Tom’s Custom Vardo
Anyone who’s a fan of Etsy knows you can spend too many hours browsing the wonderful stores and handmade items on the online crafter’s marketplace. One such item is large enough to live inside. Tom in...
View ArticleWriggly Tin Shepherd’s Huts
Luxury vintage camping in traditional shepherd’s huts, tucked away in the heart of the South Downs.The double doors really let the outside in and make the hut feel incredibly spacious.Five people can...
View ArticleShepherd’s Hut Colorado
by Bill YoungThe Shepherd Hut has been around for hundreds of years and primarily in England, but now they are available in America. They can be used as a guest house, a romantic retreat, a special...
View ArticleCollaborative Vardo
If you are thinking of building your own vardo as a tiny house or for camping, Instructables recently featured a collaborative wagon built by Paleotool (author of Building a Gypsy Wagon), PaleoPunk and...
View ArticleInstructables Vardo
For anyone dreaming of their own vardo wagon to sleep in or rent out, this sweet, little red wagon was built by J.M. Labrosse and featured by Instructables. J.M.’s step-by-step guide breaks this...
View ArticleHandmade Matt’s Truck Camper
The December issue of the Tiny House Magazine has a story about handmade, wooden truck campers in it and one of most talked about versions on the Web is the whimsical truck camper designed and built by...
View ArticleGypsy Getaway Wagons
During childhood, at least some of us wanted to run off with the circus or a band of musicians. The dream of living out of a colorful, handmade vardo or “gypsy wagon” was the start of many tiny house...
View ArticleThe Ever-Evolving Caravan, the first Tiny House Hotel
Caravan is nestled in the vibrant northeast corner of Portland. It opened in the summer of 2013 and was the first ever hotel of its kind in Oregon and across the globe. Not only did Caravan seamlessly...
View ArticleRV’s too expensive? How about a handmade vardo instead?
A friend recently gave me an example of the crazy prices that RVs are currently going for. A private party sale of a traditional “white box” travel trailer started at around $14,000 and a bidding war...
View ArticleVardo-Style Tiny House for Nomadic Living
China Rose and AJ decided on a Vardo-style tiny house to enable them to live nomadically. It’s 24 feet long by 12.5 feet high by 8.5 feet at the highest point, and due to the distinctive bowed roofline...
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