Also, take away the bad, and you still have a whole lot of good, because there are small houses galore for you to enjoy. They’ve covered basics like Tumbleweed, other killer small space designers like ARCHTEAM, who I love, and there are even some things I’ve never, ever seen before like Arvesund’s small Hermit’s Cabin. LOOK:

Awesome little space.

Visit Small House Style to see many more small structures. Bonus – lots of small space resources.

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One or two people can live in one of these homes; it’s obviously not really an appropriate large family home. This project of micro homes was first launched in Munich back in November 2005. It started as a case study village sponsored by O2 Germany. Below is a shot of the O2 project (students lived there).  The micro homes were clustered in a family-like setting.

Currently this slick project can be viewed at the Museum of Modern Art, New York; through October.

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The Micro Compact Home

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The Little Crooked Room

Still, if you’re just one person or a couple, it’s manageable to live in a small space. Benefits include:

• Mobile; in some cases.
• Learning to live with less stuff. That equals a larger feeling of freedom and simplicity, which in turn can equal less stress.
• Tiny costs associated with heating, water, etc. These are ideal for a solar power set-up.
• Can (for experienced builders) take just 2-3 months to build.
• Obviously the lack of materials and power it takes to build one of these small spaces is a huge perk to the planet’s well-being. You can even incorporate recycled and other green materials into the building process.

The really cool video tour of a Tumbleweed home:

To learn more, or even get your own tiny home visit the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company.

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Tumbleweed Tiny House Company Benefits & Video

Epu in the fields of Sebastopol, CA. 96 square feet:

Basically, Tumbleweed is a company that designs, builds, and sells both ready made homes and plans for extremely tiny homes. These homes are so small that the standard size is 120 square feet or less (although some are a wee bit bigger) and they can be affixed to a trailer, and are road ready.

Nice; and I thought I wanted an RV. This is way better. I’m just going to give a basic run down of size. If you want to take a look inside (believe me, you do) then visit the house page at the Tumbleweed site – most have great interior slide shows. There is also a handy FAQ.

Harbinger; 490 square fee:

My favorite is, unsurprisingly, the Z-Glass House at 400 square feet. Too big for a trailer I guess, but way slick:

After the jump; interior shots!

Inside the Epu – Desk:

Inside the Epu – Kitchen: 

You know, this post is getting sort of long. I think I’ll come back with the ultra slick video and some benefits of a Tumbleweed home.

[All photos credited to the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company]

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Life in a House That’s Smaller Than Some Closets

N55 the creative minds behind the snail shell system note that this system, “Can easily be placed in a discreet way. It can be buried in the ground, exposing only the entrance. It can also function as a comfortable space inside existing buildings.” There’s quite a lot more to this structure which you can read about at the N55 website.

It is so a house! Look, it offers rest…

A shower and kitchen.

From the website; “The bilge pump (on the left) can be used as a vacuum cleaner as well as for pumping water. Combined with hoses and a flexible tank, it works as a shower… The box (on the right) contains a torch, hoses for the pump, kitchen pan, kettle and alcohol burner, foldable water containers that can be used for ballasting as well as for shower and drinking water, and plastic bags.”

Toilet

I didn’t say glamorous toilet.

One of N55’s work in progress living spaces, you won’t even have to push… it’ll just walk along side of you.

The Walking House

N55 has created so many interesting items — all related to space, how we use space, and living. They have inflatable, floating, and other innovative homes. I recommend setting aside an hour or so and cruising through all of their manuals. It’s well worth the time.

What could you use this for? Camping, living as a wanderer, in the old days maybe a Dead show or two.

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The Smallest (Real) Home on the Planet