obsession for tiny homes, and the other with a passion for building. Sarks flew, ideas grew and a year later this spectacular home was born.

Stunning Tiny House With Amazing Pop Up Roof

 This beautiful tiny house on wheels is packed with some very clever design, including an ingenious pop top roof which lifts up to give owner-builders Ben and Nat the ability to stand up in their sleeping loft. Built as a DIY project, this small home has lots to love and is all the young family needs. 

Amazing Off-The-Grid Tiny House Has Absolutely Everything! – Revisited

It’s hard to believe that it’s already been more than a year since we first met Paul and Annett in their spectacular off-the-grid tiny house on wheels in Byron Bay, New South Wales. 

Olympic Athlete and Furniture Maker Build Beautiful Tiny Home

This dynamic young couple are both used to tackling big projects, and their latest victory is a stunning tiny home on wheels! Eve is an olympic athlete, while her partner Chris has a business crafting beautiful solid timber furniture. Together, the couple decided to build their own home after having to leave their apartment.

Super Cool DIY Tiny House With HUGE Movie Theatre Loft

 If you’re a fan of a good movie, or relaxing in front of the television then this could potentially be the ideal tiny house for you. Packed full of clever design features, this home on wheels even has an incredible movie theatre loft, creating the perfect space lie back, relax and watch a movie.

Young Woman’s Incredible Tiny Forever Home

While some build their tiny houses as temporary stepping stones, other builders are truly in it for the long haul. After falling in love with the concept of living in a tiny house and the freedom that it offered, Helen set about building her dream tiny forever home.

Architect and Designer Couple Create Spectacular Tiny House In The Bush

Willem and Kate are a powerhouse couple who have teamed up to build a spectacular tiny home for themselves. With Willem’s skill as an architect and Kate’s designer edge, the pair have done an amazing job in creating a beautiful and functional tiny family home which sits perfectly nestled into their .5 acre New Zealand bush property on Waiheke Island.

Builder’s Incredible Fire Resistant, Off-Grid, Passive Tiny House On Wheels

Tom is a builder on a mission to seek out the very best materials and design features for helping to make a tiny house on wheels (or any home for that matter) fire resistant. His home is located in Kinglake, the location of the Black Saturday bushfires, a series of bushfires which ignited on the 7th of February 2009 and which were amongst the worst Australian bushfires of all time. 180 people tragically lost their lives and many were left … →

Woman’s Dream Tiny House Even Has A Walk-In Wardrobe

Dolly’s Tiny House is absolutely incredible. While it may look a bit like a giant dollhouse, this wonderfully designed home is no toy. At 7.2 by 2.4 meters (23 x 8ft) this home on wheels fits a whole lot of house and is possibly one of the best designed homes that we have visited so far with an amazing amount of functionality built into a very small home. 

Super Affordable Off-Grid Tiny House Built With Old Fence Palings

This incredible tiny house has been built for a remarkable price. Builder Jesse has taken a whole bunch of salvaged materials (mostly lots of old fence palings) and constructed a fully featured and whimsically beautiful tiny home all for less that $20,000.

Tiny House Designed To Be Elderly / Disability / Mobility Friendly

As we age, our requirements in a home can change and many find themselves in situations where they are no longer able to comfortably live in their previous houses. There are accessibility issues, trip hazards and fall risks as well as issues with stairs, wheelchair accessibility and even tasks such as maintaining a large home can simply be too much. This spectacular tiny house on wheels has been especially designed with accessibility and mobility in mind, making it the perfect … →

The Top 5 Tiny House Tours of 2018

This week, we take a look back over 2018 and five of our favourite tiny house tours of the year. It’s always hard work choosing only 5 tours for this video as we travel to so many incredible homes and love them all for their own uniqueness of design and function. I hope you enjoy our selection!

Living Big in a Tiny House Christmas 2018

We are working hard to get the tiny house finished in time for Christmas, and with the help of the elves we might just make it! Of course, we had to take a bit of a break to decorate the house to get into the spirit of the season. We also ventured into the Variant Spaces workshop, where Jake and Kasia help us to turn offcuts from our cabinetry into some lovely Christmas decorations for the tiny house. 

Uni Grad’s Ultimate $US12,000 Eco Tiny House

This young couple has given themselves an incredible start to life! After graduating from university, Sam and Simone threw themselves right into a building a tiny house on wheels. 

Spacious DIY Off-The-Grid Tiny House

This stunning off the grid home in Australia may be tiny, but it has a very big story to tell. Constructed as a do-it-yourself build by recent empty-nesters Jan and Kev, this tiny house is open, spacious very efficient and completely off the grid.

Off-Grid Artisan Tiny House Built To Escape Wildfires

When we first met Ryan, he was living in a different tiny house on wheels. It was a beautifully handcrafted 28ft home which was finished to an exceptional standard – you can see the full video tour of that first home here. Today, almost two years later we caught up with him in a completely new and much smaller home. 

Jay Shafer’s Stunning $5,000 Tiny House

Jay Shafer is the Godfather of the modern tiny house movement. I say the modern movement, because for the vast majority of human history, we have lived in small, simple shelters. It was almost 20 years ago that Jay designed and built his first 90 square foot (8m2) tiny house on wheels and that moment sparked the very beginning of the tiny house movement and a trend towards reclaiming the human right to affordable simple shelter.

Life In Our Traveling Tiny House

It’s been a year now since we built our Little Zen tiny house in North America and in this weeks episode we re-visit our own home and talk about our experiences living in a traveling tiny house on wheels. 

Solo Mother With Teenage Daughter Builds Amazing Tiny House

As a solo parent, life can be a bit of a challenge. The skyrocketing cost of housing in cities such as Sacramento, California certainly doesn’t help make things any easier. One solo mother decided to do things a bit differently though, and managed to get out of the rent trap by building an amazing tiny house where she now lives together with her teenage daughter.

The Pinecone Treehouse: A Spectacular Tiny Home In The Trees

 As children, so many of us have dreamt of building homes or unique sanctuaries in the trees. There’s something about a treehouse which truly epitomises nature and our ability to live in harmony with our surrounding environment. This treehouse, a stunning and geometrically ornate structure shaped like a pinecone and suspended amongst the towering redwoods in California takes that dream to the next level.

Back To Nature Living In A Beautiful Tiny House Tent

 This family are doing things a bit differently, living a minimalist, debt free life style in a stunning tent. Zac and Katie together with their children Fox and Grizzly escaped the high stress, high cost lifestyle in Southern California and returned to Katie’s family land in New Mexico where they have built an incredible tiny tent house, going back to nature and living a rewarding life close to nature and each other. 

Couple’s Debt-Free Life In A Stunning $18,000 Tiny House

SB and Matt are a young and dynamic couple, who after getting married decided to build a tiny house on wheels before moving to Colorado from Oklahoma in order to avoid the incredibly high rent prices. Working together to build their home, they were able to do the vast majority of the labour themselves. Matching that with some thrifty material sourcing, they managed to construct their home for the amazingly affordable price of only $18,000.

Musician’s Incredible Modern Tiny House & Mobile Music Studio

 Asha Mevlana is an incredibly talented musician who is used to a life on the road, traveling the world as an electric violinist with the Trans Siberian Orchestra. Wanting to put down some roots and have a solid home which would also suit her unique lifestyle, she chose to build a tiny house.

Yoga Teacher’s Amazing Furniture-Free Tiny House Designed For Body Movement

 Jayme’s home is something very unique. As a yoga teacher, she understands the importance of body movement and has designed her brilliant home on wheels to reflect that and encourage her body to move as much as possible. Her home isn’t only functional however, it’s beautifully constructed using almost entirely salvaged materials. 

The Fairytale House That’s Shaped Like A Shoe

 There was an old woman who lived in a shoe. That’s how the story goes, but this incredible small home is no fairytale. Constructed from ferrocement, this tiny house has been built in the shape of a boot. Despite it’s whimsical appearance, it’s a functional home and is currently used as a retreat for lovers and those who are wanting to escape reality and live a little fairytale of their own.

Architect Builds Incredible Off-The-Grid Tiny Home To Avoid High House Prices

As an architect, Doug is used to designing large and spectacular homes. When it came to his own house, he decided to do something a bit different and challenged himself with going a lot smaller and designing and building a tiny house on wheels. With the benefit of his years of experience in architecture, his home is beautifully designed and filled with clever concepts to help make the space functional.

Couple Build Tiny House To Live Big In Retirement – Revisited

This couple has done an incredible job in building a unique and beautiful tiny home on wheels which will allow them to truly live big in their retirement! When we first met Dave and Adrienne, they had recently completed their first tiny house design. You can see the full tour of their first tiny house design here. After an admirer fell in love with their tiny home and offered to purchase it, the couple decided it would be a fantastic … →

Tiny House Concept Adapted Into Amazing Small Modern Home

This stunning small home in Wanaka, New Zealand is a perfect example of the influence that the tiny house movement is beginning to have on more conventional builds.

Family of 5’s Modern Tiny House Packed With Clever Design Ideas

When most of us think about tiny houses, we imagine them being ideal for couples or those living on their own, perhaps those with only one child at a stretch. It’s hard to think how a tiny house could work to accomodate a large family, especially one with three children! In this weeks episode, we explore the stunning home of Francois and Sarah-Lee, who share their 21 m2 (or 226 ft2) tiny house together with their three children, Poppy (8), … →

Beautiful Tiny Home Built To Look Like Earthen Cottage

This home is a unique hybrid between a tiny house on wheels and a natural building. This young apprentice carpenter, gave himself a challenge to own his own home before he was 22 years old. What he ended up constructing was an incredible tiny home, which uses natural plasters on the interior to give his home an incredible earthen cottage appearance. 

Life On The Water In A Tiny House Boat

If you love tiny homes but also the freedom of living on a boat, this small floating house boat could just be the ideal solution for you. Designed by Ian Ugarte in collaboration with architect Drew Heath this house on the water is designed to be the ideal live-aboard home.

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