Living Big in a Tiny House

This super tiny Tokyo apartment may just be one of the smallest places we have seen so far, yet at 8 m2 (82 ft2) it still provides a perfect space to allow Emma (originally from Australia) to live a big life in Japan.

Adrienne and Dave are no ordinary couple and they have come up with a truly unique plan for their retirement. After selling the family home to their son, the couple built a Tiny House on wheels where they plan to spend their golden years in style!

It’s possible that this is one of the smallest homes that we have visited on the show so far and yet without doubt it is one of the most spectacular in it’s design. Japan is a country already world-famous for it’s small space designs, and so it should come as no surprise that when Japanese master-craftsman Tagami Haruhiko turned his attention towards the tiny house movement, amazing things would happen.

Hidden in the forest amongst the mountains of rural Japan is this spectacular off-the-grid cabin. It's the perfect blend of Japanese architectural concepts and European-style design. The home is simple, yet functional and serves as a perfect place to escape the modern world.

This week we are trying something a bit different! While in Yudanaka, Japan we had the chance to visit and photograph the Snow Monkeys. This was such an incredible experience for me and I hope you enjoy the video. Let me know if you would like to see more travel content on the channel in the future!

Imagine having the opportunity to renovate a wonderfully unique building and turn it into your dream home. When Daigo came across an abandoned small home in rural Japan which previously had been used to grow silk worms, that's exactly what he did. The home takes full advantage of the original traditional Japanese construction materials, yet is styled with an minimalist, modern edge.

Turn on Closed Captions! Built by Japanese master craftsman Tagami Haruhiko this tiny house on wheels is a true work of art. Originally, this design was intended as a micro camper, made from natural materials. Since this original project though, the tiny house movement has been growing in Japan and now people are starting to live full time in his designs.

People don't often associate Japan with life on a sail boat but the country is rich with incredible places to explore via the great ocean. Daniel Springett and his family of 5 (plus a dog) have been traveling the world on their stunning 55ft James Warram designed Catamaran but for the last couple of years have called the Inland Sea of Japan home.

Surrounded by apes at the Gibbon Conservation Center in Santa Clarita, California, this tiny house on wheels is perhaps in one of the most spectacular locations we have ever visited.

This tiny house is a craftsman's dream. There is such a high level of work that has gone into constructing every detail of this home. The construction is also completely sustainable with all items of the build being locally and sustainably sourced.

Ryan O’Donnell is a builder with a difference. He is constructing tiny houses on wheels out of a mobile, solar-powered tiny house workshop that enables him to travel and build all over the United States.

Situated amongst the vast beauty of the Mojave Desert, the Peacock tiny house looks right at home. Built by Rob Millar, the house is filled with unique design features including an impressive roof-top balcony!

When natural builder Corwin Mandel received an eviction notice, he knew it was the perfect time to get started on building his own tiny house. With limited finance though, he set about using reclaimed materials to turn an old caravan he had purchased into an artistic and cosy small home on wheels. Amazingly, he was able to carry out the whole renovation project for only $1000!

In towns across America, growing rent prices are encouraging greater numbers of young people to search for alternative dwellings. Amongst those alternatives are Tiny Homes. This week we meet Jackie Kemp who lives in a beautiful country-style small home along with her tiny hound Darla and her horses.

This family is hitting the road and doing it in style! They have converted a simple school bus into an unbelievably comfortable home. The entire bus is designed to be off-the-gird giving them perfect freedom to roam wherever they choose.

While checking out the tiny house street festival in North Carolina we found this amazing home on wheels. At 40ft, it's hard to call it tiny! This home is packed full of really great features and is designed for those who are looking for a simple, small home on wheels, with ease of access to all of it's features.

Beautiful to behold, this spectacular tiny house cafe is a remarkable specimen of skilled labour and artistic vision. Chantal and Mike are a truly dynamic duo, one with a dream of starting a boutique coffee shop and the other with a zeal for eco-tiny house building. When these unique passions were combined to create Le Bon cafe, a wonderful and rare work of functional art was the result.

Built for only US$17,000 this young couple's incredible tiny house is packed with unique and interesting design elements. The entire build was carried out as a DIY project using mainly reclaimed materials, as the couple saved up for each new phase of the construction.

If you don't like the idea of climbing into a loft to go to bed, this may be the tiny house design for you. At only 24ft, it's amazing what this family have managed to fit into this home. One of the most unique features about this home is the bedrooms, with two available loft areas, this home also has a master bedroom which is located downstairs.

This inspirational young woman has taken the plunge into van life by converting an old Chevy Astro into a beautiful tiny home on wheels. With a dream of one day living on a sail boat, 21 year old Milla chose to live in her van as a way of both saving money and transitioning into downsized living.

This spectacular cabin is like nothing you have seen before. Hidden amongst the towering trees of the Olympic rainforest, this enchanting and whimsical cabin is guaranteed to take your breath away. Built by Jacob Witzling (Instagram: @jacobwitzling), this cabin is not only a home, it's also a work of art. Sustainably constructed from reclaimed and salvaged materials, this tiny house fits in perfectly to its forest surroundings, almost as if it's come to life directly from a storybook.

Alban "Snoopy" Pfisterer is still perhaps most well known as the drummer for the rock-band 'Love' who rose to fame in the late 60's. After leaving the group though, Alban's life took a very different turn, leading him away from life in the public eye and into a remote and beautiful cabin in the forests of Olympia, Washington.

Made from 100% salvaged materials this incredible forest cabin project was realised for only $800! In a previous episode, we met cabin builder Jacob Witzling (Instagram: @jacobwitzling), who has been constructing enchanting cabins in the Pacific Northwest. Today, we go back in time to where it all began to visit his very first cabin project, where he lived for 3 years while attending Collage.

Who wouldn't want to live in an amazing home in the trees? The Treehouse Masters have risen to international fame for their incredible homes nestled amongst the trees. In this episode, we travel to Seattle, Washington to meet Nelson Treehouse and Supply, and visit one of their outstanding treehouse creations.

This inspiring Canadian couple have constructed a truly beautiful, eco tiny house on wheels to escape high rent prices and get into their own home.

This tiny house is filled with super clever design elements, including some amazing ways of powering the house! From a bicycle generator to an old-fashioned water wheel, builder Phil has not been afraid to try out some unique ideas.

This small fantasy cottage by the ocean is one that you have to see to believe. Located directly on the shoreline of Vancouver Island in British Columbia, this fairytale tiny home is built from natural materials using old-fashioned techniques to deliver a home which looks as though it has fallen from the pages of a storybook.

Ten tiny houses are about to go head-to-head with a giant proposed oil pipeline. In what some area already dubbing the next 'Standing Rock', Kanahus Manuel, an activist of the Secwepemc Nation is spearheading a team of builders and volunteers from all over North America to construct tiny homes with the aim of halting the expansion of the Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline which would run through 518 kilometres of Secwepemc Territory.

This young couple are living their dream. Both world travellers, they originally met in Australia before venturing around the globe together and eventually settling in North America. Their beautiful tiny house on wheels now sits amongst the lush wilderness of the British Columbian forest in the heart of a small, sustainable community.

This is the ultimate tiny house off grid paradise. Situated on 380 acres of spectacular lake-front property with private hot-springs and abundant wildlife, the land will eventually be home to a fully functioning off-the-grid, solar powered community of tiny homes which will be placed amongst a network of geodesic dome greenhouses growing organic food.

Despite getting off to a rough start with a builder who didn't deliver on what was promised, the end result of this tiny house is nothing short of spectacular. Live edge walnut kitchen bench tops and lots of clever design elements have made this into a quirky and brilliant home on wheels. The couple have found a wonderful parking spot for their home and are now looking forward to a bright future in their tiny house.

For very tall people the idea of building a tiny house may be quite daunting. When designed well though, it's amazing just how comfortable a tiny house can be for us giants!

If you're a young family who want to move into a tiny house, this could be the perfect design for you! Built with the modern family in mind, this home is constructed to be completely non-toxic, using natural materials and has been designed to include a separate room for the kids as well as a private home office space.

Imagine living costs so low that you can actually watch your bank account grow just from your government pension. That's just one of the benefits that Peter Matheson discovered when he built and moved into his off-the-grid, super tiny house on wheels in Grand Forks, British Columbia.

Earthship design is all about experimentation and innoation and that's exactly the case with this incredible tiny house on wheels. Firefighter Steve was inspired to build a tiny house incorporating Earthship principles after completing a course on Earthship Biotecture design and building in New Mexico.

This family's motto is to Be Bold and Seek Adventure! That's exactly what they are doing in their incredible school bus which has been converted into a spectacular off-the-grid tiny house which also operates as their mobile photography studio.

Built by friends Whit and Cody, this home on wheels has lots of space saving design features, clever transforming furniture and even a giant hammock which spans the two sleeping lofts!

When this young family weighed up their housing options, they wanted something which was non-toxic, environmentally friendly and affordable. A tiny home on wheels was the perfect solution. Teaming up with builder Ben Garratt of Healthy Tiny Homes, their home on wheels was actually constructed as part of a tiny house building work-shop in Vancouver, bringing a sense of community into the project.

This tiny house is beautiful. It's cleverly designed, skilfully built, warm, well insulated and cosy. What truly makes it a home though is the story of it's DIY construction and how a loving and supportive family and community came together to make this young woman's dream possible.

If your a fan of old fashioned railway trains and tiny houses, then this next home is sure to delight! Located right in the heart of Portland, Arthur is a 16' (5m) train-caboose inspired tiny house that you can stay in as part of the Tiny Digs hotel.

This beautiful tiny house is constructed with a whole lot of heart and some wonderful sustainable materials. When Isabelle Nagel-Brice decided to build a tiny home for herself, she realised that for the cost of two years rent in Colorado she would be able to pay for the materials to build her own tiny home on wheels.

This dynamic young family were seeking a life of adventure where they would be able to explore North America and all of it's wonders. What better way than to live on the road in a converted Blue Bird school bus!

Student life can be challenging enough without worrying about how to pay for expensive rent. For Bradley, a college student from Jacksonville, Florida, a tiny house was the perfect solution to his accomodation dilemma.