minihomes

Name: Escape Traveler Size: 269 square feet Cost: $65,400 (base price) Key features: Full-size kitchen, standard 60-inch bathtub, two lofted spaces, oak cabinets.

The Uvogel in the Austrian Alps

Photographer Simon Dale spent $5,000 and 4 months to turn a plot of land in the woods into a hobbit home. It boasts a number of eco-friendly attributes, which include: scrap wood for flooring, lime plaster (instead of cement) for the walls, bales of straw on dry-stone walling, a compost toilet, solar panels for power, and a supply of water acquired through a nearby spring.

How to build a robust, beautiful and affordable mini home from an old trailer. 

Macy Miller is an architect from Idaho who wanted a place of her own–but hated the thought of a mortgage. For two years, Macy worked lovingly on this home which is also totally portable.

This microhouse cost Rachel Ross less than $8000 to build from recycled material. The quaint home looks like something from a fairytale and Rachel now uses the home as a writer's retreat. It'd be hard not be inspired living in a home like this.