What better way to take up a new creative hobby and furnish your tiny home and its surrounds at the same time – by learning the art of miniature trees themselves – the Bonsai. These tiny trees have for centuries represented feelings of tranquillity and peace, and have been associated with Zen Buddhism.…
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Finding a Tiny Car to Match Your Tiny Home
So you’ve decided to get a tiny house situated on an idyllic plot. You don’t want a cumbersome SUV or gas-guzzling vintage sedan. All you need is a ‘tiny’ car to make it complete. So what’s out there to suit your new lifestyle?
New or used, if you want a car with personality, then you can’t go past the Fiat 500 (or the Abarth which is the top model Fiat 500) or the Mini Cooper.…
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The Pros and Cons of Escaping to the Country in Your Tiny Home
Considering a tiny home lifestyle? Are you wondering if you should stay closer to urban centres, in your comfortable bubble, or venture out into the unimaginable world of the rural living? In this article, we try to present to you the benefits of living rural in your tiny home and the cons of it.…
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The 10 Pros and 10 Cons of Living in a Houseboat
The progression of the tiny house just keeps getting better. Tiny houses started out from small cabins, were then ready to be put on wheels — now culminating in the addition of the tiny houseboat. It is precisely what it sounds like: a tiny home that floats on water. No more are you tethered to land that you have to buy!…
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7 Essential Things You Need to do Before Building a Tiny House
While deciding to build a tiny house can be exciting, it is essential to realize that it takes a lot of planning and hard work to accomplish a long list of tasks before you are ready to buy a trailer for your very own tiny dream house.
Here, we’ll be sharing our to-do list with you, and hope it can help you start your tiny house preparation – whether you’re starting next week or next year.…
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How to Start Off the Grid Living in a Tiny Home
Living off the grid is an attractive concept to several tiny home dwellers. It signifies an added layer of freedom. Living ‘tiny’ grants liberty from hefty 25+ years of mortgage repayments, and the bonus of no more spending on utilities.
Yes, there’s an initial investment cost required, but it pays off in the future.…
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It’s More Important than Ever to Start Living the Tiny Home Lifestyle
Tiny homes are frequently thought of as an alternative for affordable housing solutions. Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the tiny home housing industry has been inundated with inquiries from a new breed of tiny home enthusiast.
With more people fleeing expensive cities for the suburbs and the countryside because of the Coronavirus, some families invest in mobile tiny homes or trailers to live closer to families with older parents as kids are being home schooled, and employees are working remotely reducing stressful travel times. …
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10 Pros and 10 Cons of Building a Container Home
When hearing the term – Container Home – one might envision a cramped space with not much creativity involved in the design. But in reality, container architecture has, in recent years, become a popular area of study.
Houses of different sizes, stationary houses and houses on wheels, and even multiple hybrid structures that use containers in their designs have all become a topic of intense discussion in the last decade.…
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What actually is the Tiny House Movement?
A movement that is more than just about architecture, the Tiny House Movement is a social movement in which people adopt minimalism and live simpler lives in a smaller space.
Built on the foundations of sustainability and environmental consciousness, the popularity of tiny houses is gaining momentum all across the world.…
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Building Your Own Tiny Cob Home
Cob homes are a trend that is taking the world by the storm. They are sustainable, affordable, and they are easy on the eyes! Cob style homes require simple materials like clay, sand, and straw. They are mixed together to serve as a building material, the same as bricks.…
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