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10 of the smallest homes in the world

By: Bryan Nelson on June 21, 2010, 1 p.m.

An Elm model Tumbleweed Tiny Home painted barn red.

Photo: Tumbleweed Houses

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Tumbleweed Houses

Since 1997, Jay Shafer of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company has been living in homes smaller than most people's closets. Though tiny, these cozy, cabin-esque home designs somehow fit everything you need inside them: a work space, bedroom, bathroom (with toilet and shower) and living space. Some designs, like the Elm (pictured), include a porch so the homeowner can sit out and enjoy the open spaces.

A Cypress model from Tumbleweed Tiny Houses

The micro compact home prototype in Uttendorf, Austria

Toronto's Little House covered in snow.

An Elm model Tumbleweed Tiny Home painted barn red.

A student walks and rolls a Rollit mobile home

The Smallest House in Great Britain somehow squeezes in a bedroom and a cooking area (that is also the living room).

The Vicky Too, a tiny house built and sold by Tiny Texas Houses.

A cyclist pulls a trailer home behind him.

A Twelve Cubed Mini Home with a fire pit

A conceptual illustration of the Nano Living System's Nano House.

The Single Hauz shown in a desert environment.

Tumbleweed Houses

Since 1997, Jay Shafer of the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company has been living in homes smaller than most people's closets. Though tiny, these cozy, cabin-esque home designs somehow fit everything you need inside them: a work space, bedroom, bathroom (with toilet and shower) and living space. Some designs, like the Elm (pictured), include a porch so the homeowner can sit out and enjoy the open spaces.