Small space living guides
Furniture, appliances, storage and bathrooms that work in 400 square feet or less.
Compact appliances for tiny house kitchens
Real specs for compact ranges, cooktops, fridges, dishwashers and laundry, and how much power each one needs from your panel or batteries.
Read · 5 min →Tiny house bathrooms: toilets, showers and ventilation
Toilet options with real specs and prices, the code clearances a tiny bathroom has to hit, and how much exhaust fan you need.
Read · 5 min →Tiny 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 →Tiny house storage ideas that actually work
Where the storage hides in a tiny house, sized to the building code's tiny house appendix and real appliance dimensions.
Read · 5 min →Small spaces in Florida
Two things shape a small home in Tampa Bay: humidity and air conditioning. The bathroom guide covers humidity and mold in a Florida tiny bathroom, and the kitchen guide shows how a mini-split sizes your electrical panel.
Planning a backyard cottage instead of a house on wheels? It isn't limited to 8.5 feet wide, which changes every furniture decision. See Tampa Bay ADU rules.
Run the numbers
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 →Storage unit calculator
What that storage unit really costs you, and the month it passes what your stuff is worth.
Open the tool →The Small Letter
One email a month: a real tiny home, one thing to declutter, one number worth knowing. No spam.