Best Tiny Houses in the World

There's no such thing as too small. From wheeled works of art to perched on mountains or hanging in trees, any tiny dream home is possible.

Coolest Tiny Houses in the World

Now is a good time to think small. With the increase in cost of living and an inconsistent housing market, many home buyers are seeking a simpler way of life and turning to alternative forms of housing. This focus on simple living has spurred a tiny house movement.

From square footage as little as 51 up to the understood maximum of 399, small homes can come on wheels, skids or foundations. They can be perched on mountains or hang from trees. Some might even look like buses, vans, shipping containers or firehouses. But they all have the comforts of home.

These are the best tiny houses in the world.

75. Airship 002

Location: Drimnin, Scotland

Year built: 2015

Homebuilder: Roderick James Architects

Unique features: This space-looking home is lined with wood, but built mostly out of fully recycled heavy-duty aluminum.

Value: $102,000, rents on AirBnb for $197 a night

Bottom line: We've heard of homes being conversation starters, but this one-of-a-kind place is the conversation never-ender.

Many people are captivated by the home's exterior with its unique shape and material.

The interior is sleek, modern and features all of the luxuries.

74. Walden Studio

Location: Alkmaar, Netherlands

Year built: 2016

Homebuilder: Dimka Wentzel (contractor), Marjolein Jonker (client)

Unique features: With ecowood, cork, and eco-building materials, this builder thought of everything for a green build down to sheep’s wool insulation.

Value: $65,000

Bottom line: If the future is green living, then this tiny house might be the prototype.

The fully green build includes a wood stove, is solar equipped, and more.

On top of that, the house can fit a family and go off-grid with little work.

73. Tiny Firehouse Station No. 9

Location: Eatonton, Georgia

Year built: 2017

Homebuilder: Owners John Kernohan and Fin Davies, with help from Free Range Tiny Homes

Unique features: Tiny Firehouse Station No. 9 is a tribute tiny house honoring retired and active fire firefighters/first responders — and those heroes no longer with us.

Value: Priceless

Bottom line: Some things are worth more than money. This tiny mobile fire station is one of those things.

It is completely off-grid capable and features loft sleeping for two with all of the amenities of home.

Plus, the firehouse has a bar top that opens to the outside to feed the crew.

72. The Greenmoxie

Location: Ontario, Canada

Year built: 2016

Homebuilder: David Shepard and Ian Fotheringham

Unique features: Fully sustainable living with everything from rainwater catchment system to the woodstove and composting toilet, this house is off-grid ready.

Value: $65,000

Bottom line: Tiny living doesn't mean cutting corners on living the good life.

This tiny house on wheels (THOW) includes a fold-out deck, build-in shelving, beautiful woodwork and a spacious loft bedroom.

It also has plenty of room for two, plus guests.

71. Tiny Fishing Village Home

Location: Southeast Marion County, Florida

Year Built: 2019

Homebuilder: Sherwood Tiny Houses

Unique Features: This home, among others like it, was built in a tiny house fishing village created for seniors living in fixed-income housing.

Value: These homes rent for $500 per month.

Bottom Line: Tiny homes work for people of all ages and budgets of all sizes.

For $500 per month, seniors on a fixed income can have their very own tiny home with all the richness of traditional stick-built home living, along with utilities and internet included.

The added bonus is living in a community enjoying luxury for less.

70. WeTravelByBus

Location: Berlin, Germany

Year Built: 2016

Homebuilder: Kai and Julie Branns

Unique features: Using mostly reclaimed materials, including fruit and veggie boxes.

Value: Priceless, as the couple say they’ll never sell.

Bottom Line: The wheels on this bus lead to bliss.

With buses at a premium in Germany, the couple capitalized when they found it and designed the entire build around their two loves — sleeping comfortably and cooking.

Having a house on wheels allowed them to do both while traveling.

69. Art on Wheels!

Location: Bourbon, Missouri

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: JoAnn Cornman

Unique Features: Unlike many tiny houses on wheels, this unique design can be easily removed from its chassis and placed on a permanent foundation.

Value: Cost $24,900 to build, listed for sale at $14,000

Bottom line: Some tiny houses are bigger than they look. Take this 54-square foot microhouse.

With downstairs sleeping, and three custom-made cedar boxes stored under the bed, offering additional organization space, it can feel downright spacious.

68. The Ampersand House

Location: Olympia, Washington

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder:Zyl Vardos

Unique features: Hand-crafted woodwork, uniquely shaped windows and door, and bamboo flooring offer a bright and airy feel inside.

Value: $82,000

Bottom line: Tiny house builders think just like regular home builders. They just do more with less.

This tiny house has a loft that sleeps two and a large, L-shaped couch that is great for hosting guests.

The stunning asymmetrical design and sloped roof pitch are perfect for any weather.

67. Farallon

Location: Colorado Springs, Colorado

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder:Tumbleweed Tiny House Company

Unique features: Unlike most tiny homes of its size, this model offers two separate queen sleeping lofts, leaving enough room to comfortably sleep four in beds, plus a couch on the main level.

Value: $87,700

Bottom line: Big things can come in small packages.

In nearly 400 square feet on wheels, this house is built for ultimate comfort.

It's also built to last with pine tongue and groove interior decor, shore water and power hookups, and TRA green certification.

66. Le Koroc

Location: Quebec, Canada

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: Daigno

Unique features: This house, unlike so many other tinies, is on pontoons instead of wheels — a floating house.

Value: $80,000

Bottom line: Ever wanted to live on water?

This houseboat draws electricity from solar panels and propane fuel for its cooktop and heater.

The sink and shower use a custom-built system to obtain clean water from a cistern or directly out of the lake.

65. Aspen 30

Location: Parker, Colorado

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder:Compact Home Manufacturing, Kurt Kissman-Lead Designer and Builder

Unique features: Unlike other tiny homes on wheels, this double-wide tiny sleeps two in a main-level queen master bedroom.

Value: $35,000

Bottom line: Capitalizing on natural light and extended kitchen space, this home is perfect for someone who puts a high priority on residential appliances.

The home features stainless steel appliances as well as two beautiful wood decks on either side of the home and hardwood interior.

64. Tiny Farmhouse

Location: Loveland, Colorado

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: Lucas Kamtz

Unique features: Dual lofts and a main-floor bedroom with a built-in closet system, meaning it is built for a family of four-plus.

Value: $85,000

Bottom line: This tiny farmhouse is built for luxury living.

It has a full-size clawfoot tub, flushing corner toilet, antique vanity, washer/dryer combo, kitchen with all the appliances (including a dishwasher and sub-zero freezer French-door fridge,) and beautiful acacia butcher-block counters.

And just when you thought this house couldn't have anymore, it features a 10-foot retractable awning outside to expand your living space outdoors.

63. The Craftsman

Location: Torrington, Wyoming

Year built: 2020

Homebuilder: Shae Phifer

Unique features: Its own garage space comes with beetle kill pine and double outdoor storage compartments.

Value: $75,000

Bottom line: This tiny has all you need in 293 square feet.

That would be brand-new appliances, a full-size farmhouse sink, mini-spit, LP heater, composting toilet, 40-gallon water container, gas stove, dishwasher, apartment fridge, washer/dryer combo, and air exchange.

Not too shabby.

62. Tumbleweed Tiny Home

Location: Kingsland, Texas

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder: Marble Falls High School Industrial Arts Class, using a blueprint from Tumbleweed Tiny Homes of Texas

Unique features: Full-sized shower, retro kitchen including vintage red refrigerator, beautiful butcher block counters and an elongated residential flush toilet.

Value: $34,000

Bottom line: The coolest thing about this 190-square-foot home is that it was built as a project to teach students the skills needed to DIY (do it yourself) a home self-sufficiently.

Marble Falls High School in the Texas Hill Country took on this project well aware of the emerging tiny home market and wanted to teach useful skills to their students.

Mission accomplished.

61. JR’s Eco Hut at Kimo Estate

Location: New South Wales, Australia

Year built: 2016

Homebuilder: Anthony Hunt Designs, Luke Stanley Architects

Unique features: JR’s Eco Hut is totally off-grid but has a stunning bathroom with a spectacular view.

Value: Owners refuse to sell, but rent for $350 a night

Bottom line: Location, location, location.

With a classic A-frame design, this eco hut is set in remote solitude, surrounded by beautiful rolling hills, to give its dwellers peace and tranquility.

At the same time, it includes modern luxuries and entire walls of windows for panoramic views.

60. Eco Capsule

Location: Bratislava, Slovakia

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder: Eco Capsule, Tomas Zacek-Designer

Unique features: It's only 88 square feet and completely off-grid with wind and solar power options as well as rainwater catchment.

Value: $88,000

Bottom line: This space-age microhome is the future, and the future is now.

The Ecocapsule® body is made out of insulated fiberglass shells and a steel frame.

These are not only self-sufficient homes but also smart homes.

59. Salida 24

Location: Parker, Colorado

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder:Compact Home Manufacturing, Kurt Kissman-Lead Designer and Builder

Unique features: Farmhouse style with the natural lighting of skylights.

Value: $30,000

Bottom line: You don’t see many barn-style tinies on wheels.

But with steel ladder framing, steel studs and ceiling joists, this all-weather rugged home is built to last with sturdy framing and an all-season insulation R-value of R-22+.

The lofted tiny also sleeps four in two separate lofted queen bedrooms.

58. Dome Home

Location: Thailand

Year Built: 2011

Homebuilder: Steve Areen

Unique features: Created with an innovative form of concrete called "aircrete," this dome house is made of different size domes that are connected.

Value: $9,000

Bottom line: Set on a Thailand farm with a pond and gardens, this home has everything you need.

Plus, the main living area is open to the outside, which makes the interior feel much larger.

57. Nawaka — The Victorian Tiny House

Location: St. Augustine, Florida

Year built: 2014-17

Homebuilder: Designed and built by owner Shorty Robbins. Sketched on graph paper, taken to a SIPS manufacturer (where the fabricated kit was created), Shorty and her friends then built it in a day.

Unique features: The home was built from 90 percent recycled, reused, and repurposed materials, to look like a late-1800's cottage with all the modern comforts.

Value: $23,000, but Shorty says it is priceless and she would never part with it.

Bottom line: Shorty is a civil war reenactor, and it is a very involved hobby. After a rainy weekend with soaked tents, she was ready to quit because of wet tents, carpet and bedding.

Then, her daughter showed her a photo of Jay Shafer's Tumbleweed tiny home, and she set out to build her own tiny that would suit her lifestyle. Now the home serves as a living history museum.

Shorty even built a period parlor piano bed.

56. Santa Claus Haus

Location: Magnolia, North Carolina

Year Built: 2016

Homebuilder: Andrew Odom, Goose Odom, and Rio Odom

Unique features: It was built as a tiny house for Santa Claus to be used in holiday parades, as a place for holiday Santa photos, and to advertise the 2017 TinyHouseNC Street Festival.

Value: Sold for $6,500 in 2017

Bottom line: The house was never meant to live in, although it did have a drop-down bunk, a small desk, and room for a few extras.

It also was 100 percent solar-powered, which allowed the house to be fully lit when used in parades and for Santa Claus.

55. Tomato Box

Location: Atlanta, Georgia

Year built: 2015-present

Homebuilder:Andrea J. Burns. She purchased the building plans from Tumbleweed Tiny Homes in 2014, then heavily modified the layout.

Unique Features: Completely recycled greywater system.

Value: $70,000-plus

Bottom line: Taking "open floor plan" to the extreme, there are no interior walls, 13 windows (all of which open), and everything is hidden in plain sight.

Where do you sit? Anchor points on the beams hold hammock chairs, but only when you need them. With a 75-gallon soaking tub, there is luxury, without the opulence, and you’ll look right past the kitchen and bathroom areas trying to figure out where the kitchen and bathroom areas are.

This is optimized coziness.

54. Nicole 32

Location: Ft. Collins, Colorado

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: MitchCraft Tiny Homes

Unique features: The custom woodwork on the exterior paired with the bright colored paint is an eye-catcher on the road and when parked.

Value: $105,000

Bottom Line: Custom built-in shelving. Storage hidden away in every room. And beautiful hardwoods throughout.

This home is where art meets functionality.

53. The Pergola House

Location: Kawaguchi City, Saitama Prefecture, Japan

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: Satoshi Kurosaki, Apollo Architects & Associates

Unique features: This house is two stories with rooftop access and lots of windows, making it spacious and giving it a larger feel.

Value: $90,000

Bottom line: A high quality and sleek design, this house has a modern feel and is the epitome of Japanese culture with contemporary flair.

52. The Messi Journey (formerly #BananaVanAdventures)

Location: No real home base, traveled around 70,000 miles through 38 states and four countries

Year built: 2014

Homebuilder: Dan C. Messick

Unique features: A rolling closet has nearly three feet of hanging space. A rolling bed allows seating to expand to 7-8 at the dinner table. The bed has an actuator to allow it to become a lounger for reading books or watching TV.

Value: $15,000

Bottom line: It's amazing what you can do with some imagination and creativity.

This 2003 Dodge Sprinter 2500 totals 77 square feet and can easily become home, featuring an attic and the ability to drain the gray tank from inside the ride.

Not only that, but it's a great way to travel.

51. The Elsa

Location: Taylors, South Carolina

Year built: 2016

Homebuilder: Olive Nest Tiny Homes

Unique features: The Elsa has an attached greenhouse deck and pergola. This area provides a beautiful, functional custom-built outdoor living area, a feature that has gained this home plenty of attention.

Value: Sold for $81,000 in 2017

Bottom line: The Elsa is built atop a 28-foot-by-8.5-foot trailer for a total of 323 square feet of living space, including the loft.

Every detail, from the quartz countertops, custom zone lighting system to the pivoting bar, reveals the high-end modern functionality and attentive design that went into this build.

50. Aroma(n)tica Treehouse

Location: Monferrato, Italy

Year built: 2013

Homebuilder: Pina and Mauro

Unique features: The house is raised off the ground and sits in the trees, perched above a garden, solarium and swimming pool surrounded by blooming peaceful nature.

Value: $70,000, rents for $153 a night on AirBnb

Bottom line: With a main floor bedroom opening to a wrap-around balcony overlooking the garden, this is a blissful place for two with exposed beams and beautiful woodwork.

49. Custom Off-Grid

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee

Year built: 2017

Homebuilder: DIY built, RVIA certified

Unique features: This tiny house is on a 37-foot chassis with a gooseneck hitch.

Value: $142,000 to build, listed by a private seller for $119,000

Bottom Line: This tiny house is completely off-grid capable, and the gooseneck layout offers enough sleeping room for four people.

A large kitchen and convertible living area can even host guests. It also has a stacked washer and dryer and a double sleeping loft.

Which is nice.

48. Free Spirit Sphere

Location: Vancouver Island, Canada

Year built: 2015

Homebuilder: Tom-designer at Free Spirit Spheres

Unique features: These futuristic-looking homes are made of wood or fiberglass and have several porthole windows.

Value: Owners say they’d never sell, but currently rent for $344 a night

Bottom line: This is not your average treehouse. These spherical houses are suspended in the trees.

They are comfortable but intentionally basic. Each features a desk, bed, table, shelving, and closet space, with a small kitchenette.

It's simple living at its finest.

47. Zenia House

Location: Olympia, Washington

Year Built: 2017

Homebuilder:Zyl Vardos

Unique Features: Every window on the entry side of the home is made of stained, hand-blown glass.

Value: $82,000

Bottom line: Little things matter — even more with tiny homes. And this gorgeous house nails the details.

With an Onduvilla roof and custom cedar siding, the house is as beautiful as it is practical.

It also has custom tiling and sleeping room for two in a queen loft.

46. The Freedom

Location: Castle Rock, Washington

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: Fleetwood Park Model

Unique features: Stackable washer and dryer with a double sleeping loft that can comfortably sleep six with room to spare.

Value: $68,500

Bottom line: If like space, you'll love "The Freedom."

This park model home offers all the comforts of a stick-built home, including a full kitchen island, residential appliances and a full bath.

It's another nice example of what you can have in a house under 400 square feet.

45. The Handmade Hideaway 2.0

Location: Franklin, Tennessee

Year built: 2017

Homebuilder:Jamin and Ashley Mills

Unique features: The coolest secret feature of this tiny is a hidden attic-type hatch that opens connecting the bottom hangout hammock area to the top living space with a ladder.

Value: $3200 to build, but they would never sell

Bottom line: This hideaway was a labor of love for its owners and creators.

Described by the owners as a glamping/bungalow/cabin/house, it rings in at 10x12x16.5 feet.

The house was created as a teenager hangout that could grow with their three kids and has everything but a toilet and a swanky farmhouse chic style to boot.

44. Fuchsia

Location: Olympia, Washington

Year Built: 2018

Homebuilder:Zyl Vardos

Unique features: The bevel cedar siding is a beautiful touch, but the skylights and the tiled bathroom are features you don’t find in many tiny homes on wheels.

Value: $95,500

Bottom line: Zyl Vardos was founded in 2007 and claims to be "one of the most experienced building companies in the tiny house world."

That claim is supported by all of the cool tiny houses he makes. This one with a raised loft and high ceilings has an open feel.

And the handcrafted woodwork and accent touches bring the whole house together as a piece of artistry.

43. Single Hauz

Location: Poland

Year Built: 2008

Homebuilder: Front Architects

Unique features: A one-of-a-kind cantilever design allows these single-person dwellings to be placed virtually anywhere, even above water.

Value: $35,000

Bottom line: They call these structures "inhabitable billboards."

The modern designs have everything you’d need to live for weeks.

They also offer large floor to ceiling windows, two stories, and balconies to extend living space outdoors.

42. Narrowest House in the World

Location: Madre de Deus, Brazil

Year built: 2000s

Homebuilder: Designer, architect, and homeowner, Helenita Queiroz Grave Minho

Unique features: Measuring 10 meters tall (32.8 feet) but only one meter (3.3 feet) wide, this house is the most narrow in the world.

Value: $12,000

Bottom line: It seems impossible, but this unique home features three bedrooms, two rooms, a kitchen, laundry and toilet facilities.

In a city where space comes at a premium, Helenita Queiroz Grave Minho got creative and built this place when she was unemployed.

She then moved in to live with her husband, three kids, mother and sister.

41. Catskill Country Escape

Location: Livingston Manor, New York (The Catskills)

Year built: 2013-17

Homebuilder: Shell is by Tumbleweed, finished by Chris Schapdick

Unique features: The home is a 150-square-foot two-bedroom house used a weekend getaway.

Value: Priceless ($75,000 for an imitation copy)

Bottom line: This home has everything anyone really "needs."

It's a direct expression of what the designer loves, which should be the goal of all tiny homes.

In 150 square feet, you never find two bedrooms, but this tiny house has all the required amenities, plus separate space for two.

40. Tiny r(E)volution

Location: Pink Hill, North Carolina

Year built: 2010

Homebuilders: Built by Andrew and Crystal Odom (with assistance by Goose Odom and Stacy Pridgen)

Unique features: First tiny house on wheels that was single-level living and also featured a full-size kitchen.

Value: Was sold in 2013 for $19,000

Bottom line: Being early pioneers in the modern tiny house movement, Tiny r(E)volution was built with a basic understanding of putting a structure on top of a trailer.

More than half of the wood was recycled and repurposed, including being entirely framed with "second cut" lumber that had to be milled before use.

39. The Rainier

Location: Washougal, Washington

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: Trent Haery at Modern Tiny Living

Unique features: This tiny is under 200 square feet, but offers a full kitchen and a full bath.

Value: $89,000

Bottom line: Rainier is one of the most beautiful – and livable – tiny homes of its size in the country.

The L-shaped modern tiny living social area has plenty of storage and bed convertibility, gorgeous custom woodwork, and gorgeous skylights above the loft for late-night stargazing.

The house also features tons of natural light, spectacular custom woodworking and a relaxing aesthetic.

38. The Hobbit House

Location: Wales, United Kingdom

Year built: 2011

Homebuilder: Simon Dale

Unique features: Looking like something from "Lord of the Rings," this house will never be duplicated.

Value: $9,000

Bottom line: J.R.R. Tolkien would approve of this structure, which was built by a man who had no previous architectural experience using many natural materials.

The house has a composting toilet; straw bales for parts of the floor, walls, and roof; and a refrigerator that is cooled by underground air.

Simon Dale created an affordable, ecological masterpiece for his family (wife and two kids) that takes care of running itself.

37. Pinafore House

Location: Olympia, Washington

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder:Zyl Vardos

Unique Features: The unique copper roof highlights the fairytale roofline and stunning custom windows.

Value: $95,500

Bottom line: When you combine good craftsmanship and creativity, the results can be magical.

This house has many wonderful handcrafted touches like handmade windows and doors and two shaped leaded glass windows.

The unique swept, two-dormer roofline also makes a huge sleeping loft for a queen mattress with room to spare.

36. The Wansley

Location: Currently Tennessee

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder:Movable Roots Architect, Mike Cheatham and Corey Hagan

Unique features: How about a 36-foot gooseneck?

Value: $130,000

Bottom line: This home was built for a family of four newbies.

There is a private master bedroom over the gooseneck with standing headspace in a second bedroom loft. A large bathroom has a walk-in shower. And the gooseneck master and loft both have access with storage stairs.

There also is a large kitchen with an eat-in table, built-in couch with storage and reclaimed tobacco barn wood shelving in the kitchen and living areas.

35. The Award Winner

Location: Carrollton, Georgia

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: Owner Greg Norman

Unique Features: Rare foldable deck expands to double the interior living space, and its windowed garage door allows the light in while it is closed.

Value: $90,000

Bottom line: More proof that great things can come in small packages.

This tiny house is off-grid ready with a composting toilet, sleeping room for two to four people, and propane heat.

It's also won multiple awards at tiny home festivals.

34. House in Horinouchi

Location: Tokyo, Japan

Year built: 2011

Homebuilder: Architect Kota Mizuishi and contractor Hirano-Kensetu

Unique features: Not only is this tiny two stories, but the upper floor is made of steel and cantilevers to offer covered parking below.

Value: The owners commissioned the house and say they wouldn’t sell for less than $200,000.

Bottom line: Some tiny homes make big impressions.

With main floor living and a master bedroom, this home has everything you could want in a comfortable, sleek design.

The loft space offers a playroom for the owner’s children but could be converted to a guest space.

33. Rio Grande

Location: Durango, Colorado

Year built: 2015

Homebuilder: Greg Parham, Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses

Unique features: Beautiful custom woodwork, including a counter with sealed river rock.

Value: $73,000

Bottom line: This home is rustic meets luxury on wheels.

It has a full bathtub, wood stove, reclaimed front door and a fold-down porch.

All of that is packed into 218 square feet of main level living (including the front gooseneck) and 70 square feet of a sleeping loft.

32. Natural Modern

Location: Wichita, Kansas

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: Reid Christensen

Unique features: An incredible 11 windows.

Value: $76,000

Bottom line: This home brings all the comforts of the outdoors to tiny living.

The windows let the natural light flood the living area, creating a bright and spacious feeling of nature indoors.

And the house has engineered hardwoods and birch and shiplap interiors.

31. Koda Walking Concrete House

Location: Tallinn, Estonia

Year built: 2016

Homebuilder: Kodasema

Unique features: Because of this home’s unique design, it can be taken apart and rebuilt in any location so, while it isn’t on wheels, it can still be considered mobile.

Value: $125,000

Bottom line: Forget location. This tiny home is all about versatility.

The two-tiered homes come in just under 270 square feet and can be moved and reassembled.

That means they can be created to be homes, offices, or anything a buyer can imagine.

30. Stone Ledge

Location: Raymond, New Hampshire

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: B&B Micro Manufacturing

Unique features: Barnwood ceilings throughout, with dimmable inset lighting and LifeProof flooring.

Value: $65,000

Bottom line: Finding main floor living and sleeping in a tiny with a tow hitch is next to impossible, but this tiny has it all.

A sliding barn door separates the bedroom from the rest of the house, and the queen bed has built-in storage, a custom barnwood headboard and nightstands that match the ceiling.

Call it practical luxury.

29. Fortune Cookie House

Location: Olympia, Washington

Year built: 2017

Homebuilder:Zyl Vardos

Unique features: Handmade windows and doors with low-E insulated glass, three casement windows, arched entry door, and one Zyl Moon window.

Value: $61,000

Bottom line: You're going to like the fortune of this tiny house.

Start with the sturdy design of cedar plank siding and a sloped roofline, including R-13+ value insulation, which makes this place great for colder climates.

Strand bamboo flooring also makes the tiny home a standout.

28. It’s OK to Play

Location: Farmville, North Carolina

Year built: 2017

Homebuilder: The Capable Carpenter (Chris Strathy)

Unique features: First tiny house on wheels to have full storage underneath the floor that was accessible through the floor and from outside entry.

Value: Sold for $35,000 in 2019

Bottom line: "It’s OK to Play" was originally built as a rental home and showcase for The Capable Carpenter’s love of living tiny.

Being innovative and having fun while building were paramount to its construction, which was obvious in its "windmill" shoe storage unit, under-floor storage, and drop-down deck.

It also has a small loft to make it a three-story tiny house.

27. Roost 26

Location: Winston-Salem, North Carolina

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder:Perch & Nest (designer Johanna Elsner, lead builder Tom Elsner)

Unique features: High-end JennAir appliances, glass tile, solar skylight, Apple TV, granite counter and incinerating toilet.

Value: Valued at $75,000, sold as a show model for $70,000

Bottom line: Simple living.

Skilled craftmanship.

These one-of-a-kind roosts are built to meet your nesting needs.

26. Nautilus House

Location: Mexico City, Mexico

Year built: 2007

Homebuilder: Architect Javier Senosiain

Unique features: It's an earthquake-proof home.

Value: $218,000

Bottom line: This seashell-looking tiny home was built with nature in mind, so it didn't use any harmful building materials and avoided adding any sharp corners.

The stone shower and flowing water allow all elements of nature to come together in every room.

And with the natural emphasis in the architecture, no luxury was left out.

25. Tiny Home of Zen

Location: Agoura Hills, California

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder:Tiny Heirloom in Portland, Oregon

Unique features: A spiral staircase to the rooftop deck, made of a sustainable hardwood called Brazilian ipe and cable railings, cover two rooftop decks on this beautiful tiny house on wheels.

Value: $99,900

Bottom line: Home is where you park it. That is the motto of Tiny Heirloom, luxury custom tiny home builders that believe in dreaming small.

This tiny is like no other with a full-length queen bed, custom hickory wood flooring and a unique Pink Himalayan sea salt wall.

Tiny Home of Zen also is entirely off-grid capable with a powerful solar energy setup, composting toilet and grey-water hookup.

24. Diogene

Location: Weil am Rhein, Germany

Year built: 2013

Homebuilder:Renzo Piano

Unique features: This tiny is considered a microhome and comes in at only 79 square feet total.

Value: $45,000

Bottom line: This micro tiny home is a 100 percent ecobuild.

Constructed entirely of wood with panels of aluminum and a water filtration system to reuse water, it creates its own power and has both photovoltaic cells and solar modules. The house also has natural ventilation and a composting toilet.

Pretty, pretty cool.

23. The Hillside

Location: Fresno, California

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder:KJE Tiny Homes

Unique features: This tiny house’s gooseneck design allows for a more main floor sleeping area in addition to the standard sleeping loft.

Value: $61,00

Bottom line: You can live large in this tiny house.

With two bedrooms, a full kitchen, washer/dryer, residential flush toilet, and stand-up shower, this model has all of the modern amenities of a traditional stick-built home.

Home sweet tiny home.

22. Luxury Container Home of the Future

Location: Oakland, California

Year built: 2020

Homebuilder: Bay Area Local Contractor

Unique features: The front porch and redwood deck add four feet to the total footprint and are designed to be detached for transport.

Value: $55,000

Bottom line: A container home offers some of the highest-rated technology against harsh or even catastrophic weather events.

This 20-foot-by-8.5-foot-high cubed container for extra headroom offers 160 total square feet.

With recessed LED lighting, sliding double-paned glass doors to let in natural light, and rigid foam insulation installed on the exterior to maximize R rating and interior space at the same time, the house makes the perfect accessory dwelling unit (ADU) or granny flat in any neighborhood without a homeowners association (HOA).

21. Tiny Modern Farmhouse

Location: Raleigh, North Carolina

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: Ashley Paden

Unique features: It weighs just 7,000 pounds.

Value: $31,500

Bottom line: This little farmhouse on wheels can be towed by an SUV or small truck without the need of a large tow vehicle or contracted hauling company, making her one of the most mobile on the list.

With metal siding and roofline, the home’s exterior is perfect for any weather (withstanding traveling) and easy on maintenance.

Combining beautiful butcher block countertops and a composting toilet, the house combines the best of luxury and convenience.

20. Vinnie 3 (aka Vincent My Van That Goghs)

Location: Staunton, Virginia

Year built: 2018-19

Homebuilder: Designed and created by Carmen Shenk and Xaver Wilhelmy

Unique Features: The copper version of the classic le Corbusier sofas get a lot of attention, and they fold out into a queen-sized bed.

Value: $25,000, but currently listed at $15,000

Bottom Line: This is not your average skoolie.

The owners designed the shuttle bus based on their experiences living tiny in 125 square feet and knew they could go even more simple. That meant sacrificing the always-set-up bed, but it works for having friends together in conversation, which is not something most skoolies have the room to accomplish.

Everywhere you look it's got nice touches that go way beyond expectations, like the bespoke curly maple shelves, designed and made by the owner. There's no substitute for pride in work, and it shows in this tiny.

19. The Eco Cube

Location: Edinburgh, Scotland

Year built: 2016

Homebuilder: Designed by Dr. Mike Page, founder of The Cube Project

Unique Features: This house was built as an initiative with the University of Hertfordshire to prove that someone could live comfortably with minimal "stuff."

Value: $10,100

Bottom line: Live small. Earn big?

The solar panels of this 100-square-foot tiny home can earn its dwellers money each year.

The house also has a living area, dining area, kitchen, laundry, closet, residential shower, flush toilet and a full bed.

18. Family-Friendly Craftsman

Location: Centerville, Utah

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder: Owner Adam Lysenko

Unique features: A tall, gabled ceiling in the center of the home and the natural light from the 20 double-pane windows offer a much larger feel than a typical tiny.

Value: $55,000

Bottom line: Two spacious dormer lofts cantilever out an additional three feet on either end of the house, and a box window on the kitchen end of the home adds some extra counter space and tasteful architectural flair.

With R-24 insulated walls made of structurally insulated panels (SIPs) and batt insulation in the floor and ceiling, this house is all-season ready.

Electric radiant heating elements in the ground floor and two A/C units offer all year comfort.

17. The Honey House

Location: Portland, Oregon

Year built: 2015-17

Homebuilder: Isabelle Nagel-Brice and father John Brice

Unique Features: A DIY build with low volatile organic compounds (VOC) and reclaimed materials. Incorporated airtightness in the building provides continuous fresh air ventilation.

Value: It's insured for $80,000 and could probably sell for $65,000

Bottom line: Isabelle wanted to build a tiny home that incorporated high-performance green building materials and numerous reclaimed materials as well.

In the design phase, she thought about the lifecycle of the home and took reducing her environmental footprint a step further.

She didn't want her home to be built with chemical-laden materials that are unhealthy for her or the Earth, so she built differently.

The result is The Honey House. And it's sweet.

16. Keret House

Location: Warsaw, Poland

Year built: 2011

Homebuilder: Architect Jakub Szczesny

Unique features: Some say this unique apartment is bordering on unlivable since it's only five feet wide — the skinniest tiny living abode in Poland.

Value: Rented monthly for about $500 a month and now a tourist attraction

Bottom line: How small is too small?

The Keret House pushes the limits with multiple levels and no windows, a table for two, mini-fridge, bedroom and wet bath.

15. The Paradise

Location: Fresno, California

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder:KJE Tiny Homes

Unique features: This tiny was built for a family who survived the California wildfires, living in the town of Paradise (hence, the name), so seeing tinies solve the problems of homelessness following a natural disaster is always unique and beautiful.

Value: $90,000-plus

Bottom line: This tiny is built for a family.

From the custom accent wall to the modern style kitchen and drop lighting, it has everything mom, dad and kids could want.

That includes a standing height master room with a connected nursery and a loft suitable for four or more people.

14. Tricycle House

Location: Beijing, China

Year Built: 2012

Homebuilder: People’s Architecture Office and People’s Industrial Design Office

Unique features: When folded, accordion-style, this tiny measures only 33 square feet and is made entirely of polypropylene so it can be carted on the back of a tricycle and moved around the city.

Value: $8,000

Bottom line: In an overpopulated city, this prototype tiny can actually connect to others like it to create more space.

In one unit, dwellers have a sink, stove, bathtub, and one water tank.

Like most tinies, everything pulls double-duty. The bed converts to a dining table, the countertop doubles as a sitting bench, and the entire house folds into the front wall for transport.

13. Moon Dragon

Location: Olympia, Washington

Year built: 2017

Homebuilder:Zyl Vardos

Unique features: Custom cedar exterior, handmade windows and Dutch entry door, domed roofline, and a queen sleeping.

Value: $110,000

Bottom line: You can live well in this tiny home with 334 square feet of living space.

It's off-grid capable, and custom lines offer art on wheels with the ability to comfortably sleep two.

12. The Esk'et

Location: Alkali Lake, British Columbia, Canada

Year Built: 2015

Homebuilder: Native Esk’et People, owners Robert and Bettina Johnson

Unique features: The coolest thing about this home is that it was built by the native people with handcrafted woodwork.

Value: Rents for $149 a night, as a native tourist attraction and bed and breakfast. The owners say they will never sell.

Bottom Line: This gorgeous tiny does not skimp on luxuries from an oversized sleeping loft to raw edge counters in the kitchen and even a gas log fireplace.

On top of that, many features maintain a connection to nature with indigenous touches.

11. Handcrafted Luxury

Location: Vancouver, Washington

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder:Handcrafted Movement

Unique features: The carbonized oak butcher block countertops and wide plank distressed oak hardwood flooring will make any visitor do a double-take.

Value: $75,000

Bottom Line: This 31-foot tiny is move-in ready for a family or single who wants to host guests.

It has double king lofts, a sleek and modern design, and farmhouse luxuries.

10. Classic American Boxcar

Location: New Hampshire

Year Built: 2018

Homebuilder:The Roundhouse Workshop, LLC

Unique features: The Classic American Boxcar No. 1118 (pictured here) is a replica of an 1880s-era narrow gauge railroad car. It is constructed on a custom trailer bed and can be towed like an RV.

Value: $80,000 as shown

Bottom line: All aboard for a multitude of possibilities. The Roundhouse Workshop custom builds heirloom-quality, railroad-inspired trailers using post-and-beam craftsmanship.

The versatile Boxcar model can be customized for commercial or personal use. The 192-square-foot interior includes a half bath, shuttered windows, removable stair entry, and side door. It has radiant floor heat, is fully insulated and can be custom-built from 24 feet up to 30 feet.

This space can be a tiny house, studio/office, mobile retail shop, pub, tasting room or whatever your dreams involve.

9. The Homestead

Location: Bluff Dale, Texas

Year built: 2017

Homebuilder: Rafter B Tiny Homes and Small Spaces

Unique features: Accent wall made from authentic shiplap reclaimed from a 1945 Texas farmhouse, vintage candlestick sconces, antique ceiling light fixture, bathroom and kitchen sinks reclaimed from an old Texas farmhouse, authentic antique bathroom door (included doorknob), reclaimed beadboard ceilings throughout (some dating to the 1890s and some dating to the early 1900s), solid maple hardwood floors (installed with nailheads exposed to stay with the traditional farmhouse theme), open shelving upper cabinets, Galvalume countertops, toe kick drawers.

Value: $68,000

Bottom line: The Homestead has lots of big farmhouse charm packed into a tiny home for simple living.

During design and construction, close attention was paid to keeping things as traditional as possible. Some modern amenities were added, such as A/C, running water, tankless hot water heater, and a flush toilet.

But in many areas, the traditions of the early 1900s are the focus.

8. Little Bird

Location: Olympia, Washington

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder:Zyl Vardos

Unique features: Bed nook hosting seven drawers.

Value: $97,500

Bottom line: This tiny house brings the outdoors in with five separate pairs of double windows and French doors to let in natural light and fresh air, making the home seem large.

It also has a 12-inch hardwood sitting bench, room for a queen mattress, kitchenette with range top, fridge, and sink with recessed shelving.

So there's plenty of room for organized storage.

7. Nolla Cabin

Location: Helsinki, Finland

Year built: 2018

Homebuilder: Robin Falck

Unique features: This home was commissioned by Neste, a Finnish renewable energy company, as a part of its "Journey to Zero" campaign, so the project was built from renewable resources.

Value: $20,000, is available to rent through AirBnb

Bottom line: With beds overlooking a gorgeous seaside view, this self-sustaining home is one you may never want to leave.

However, this cabin is built entirely to be taken apart with screws and reassembled on location.

The space is open and can be equipped with any features the buyer wants, but it was primarily built as a zero-emissions urban camping experience.

6. Red Peppa

Location: Based in Durham, North Carolina, but travels the U.S. and Canada

Year built: 2017-19

Homebuilder: Owners, designers, and builders Justin and Juby

Unique features: The stunning walk-through shower is a show-stopper. The couple can shower together and save water but even more importantly, stand up and not have to bend over when they are showering. They also have a rock climbing rote set up on the outside of their converted school bus tiny house.

Value: $15,000 on the build, $25,000 to sell (but they’d never part with her)

Bottom line: This family’s skoolie is an extension of themselves where they designed/created whatever they could dream up.

They now have a one-of-a-kind home that they can pack up and move wherever they want.

Justin and Juby say that is the coolest form of freedom.

5. The Pequod

Location: Indiana

Year built: 2015

Homebuilder: Greg Parham, Rocky Mountain Tiny Houses

Unique features: This uniquely built design features custom milled clear vertical grain Douglas fir ceiling, kerfed, warped, and twisted to fit the complex three-dimensional shape of the roof, handmade archtop French doors and handmade operable arched windows in the lofts, as well as solid brass antique porthole windows.

Value: $80,000

Bottom line: This house is built for tiny living in a big world.

A larger tiny home at 26 feet long, this custom-made piece of property maxes out luxury in square footage.

It even includes a double sleeping loft adjoined by a custom steel and plexiglass walkway.

4. Millennial Tiny House

Location: Katikati, New Zealand

Year built: 2017

Homebuilder: Build Tiny Homes, Jason, Steve, homeowner Gina and Gina's family and friends

Unique features: The pull-out staircase is one you won’t see in many tinies. It not only features storage, but also has the ability to tuck away into the wall so it doesn’t take up valuable interior real estate.

Value: About $70,000

Bottom line: This tiny has a sleeping loft and an office loft that can easily be used for a second bedroom, living area, or more storage.

It has a large kitchen and bathroom, and features a washer/dryer, which is a luxury most tinies do not offer.

3. CABN

Location: Queensland, Australia

Year built: 2017

Homebuilder: CABN

Unique features: The most interesting part of this tiny is that the Australian company CABN can build you one of your very own in only 12 weeks.

Value: $60,000

Bottom line: These tinies are fit for kings.

They have wood and corrugated metal exterior, open and bright concept windows, and an interior featuring a king loft bed and a king single day bed, stove, shower, and composting toilet.

CABN takes several steps toward sustainability, including the options of solar power and other power options.

2. Roost 36

Location: Winston-Salem, NC

Year built: 2016

Homebuilder:Perch & Nest, designer Johanna Elsner, lead builder Tom Elsner

Unique features: Roost 36 includes high-end vintage appliances, poured concrete countertops, trough soaking tub, retractable screen porch, panoramic door/wall, 100 percent recycled composite decking, 100 percent recycled denim insulation and incinerating toilet.

Value: Valued at $120,000

Bottom line: This tiny home on wheels is like a mobile mansion.

It fits a family of four-plus with a queen loft, twin loft and separate twin nook.

Now, that's living large with tiny living.

1. Magnolia

Location: Lake Dallas Tiny House Village, Texas

Year built: 2019

Homebuilder: Indigo River Tiny Homes

Unique features: Food truck window with eat-at bars both inside and out, and a wrap-around, split-level loft makes this tiny a standout in its class.

Value: Base price $79,500, with upgrades up to $93,000

Bottom line: This tiny house on wheels is the perfect illustration of luxury for less with room to grow.

It features a built-in sectional sofa that folds out to a bed, custom shower with tile and glass doors, and a landing next to the main sleeping loft that allows you standing access to two sides of the bed and three wardrobes.

That's why the Magnolia is the Homesteader deluxe model.