Posts by Alexis Stephens
Tiny House Living: Best Space-Saving Beds
Guest Post: space-saving beds for tiny houses and small spaces. The tiny house trend utilizes a minimalist mindset and smart design to contain or hold everything you need into a small area that is much more compact compared to traditional homes. Tiny houses typically come in at 500 square feet of space and less. One…
Read MoreEverything You Need to Know About the Tiny House Movement: the Basics
The trend towards tiny homes has become a sweeping social movement. Discover the key underpinnings of the tiny house movement. Have you ever felt bogged down by your house and possessions? Tempted to downsize your living situation in a big way? That’s what the tiny house movement is all about, consciously simplifying. It’s a new…
Read MoreFull-Time RV Living with 2 Humans and 2 Dogs
Meet Tom and Cait, the Mortons on the Move. They live full time in their tiny home on wheels with their two dogs, Mocha and Bella. It’s a cute and roomy DRV Mobile Suites, 32’ fifth wheel—a nomadic home. Together they’ve been traveling across the US since 2015, exploring and filming. To meet their creator…
Read MoreThe Best Small Homes You Can Live In
The best things come in small packages. Here are examples of the best small homes available. If you want to get technical, the first famous tiny house enthusiast was likely Henry David Thoreau. His famous collection of essays, Walden, was a testament to the benefits of minimalist living. The book detailed his life in a…
Read MoreCouple’s Exquisite Hand-Crafted Tiny House
Meet Margarita and Stevie, a free-spirited and talented young couple. Together they designed and hand-built their 97 sqft tiny home. They gave great attention to decorative details, like adding curvy organic shapes to soften the boxy tiny house on wheels shape. It is, at the same time, simple and artistically sophisticated. For them, their tiny…
Read More6 Easy Storage Ideas for Your Tiny House
It’s no secret that one of the big sacrifices you will have to make with your tiny house is space. While you may have become a master at making the most of your space, there are plenty of things just won’t be able to fit. And that’s fine! You knew that going into your tiny…
Read MoreStolen Tiny House! Easy Tiny Home Security Tips
Have you heard about stolen tiny houses? Fortunately, most have been found. With the right preparation and tools, this awful situation can easily be avoided. The mobile nature of tiny houses makes them an easy pick for burglars, home security should be a top priority. As nomadic tiny house dwellers, my boyfriend and I have…
Read MoreDecluttering Your Space: How to Create a Clutter-Free Home
With our hectic schedules, we all let our home go astray from time to time. Create a clutter-free home with these quick and easy decluttering tips! Hands up if this is the year you’ve promised yourself you’re finally getting organized? If your hand is up, you’re not alone. The discussion around the dangers of living…
Read MoreAdventurer’s Salvage-Built DIY Tiny House
Meet Adam, an outdoor adventure enthusiast and DIY tiny house builder in the Wyoming mountains. His 20′ x 8.5′ x 13.5′ tiny house on wheels was built from a wide variety of salvaged and reclaimed materials, like locally-harvested wood and pallets. Ultimately, he achieved his goal of a low-cost tiny home, perfectly suited for his…
Read MoreWhen Less is More: 6 Smart Space-Saving Hacks for Tiny House Living
When it comes to tiny house living, less is more. Here are six space saving ideas for a tiny house that can also be applied to homes of any size. Most of the homes sold through mid-2015 were upwards of 2,700 square feet. That’s changing, out of both of financial necessity and desire for simpler living.…
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