This is an excellent book that will take you step-by-step through every bit of building your own tiny house. Photographs and material lists document literally every step. It almost feels like if you could put together an IKEA table, you can make this house. The plans are for a very specific shell of a tiny house that is build on a trailer with a wood floor (ta-da, your floor is done!). You can personalize it from there, but the plans are for that specific tiny house. It goes over your options for a shower, toilet, wiring, etc. and I felt that it was incredibly thorough. If you want to build that specific tiny house, this is perfect. If you want to build another one, this will still be helpful but not nearly as much. All in all, it's a great book. I'm not planning on building a tiny house (though it would be cool to do as an RV) but I found it really interesting. I was highly impressed with how detailed it was, and definitely recommend it.

I read a digital ARC of this book for the purpose of review.

This book makes a great introduction to the tiny house culture, and it's also a recipe for making a simple, but practical house. As this build is based on one specific type of trailer, it's a little limited, but this is definitely the easiest way to get started.
The book has an excellent layout, and the illustrations are fantastic.

The first few times you see a tiny house you can't help but be curious. That easily turns to fascination. Tiny houses come in various sizes and so many styles. They can be constructed of a variety of materials. If you want to explore your options I suggest you find documentaries and television series on the subject and binge watch. Grab this author's other books and drown yourself in the pages. When you are ready to live the dream and create your own, this is the book you need to buy.
From the very basic, materials and sizes and tools, to design and finishing, including electrical and plumbing, this book walks you through from idea to living the life. This book covers what I would call the basics-Plus, things to consider and give real life thought to concerning toilets and water options for sinks, showers, etc. As previously mentioned, your options are limitless. You can build to stay in one place or build to travel. Build to live in, build as a spare room, build to make space for family or visitors, even to rent out! This book covers it all.

Like many people, I'm really fascinated by tiny homes so I was interested to see what this book had in store. I've never read a book of this kind before, so I have nothing to compare it to, to say whether it has been done well compared to others, but I think it provides what it promises.

It has easy to follow, step by step instructions with tonnes of visual aids which is great. It has information about the types of tools you'll need, including how to get by with the bare minimum. I liked the checklist, to make sure a tiny home is right for you. I also loved the section about doing your own thing with the interior space and the examples provided.

I will admit, the design of this particular tiny house is not my favourite, but I think it fits well for a beginners first. If you already have a working knowledge of how to use your tools and a bit of grunt, I imagine this book would be for you.