Tiny House Floor Plans: Over 200 Interior Designs for Tiny Houses Paperback – February 22, 2012

Even though there were poo-pooz about similar variations and lack of structural design from actual engineer designers, I still purchased this book and am so relieved. I have flipped through about 1/4 of the pages and have ideas popping up in how much of my white-out I will use to tweak some of these. It's best to look at every single one since ideas have come forth for me in even the smallest of design. This book has proved to me that living in a home that is only 7+ feet wide ( from the inside dimensions ) can be done and in many variations.Yes, many are similar when you get into the longer floor plans but it gives the observer an idea of the layout with furnishings. I already know that I will have a compost toilet which is movable unless your dump bucket is attached to the exterior. So when I now look at the "water closet" (which was its original name) I know the entire area can be the shower with the compost toilet temporarily moved out of it during a shower . I'm so happy to be enjoying this book with much enthusiasm. Before this, there were maybe less than a dozen floor plan variations/alternatives to choose.

This book has lots of floor plans for different sizes of tiny homes. However, it seems that it is the same plan over and over again so I gave it 4 stars. I gave it 4 instead of 3 stars because the floor plans show possible furniture placement, which I found helpful. It is so much better than "Backyard Sheds and Tiny Houses." I enjoyed looking at the plans. I'm planning to choose a favorite and build a model using foam-core board. I hope to build a tiny home next year.

I would suggest "Tiny House Floor Plans" to anyone wanting to down-size and who is looking for ideas for floor plans that you can use for yourself or change around for your convenience.I really like this book, because I've been thinking of down-sizing for my own peace of mind. It has also been very helpful to be able to examine over 200 interior designs with all the different square footage available to help with ones' own needs.The diagrams are easy to understand and the legend is quite informative.

It's well laid out by sizes, and It's refreshing to see so many floor plans of layouts for tiny homes you could actually live in long term without going crazy, ( much bigger than the usual 8x16)... But a lot of the plans are for cabin sized floor plans that would actually be considered "small homes" vs tiny homes, because at 12' or wider, they could not be placed on wheels or easily transported. There were some refreshing ideas for layouts ( an accomplishment when you consider the limits of options caused by a width of 8-8.5'). I would like to have seen more side entry ideas ( a personal preference of mine because I feel an end entry limits the design and wastes wall use), but many of these floor plans could be adapted easily to a side entry. I was also hoping for some options with narrow stairs to sleeping lofts instead of ladders..... also a personal preference if mine.Unlike some reviewers I didn't expect a book full of working floor plans and materials lists for this price, and no rational thinking person should. In spite of the numerous plans for homes that do not qualify as "tiny" or towable I liked the book. Especially intriguing, the plans that stretched the length to over 24' and those that included a small office or store front on the end.... Great for folks on the move to generate money on the road, and easily converted to a studio space for artists wanting to live full time tiny while keeping the clutter of creating art out of the living space.If you're downsizing and dreaming of building a tiny house, this book is worthy of some of your shelf space.

As someone who spends all their free time doodling house plans and coming up with new designs/ideas, this book is perfect. For people who require explanations as to what is what and need electrical schematics or more detailed information, this book will suck. It gives me an idea to actually put a book of my own renderings together and trying to market it at some point. Thanks.