Skoolies, Tiny Houses on Wheels & a Tiny Prefab House With tiny house events being canceled and postponed, we hope you enjoy this fun look at a tiny living festival! We had a blast at the recent TinyFest California in San Diego. There we toured a wide variety of tiny homes, including school bus conversions,…

Is this the best skoolie tiny home?! The Backroads or Bust family of 6 converted a school bus into an amazingly comfortable, functional, and beautiful tiny home. It’s quite possibly the best skoolie layout out there. We’re biased, though, because it’s definitely one of our all-time favorite school bus conversions. It’s one of the few…

Sharing a Story of Extreme Minimalism Remember, What Works for Someone Else Might Not Work for You. Tiny Living is Individualistic! Brandon is an extreme minimalist. He converted a box truck into a barebones, rustic tiny home for frugal living in the insanely expensive Silicon Valley. As a young software engineer at a big tech…

Earth Magic: a Short CalEarth Documentary Superadobe is a kind of natural building method that feels like a kind of earth magic, by meeting crucial needs beautifully from abundant organic materials. It’s brilliantly practical in so many ways. Superadobe construction uses soil to create durable, efficient structures. This simple yet innovative system creates inexpensive and…

Do you have to be an extreme minimalist to live a tiny house? Absolutely not. Meet Andy. He is a self-described “maximist.” He lives in a tiny house that is full of all his favorite things and hobbies, like volleyball and cooking. Everything is carefully displayed or stored, kind of like a nesting doll system.…

There’s no time like the now to repriortize your life around what matters most. Our most recent video is a throwback to a few years ago when we met Richard Ward. He’s a designer, artist, and DIY tiny house dweller. During our visit to his first tiny home, he shared with us his compelling story…

What’s better than life in a beautiful tiny home of your own? Parking in a community with kind neighbors. Robyn’s bohemian extra-wide tiny house is just as delightful as her personality is infectious. This is perfectly fitting since a tiny home should be a self-reflection of its owner. We love how incredibly livable her space…

Kevin’s tiny house life in Alaska is centered around his three loves—nature, music, and teaching. He built his tall-man friendly THOW in collaboration with Bartlett High School. It is very much in the style of historic Alaskan dry cabin, but road-worthy, with a fold-down awning and removable porch. It’s 15′ tall, the max road-legal height…

Jenna’s Tiny House Giant Journey As Jenna puts it, tiny homes are dream fulfillment vehicles. She built her tiny house to pursue her passions for journalism and travel. The result: an amazing tiny house giant journey, from 25,000 miles of THOW travel to countless trips around the world. Along the way, Jenna has shared her…

A Story of Resilience, Hope & Love After Historic Destruction Community hero, Alyssa Nolan-Cain, builds tiny houses, with donations and volunteers, for those who lost everything in the Camp Fire. It was California’s most destructive and deadly fire, destroying 14,000 homes. Over, 1,000 families still haven’t been able to secure even temporary housing. Alyssa felt called…