Just Park It: Tiny Houses as ADUs
Welcome to Today’s Tiny House Parking Spot! In episode 6, we parked our tiny home in my sister Nicole's backyard in northern Utah. For us, it is the an ideal way to visit family, striking a perfect...
View ArticleTiny Living Promotes Gratitude
Choosing to live in a tiny home comes with the understanding that you are choosing to live with less. Often that means less space to spread out, smaller and fewer appliances, less storage space, and if...
View ArticleJust Park It: Tiny House Boondocking in Moab
Welcome to Today’s Tiny House Parking Spot! In episode 7, we parked our tiny home in beautiful Moab, Utah. We boondocked for ?a full week at an incredible free camping site, just outside of Arches...
View ArticleTiny Houses Now LEGAL in San Luis Obispo, CA
California may soon be the most tiny house on wheels friendly state in the nation. Last week, San Luis Obispo became the second Californian city to legally create a place for moveable tiny houses, aka...
View ArticleTiny House EVICTION and What You Can Do About It
Meet David, a University of Colorado college student, future astronomy teacher, and tiny dweller. He built a charming and super functional tiny house on wheels, as a way to embrace simple, sustainable...
View ArticleJust Park It: Tiny House Communities in Durango, CO
One of our recent tiny house parking spots was in beautiful Durango. It is located in southwestern Colorado where the high desert meets the mountains. This bustling little city is known as mountain...
View ArticleJust Park It: Tiny House Village in the Land of Enchantment
In episode 9 of Today’s Tiny House Parking spot, we travel with our tiny house on wheels into the Land of Enchantment. There we parked at the Animas Valley Village, a new tiny house/RV community. It...
View ArticleOperation Tiny Home Launches a Down Payment Assistance Grant Program
You are ready to make the leap into tiny house living. Check! You found a builder that offers financing. Check! You can easily make regular, affordable loan payments. Check! Even with all these...
View ArticleJust Park It: Skoolie Homestead in New Mexico
Homesteading can take many forms, as we learned in our recent visit to northern New Mexico. Our friends, Trebventure, are a family of five. They converted a school bus into a stunning home on wheels....
View ArticleLessons Learned from Traveling 54,000 Miles with Our Tiny House
When I sat down to write this article, I started to make a list of all the lessons that I have learned over the past three and half years of tiny house travel. My first draft included over 50 examples...
View ArticleJust Park It: FREE and Off Grid in Las Cruces
On our late fall tiny house road trip through southern New Mexico, it felt like spring. Warm, sunny days and cool nights. We discovered an enchanting free boondocking site on the outskirts of Las...
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UPDATE: Oregon Reach Code for Tiny Houses
Two years ago, Oregon tiny house advocates were embroiled in a fight with the Oregon Building Codes Division (BCD). The BCD director was actively working to stymie the governor’s directive to create a...
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Just Park It: Fields, Ranches and Casinos of NorCal
Northern California stretches from San Luis Obispo County to the Oregon state line. It is diverse, grandly beautiful and chock full of tiny houses. They can be found on farms, ranches, vineyards and...
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Downsizing Can Lead You to a Life of Adventure
"Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can." Living the life of your dreams begins with the dreams themselves. Six years ago, I couldn’t tell you what my goals were beyond the desire not...
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Just Park It: Tiny Living in Central Oregon
Back in December, we sought winter tiny house parking in central Oregon. Ultimately, we settled in Bend is one of our favorite cities. It’s small but happening and has amazing nature access, including...
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Why Wheels? A Case for Movable Tiny Houses
The term “tiny house on wheels” can be a source of considerable misunderstanding. Ease of mobility is all too closely related to transiency, bringing up creepy connotations for many the traditional...
View ArticleJust Park It: an Orlando Tiny Home Community
Orlando Lakefront at College Park pioneered the RV/Tiny House community idea back in 2015. The owner has slowly transformed it from a run-down 1950’s RV park to a lush modern tiny home community. It...
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Easy Tiny Home Security Tips
Have you heard about recent stolen tiny houses? Fortunately, most have been found. With the right preparation and tools, this awful situation can easily be avoided. Most importantly, don’t let fear...
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Operation Tiny Home’s Native American Housing Program
Operation Tiny Home is expanding its programming again. This inspiring nonprofit offers affordable housing solutions and community-focused tiny house building workshops, for veterans to those...
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Before You Build or Buy Tiny House: What You Need to Know
Ok, so you’ve fallen in love with tiny homes. Now you are trying to decide if you should build or buy a tiny house. Where do you begin? What do you need to be aware of before making a life-changing...
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