Haley Mast is a freelance writer, fact-checker, and small organic farmer in the Columbia River Gorge. She enjoys gardening, reporting on environmental topics, and spending her time outside ...

The Camille is a thoughtfully designed one-story house plan that blends contemporary comfort with timeless Southwest-inspired ...

House plans are typically larger than those of a typical apartment. However, not everyone wants a big house. Some find small house plans under 1000 sq ft to be just right for them. That’s somewhere in ...

Every January, as we build up to the big International Builders Show, there are a million stories about model homes and dream house plans, all many thousand square feet and full of many rooms serving ...

The 1770 tiny home design by the Queensland-based Sunshine Tiny Houses is a fine example of what clever contemporary styling can do to maximize spaciousness, even in an ultra-compact house on wheels.

Open-concept floor plans don’t get much more open than this. The great room flows beautifully into the kitchen, where a big island feels casual and practical. Check out the rear deck just off the ...

The Micro Compact Home takes cues from airline technology to incorporate electrical outlets, LED lighting, a microwave, and two flat-screen televisions into the 100-square-foot space. The house ...

The small house obsession isn’t unique to the 21st century. Packed with curbside allure, this diminutive charmer was completed in 1939 and earned an award for its small house design. The ...

Some newer houses around the country are barely wider than a common family car. From left, Takina Shimura and his parents, Tomoko Shimura and Yoshiki Shimura, in their compact house in Zushi, Japan, a ...

Down-sized living of the sort pioneered by tiny house pundits is constantly being refined by its advocates. Smart tiny home maker, Nestron, is one of the growing number of companies introducing ...

Black houses are unusual in Ghana. It’s a colour associated with death, melancholy and harshness, so Compact House, located on a sleepy, residential street in the capital city of Accra, naturally ...