Do you plan to live in the cottage year-round, or is it more of a recreational property? I want to try to live in the cottage all year round. We’ll see how it goes. Did you build with your hands (DIY) or professional help? We built almost entirely on our own with the help of […]
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Crafting the Dream: Ron’s DIY Cabin House Build in Alberta
What made you choose the Pin-Up Houses? How did you find us? We chose pin up houses while searching for small home plans, we knew what we were looking for and Helen immediately fit our vision for the property. I believe it was via google. Where are you building your cabin? (a type of building […]
Building Dreams: Ember’s Journey Towards Completing the OFF-Grid Home
Welcome to the second report on the construction of the OFF-Grid home, lovingly crafted by our DIY builder, Ember. You may recall that we wrote about her daring endeavor in a previous article last year. Today, we are thrilled to present you with the continuation of her incredible journey. Ember not only builds this unique […]
Small Kitchen Design
Even big things can happen in a small kitchen. Wondering how to furnish a small kitchen? If you have very limited space for your kitchen, don’t despair. With thoughtful design, even a small kitchen can be effectively enlarged and solutions can be designed for small spaces. How to design a small kitchen The key is […]
Building Off-Grid House out of 20’ Shipping Container
Laying out a foundation with concrete bricks and gravel & stone backfill First, I outlined the location of the raised foundations using a spirit level and a string. The corners must be at right angles. Subsequently, I dug holes in the places of the future foundations and filled them with stones and sand. I stacked […]
Off-Grid Container House Gaia – Press Release & Pictures
Fully equipped Gaia container house from photos for sale in EU. Price: 27 000 Eur. For more information please contact us at joshua.woodsman@gmail.com Download press release + pictures of the Container House Gaia: PICTURES + PRESS RELEASE Design: Joshua Woodsman – Pin-Up Houses External Container Dimensions without roof: 6m x 2,44 mm / 20ft x 8ft Construction time: 3 months […]
Picking the Best Appliances for Your Tiny House: 6 Expert Tips
After having laid out the blueprint plans for your tiny house, you are likely going to need some appliances in the kitchen or wherever else you have room. Home appliances are a completely different type of consideration in a small scale home than in a regular house or apartment. The main issue here is space, […]
Types of Wall Structures with Thermal Insulation
To cover the topic of wall structures, we are dividing them into smaller groups. The basic one is the one without thermal insulation. Let’s have a closer look at the other group which is a little more taken care of, sophisticated, the structure that includes the insulation. The question about which thermal insulation is best […]
How to Prepare the Timber
As timber is by far the most common material to use while building a tiny house, we are here to post an overview about how to get your precious material ready. How to treat it and other useful tips on “before you build” are summed up for you below. Preparing the timber In order to […]
How to Build an A-Frame Small House – Part 3
If you’re curious about how is Dan Baban, the Pin-Up Houses customer, getting on in the beautiful Carpathia, Romania building his little house, this is the right spot to read about it. He bought the plans of Alexis, the wooden A-frame tiny house, on the website about a year ago and we presented 2 parts […]
Fitting a Water Softener into a Tiny House
In an article we published nearly 2.5 years ago, we looked at water systems for tiny houses, and what the choices were when trying to connect your wood cabin or cottage to a nearby water source. While we looked at options such as mains water and digging wells, what we didn’t look at was how […]
How To Plan For A More Eco-Friendly Home
By James Witts If you’re beginning the process of building your new home, you likely are already aware of how the costs are going to stack up. Creating a home is not cheap, and while you may be overwhelmed already by the total cost, you should consider planning for an eco-friendly home. While some eco-friendly […]
Space Saving Ideas for Small Houses
The tiny space you decide to live in must be used effectively. This is achieved through smart, often multi-purpose, furniture. To provide inspiration, I have compiled a few well-known as well as less-well-known space saving ideas for small houses which are mostly quite easy to construct. Space saving tables and chairs The classic dining furniture […]
An Interview with Dianna Greetan, a Proud Owner of one of our Sustainable Cottage Plans
We are so happy to have Dianna for this interview. Many thanks for her time, and mainly, for her positive comments! If you are considering buying one of our house plans, here are ideas from one of proud owners of our house plans, Louise, more precisely. Njoy! What made you choose pinup houses? How did […]
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 […]
Cabin Water Systems
Water resources Tiny house plumbing is a big issue to solve when you’re moving into your dreamed RV, but also in other cases when you’re building a small cabin or cottage as a vacation spot, etc. We already wrote an article about heating options, and today we will concentrate on tiny house water systems, including […]