Less house. More life.
Honest guides and free calculators for tiny homes, backyard ADUs, downsizing and minimalist living, with extra detail for Tampa Bay and Florida. Every number on this site links to where it came from.
Pick your starting point
Most people don't jump straight into 200 square feet. Start where you are.
Own less first
Declutter room by room, kill the storage unit, see what you actually use. Works in any size home.
Minimalism guides → 02Go tinyPrice a tiny home
What it really costs, how to pay for it, wheels vs foundation, and where you can legally put it.
Tiny home guides → 03Make it comfortableFit a real life in less space
Wall beds, gateleg tables, 24-inch appliances and storage that hides in stairs and toe kicks.
Small space guides →Free calculators
Play with your own numbers. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
Downsizing budget calculator
Redo your monthly budget: what you pay now vs. living small, and where the freed-up money goes.
Open the tool →Tiny house cost calculator
DIY, shell or turnkey. Trailer, materials, appliances, land and hookups, from real listed prices.
Open the tool →Square footage planner
Pick your bed, kitchen and bath. Watch the floor plan draw itself and see what trailer length you need.
Open the tool →Downsizing planner
Go room by room: keep, sell, donate or toss. Get a dated 30-day plan you can print.
Open the tool →Storage unit calculator
What that storage unit really costs you, and the month it passes what your stuff is worth.
Open the tool →Are you ready to live tiny?
Eight honest questions. Find out if you should go tiny, go small, or start with minimalism.
Open the tool →Start reading
Long, specific, sourced. No fluff.
Tiny HomesHow much does a tiny house cost?
Shell, DIY, turnkey and park model prices from real builder listings, plus the land, permit and hookup costs that sink budgets.
Read · 6 min →MinimalismHow to downsize your home to 200 to 400 square feet
Room-by-room keep lists, a selling and donating plan, and the storage-unit math that changes most people's minds.
Read · 5 min →Small SpacesTiny house furniture that actually fits
The furniture types that work in 200 to 400 square feet, named examples with real specs, and the clearances you have to leave around them.
Read · 5 min →FloridaAre tiny homes legal in Florida?
What Florida law actually says about tiny homes in 2026, which bills died, and what each Tampa Bay county allows, with links to the code.
Read · 6 min →MinimalismWhat living small actually saves
Energy, housing and stuff get cheaper when you live small. Food, cars, insurance and lot rent mostly don't. The numbers on both.
Read · 5 min →Tiny HomesWhere you can legally park or put a tiny house
The five legal places a tiny house can go, what each costs, and exactly what to ask your zoning office before you buy anything.
Read · 6 min →What small living looks like
Small doesn't have to mean cramped. One example: a 1,200 sq ft house in the North Carolina mountains, with big glass, ductless mini-splits and a detached garage that keeps the house itself small.
Can you actually put a tiny home in Tampa Bay?
Florida's building code has a tiny house appendix, Tampa, St. Pete and Clearwater allow backyard ADUs, and every county words it differently. We read the codes and linked every rule, from ADU size caps to where you can park a tiny house and what to do when a hurricane comes.
The Small Letter
One email a month: a real tiny home, one thing to declutter, one number worth knowing. No spam.