There are many ways to decorate your outside walls. In our floor plans selection, you can see a variety of wooden façades with gaps styles. We have houses with flat walls and standard designs, like Esther, there are more traditional New England Style houses like (Small saltbox house plans) Molly, and there are façade styles […]
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Timber – Beams, Boards, Planks, Joists… for Your Small House!
Buying the correct timber (Beams, Boards, Planks, Joists…) In previous entries to our blog, we discussed what to be careful with when building foundations, floors supporting walls and many other things. In this entry, we want to focus on types of timber. Believe us, there’s much more to building houses than just a few wooden […]
DIY Metal Roofing
On top of it all… There are diverse types of roofs. We have already discussed the roof types and so we know that there are gable roofs, like the one Diana has, there are shed roofs, like the one our most favourite, Marlene, has or gambrel roofs, like Sofia has, as well as many more… […]
Building Without a Permit
Building without a permit for building Back in the days of our grandfathers, getting planning permission wasn’t part of the routine. You could build anything you wanted (at your own risk), as long as it was on your own property. Building without a permit was widespread. It was certainly in your interest to build in […]
Floor Joist Spacing
Floorspan In previous articles on our blog, we discussed making a proper floor for your tiny houses. We already know that a good floor must be insulated (see the chapter on floors here). We also know that the floor provides a stable ground for the rest of the building structure, so it needs to be […]
A Story of a House, or How to Make a Bedroom out of Working Shed
About a girl… This is a love story about a working shed plan that met a creative builder, and turned into a tiny one-bedroom wooden house. The builder’s name was Julie and it all happened in Rakaia, New Zealand. With a little help from our friend, Joshua’s guide, Julie took her tools and got to […]
Camping cabin in New Zeland
Camping Cabin Plans in action! Remember Marion, the camping cabin? Well, she is out there, enjoying herself in the woods, experiencing the fresh air! We’ve received the news from David S. from New Zealand. All that David needed was our step-by-step builder’s guide, a little bit of time and effort and… there we go! There […]
Gambrel Roof Framing
Gambrel roof Gambrel roof framing is another of simple timber roof trusses types, which we are going to examine. Together with the traditional gable roof and often seen shed roof, gambrel roof is also a common type of roof both for small house plans as well as bigger houses, barns and other buildings. Gambrel roof […]
Tiny House Construction Guide – Press Release & Pictures
Download press release & pictures of the How to build a tiny house book guide: pictures & press release How to build a tiny house We are proud to present to you our first tiny house construction book guide on DIY tiny house construction How to Build a Tiny House. Step by step guidance, illustrations, photographs and more, […]
Kids Playhouse Plans Turned into a Tool Shed
We have not presented any of the products built based on our micro homes plans in a while, have we? Well we are going to fix that now. Today we have another crooked playhouse plans, except this time the playhouse was turned into a crooked shed. Why not, looks pretty cool! We are very grateful […]
Cabin Floor Framing
Timber floor structure When you’re building your wooden tiny house, the floor framing structure is an important part. We already covered the theme of floor in article about different layers and elements of floor frame or various types of flooring, and today we are going to look at cabin floor framing and how to build […]
Exterior Door Construction
Building entrance doors Today, we will look at another part of DIY timber construction of a small house, tiny cabin, shed, or pretty much any small wooden structure – exterior door construction. Being the first thing you encounter when entering a house or cabin, the entrance door has a quite strong influence on the building’s […]
Cabin Siding Options
External wall cladding When you are constructing your wooden tiny house or small cabin and are finished with the wall framework, wall siding is another step. It is a non-load bearing external level of the building. It acts primarily as a weather-proof barrier of your small house, further it can improve the sound or thermal […]
Energy Efficient Small House Plans
Eco-friendly micro homes The tiny house movement has become more and more popular in recent years for a few main reasons: cost efficiency, whereby you can get rid of mortgage and lower your debts; the trend of minimalistic living, and a desire to live a more simple life without the burden of unnecessary things and […]
Playhouse Blueprints Built in Pittsburgh
Today we would like to introduce to you another of our products built in Pennsylvania. It seems like we are popular in Pennsylvania, as we already looked at cabin Ann or cabin Virginia from there as well. This time our story comes from Pittsburgh and it goes smaller on scale. We would like to present […]
Small House Framing Connectors
Small house timber connectors A highly important item when it comes to DIY house plans construction are the small house framing connectors: components that attach different elements of the house to each other. They need to be effective in order to provide a proper structural support and stability and their strength and stiffness become crucial […]