The little square footage means tiny homes are much cheaper than your typical house. In some cases, it can be cheaper to buy a pre-built home. This depends on whether you're considering building a ...

BOISE -- In November 2011, Macy Miller began working on her big plans for a tiny house: A 196 square-foot tiny house to be exact. Miller is a designer at a commercial architecture office. She wanted ...

The following examples show floor plans under 500 sq ft. To make the distinction clearer, we’ll use the metric system. We hope to show you that tiny homes have a lot of potential and can be very ...

House plans are typically larger than those of a typical apartment. However, not everyone wants a big house. Some find small ...

Tiny house advocates will admit that these compact dwellings are deceptively complex. People new to this specialized housing segment might think a smaller house means simpler designs and construction.

Paying rent in a bloated market isn’t working for you? Have the piles of stuff you’ve hoarded in your closets finally forced you to scream: “I’m ready for a purge”? Maybe you just want to live a ...

Every January, as we build up to the big International Builders Show, there are a million stories about model homes and dream house plans, all many thousand square feet and full of many rooms serving ...

Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...