"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." A backyard guest house may seem like a luxury few can afford, but this home improvement project can cost ...

Construction of a house takes four walls, a roof and basic modern amenities. But local students recently got a hands-on opportunity to learn what it takes to make a home. Nine students from La Jolla ...

PROJECT UPDATE! 4 years later... Join my best friend April Wilkerson and me as we build the outer shell of a Tiny House in ...

Tiny homes have begun to spread like wildfire worldwide, and today's habitat comes from England. It's here that we find U-Build, a brand that takes a different view of the way we design, build, and ...

My home is less than 1100 sq feet and yet I'm intrigued by "tiny houses" of the under 500 sq feet variety, that people build on trailers. I thought it would be interesting to write about the ...

A student-built tiny house 3 1/2 years in the making is up for auction, the culmination of Poway Unified School District’s first foray into advanced construction education for teens. “It is a huge ...

On a trip to Australia, Adrian Chia envisioned a holiday home to unplug from the world. He sold his IT business and partnered with two friends to build Big Tiny, a tiny-house startup. Big Tiny now ...