Tiny Houses

The S'Mouse City Model offers a modern tiny house take on the traditional shepherd's hut. Featuring a very compact but comfortable interior layout, the dwelling also comes with optional off-the-grid upgrades.

Timbercraft Tiny Homes has carved out a niche in the small living movement with its luxurious cottage-like models. Its Big Sky continues this rustic theme and features a spacious interior that sleeps up to four people.

With its usable length of just 4.5 m, the Mo.5 450 tiny house definitely isn't suitable for raising a family. However, its small size makes it a good fit for regular travel, and it has a space-saving interior that sleeps four.

The Morena is an eye-catching tiny house that has been expertly crafted from wood by Madeiguincho. With a length of just 24 ft, it features an open and spacious interior layout that sleeps up to two people in comfort.

We see a lot of tiny houses that are intended for families but the Minuet, by Piccola Tiny Homes, goes in the opposite direction. It's designed for a single person and has a storage-packed layout that maximizes available space.

This tiny house is billed by designer Levi Kelly as the world's smallest – and since it measures just 19.46 sq ft, we're inclined to agree. Its interior is more capable than you might expect, thanks to an ingenious approach to space-saving design.

To explore how decommissioned wind turbines can be repurposed, energy company Vattenfall is building a tiny house in a nacelle. It's as adorable as you'd expect, and comes with a host of amenities in a cozy space you'd be happy to call home.

In an overcrowded tiny house market, Portugal's Madeiguincho offers something different with its handmade wooden models. Its latest, the Atlantica, allows a family of four to live off-the-grid in a remote forest.

Tiny home builder Movable Roots has built to the limits of a bumper-pull recreational vehicle with this 42-ft-long (12.8-m), 8-ft-6-in-wide (2.6-m) wide custom beauty called The Elmore. Sitting on three axles, you can take this home-away-from-home anywhere.

The Loft Ruby Edition, by Canada's Mint Tiny House Company, is a tiny house with a length of 34 ft that has an impressive capacity to sleep up to six people in comfort. It starts at approximately US$108,000.

Though its recently completed Cercaux tiny house only has a length of 20 ft, Modern Tiny Living has ensured it punches above its weight thanks to a storage-packed interior containing a flexible "Swiss Army Knife" living room.

Tiny homes don't often have a full suite of smart gadgets, but Massimo Modular rings in all the bells and whistles with the futuristic, nearly completely see-through, tiny E9 smart home that offers just a two-hour install time.

Space-saving tiny house layouts are all well and good but not everyone can deal with staircases or ladders to get into bed. The Moulinsart addresses this by arranging everything on one level with a simple and open layout for two people.

The Elsie is a well-proportioned tiny house with a spacious interior suitable for a small family to live in comfort. It includes an open layout and a loft bedroom with a lowered platform that allows people to get into bed without crawling.

Dragon Tiny Homes offers a good balance between size and features with its recent model, the Vista. Despite its compact footprint of just 204 sq ft, the tiny house includes a snug but livable interior that fits two bedrooms.