Hotel Luna Mystica is a vintage trailer hotel and starlight campground is 8 miles from the heart of Taos, New Mexico. Each trailer has retained it’s vintage vibe while also providing its own deck, bathroom, comfortable bed, and kitchen. It’s also right next to Taos Mesa Brewery which has regular live music, and… well… yes… […]
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Jun
Jun
In the first two installments of this brief side exploration into small adobe homes I shared a 500 and 950 square foot design. This third home is only 376 square feet (320 usable) and should be easy to build. Like the first designs – I’m doing these just for fun and thought my readers would like a […]
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Jun
Jun
The first installment of this brief side exploration into small adobe homes was about twice as big as this 500 square foot design. The usable living space is actually 393 square feet when you take the wall thickness into account. The house has one main room with a kitchen and living space. On the west […]
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May
May
I’ve hesitated sharing this series of designs with my readers here at Tiny House Design, because they are not tiny. They are small – under 1000 square feet – so I think many people will appreciate them. So at the risk of going slightly off-topic I’ve decided to go ahead and share them. The Backstory […]
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May
May
I thought I’d show you just how big tiny houses are becoming. I’m also curious to know what you think about this trend – so if you have a strong opinion leave it in a comment below. In the beginning, tiny houses were very small. Jay Shafer’s original Tumbleweed was 12-feet long, which is the […]
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May
May
You most likely recognize Bryce Langston from Living Big In A Tiny House. His YouTube Channel is one of the most popular Tiny House channels with over 1.8 million subscribers. Bryce travels the world interviewing tiny home owners and filming their tiny homes. A few years ago he began building his own tiny home in […]
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May
May
The Carrack 836 is a slight smaller version of the Carrack 1042. See a comparison of the two sizes of this design. This version of the Carrack is 36-feet long and just under 13′ 6″ tall and 8′ 6″ wide – making it legal to tow without a permit, just like a travel trailer. PURCHASE […]
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May
May
10-foot wide tiny houses on wheels are growing in popularity. The extra 2-feet in width really open up the interior space – and for those that don’t need to move their houses often, the larger size isn’t a problem. When trailers are over 8.5 feet, an oversize load permit is needed. Permits for towing oversized […]
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May
May
The Carrack 1042 is the beginning of a new generation of tiny house designs. It’s wider and longer than most tiny houses but a project sized for many do-it-yourselfers. PURCHASE NOW It’s name is inspired by the Carrack class of wooden sailing ships common during the 14th-17th centuries. These ships rode high in the water […]
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Mar
Mar
The following is a guest post from Michael Tobias, PE, LEED AP, CEM, Founder of New York Engineers. The basic requirement for a net zero tiny house is generating enough energy to fully cover its usage. To achieve this, the tiny house must first be designed to consume as little energy as possible, and then […]