Micro-House

Tiny houses are not just for living in, and we've seen the towable dwellings repurposed for everything from a wedding chapel to a pub. Dragon Tiny Homes recently came up with yet another use for them in the form of a portable sauna.

Backcountry Tiny Homes knows a thing or two about maximizing living space. The firm has now used this experience to fit a two-bedroom model that's suitable for a small family into a length of just 26 ft.

The Rowan is the latest model from online marketplace Tiny House Listings. Fronted by a useful porch area, the tiny house features a spacious interior layout that's arranged on one floor. It's currently up for sale for $92,000.

Dragon Tiny Homes' Avalon V2 is a compact model with a length of just 24 ft. Despite its small size, the tiny house features a space-saving layout that includes one bedroom downstairs and two more upstairs.

Tiny houses are usually a compromise between livability and portability, but this model's clever design offers the best of both. Its loft roofs provide full standing height in its bedrooms when stationary, and fold down to allow for easier travel.

For its Luke tiny house, Backcountry Containers connects a large and a small shipping container together. This creates a surprisingly spacious interior layout that sleeps two in comfort and starts at $125,000.

Madeiguincho showcases its woodworking expertise with the Barca. Designed as a family vacation home, the timber tiny house features a compact but practical interior and runs off-the-grid with solar panels.

Whichever way you cut it, an 18-ft-long tiny house isn’t exactly palatial. However, thanks to some clever design choices, the Five Four does a good job of maximizing living space and even squeezes in two bedrooms.

Here's a novel take on tiny living, courtesy of Elsewhere Pods. Named the Beaufort Bushland Retreat, it takes the form of a glass house on wheels that offers amazing views of the surrounding countryside.

With its rugged exterior and compact footprint, Plume envisions its pint-sized Botanical Cabin as a lodge on wheels. The tiny house features a light-filled interior layout on one level that's suitable for up to two people.

Though the Nano Micro House isn't the smallest tiny house we've ever seen, it's pretty close – and at $22,900, it's also one of the cheapest. This example of extreme downsizing sleeps two and has a surprisingly functional interior.

Dragon Tiny Homes' new and improved Kemi model is a compact tiny house that draws on Scandinavian design. It features a space-saving interior that's well-suited to vacations and sleeps up to four people.