The tiny house movement is downsizing taken to the extreme. Posing particular challenges for designers and builders, not to mention those that live in them, tiny houses have made a big splash in recent years and encouraged some innovative use of minimal space and budgets.
Here you'll find the latest design ideas for your smaller than average home.
Utah-based Alpine Tiny Homes recently completed a new tiny house dubbed Cape Cod. Measuring 30 ft (9.1 m) long, the towable dwelling sleeps a maximum of six people and features a downstairs master bedroom that can also serve as a home office.
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Greenwich, New York-based Cubist Engineering has designed a tiny house named the Sturgis. It measures just 21 ft (6.4 m)-long, but seems more spacious thanks to not having a standard bedroom – instead, when it's time to hit the sack, a bed is lowered down from the ceiling at the flick of a switch.
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The Eucalyptus, by Minimaliste, has a total floorspace of just 285 sq ft (26.4 sq m). The towable dwelling includes two lofts and a solar power system that offers its owners the freedom to go off-the-grid while retaining some nice home comforts, like a big TV, dishwasher and washer/dryer.
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French tiny house firm Baluchon has made a name for itself designing very small and lightweight homes, like the Escapade and Odyssée. Its latest model, the Ondine, is similar in style to those and serves as both a full-time home and workplace to a masseur in the Alps.
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Alpine Tiny Homes recently completed a new tiny house named La Ventana. Measuring 32 ft (9.7 m)-long, the towable dwelling includes three bedrooms and serves as home to a family of five. It also runs off-the-grid with a solar power setup.
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The Jefferson tiny house is a compact towable home with a layout that maximizes the limited space available. It also boasts some welcome features, like a bathtub, downstairs master bedroom, and a bookshelf that can be moved to reveal a "secret" storage area.
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This year has seen many unique takes on tiny houses, including an expandable tiny house, a cardboard tiny house, and another towable dwelling that can sleep up to 10 people. Here's our pick for the best tiny houses of 2017.
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Tiny houses are, by definition, not the most spacious of dwellings, but there are ways to carve out some extra room to move. For Shari Snyder and her carpenter husband Todd, that meant fitting out their first towable home with a pair of slide-outs to expand the living space and master bedroom.
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MitchCraft Tiny Homes shoehorned a surprisingly fully-featured tiny house onto a compact 22 ft (6.7 m)-long trailer with its latest build. Sleeping up to four people under its small roof, the towable dwelling also boasts solar power, a composting toilet, and onboard water storage.
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Quebec's Minimaliste recently completed a towable dwelling that takes extremely cold weather in its stride. The Laurier runs off-the-grid with solar power and has a propane-powered underfloor heating system. It also boasts some clever storage ideas.
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