I always wanted to live in Europe, so I bought a tiny home in the Netherlands when my son moved out. Now, I'm leaving.

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Side by side of Sidra Gifford and her tiny home
Sidra Gifford moved from the US to the Netherlands.

Courtesy of Sidra Gifford

I moved into a tiny home village at age 37 with my son. His childhood is so free that we've stayed for 7 years.

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Matthijs van der Ham
Matthijs van der Ham

Samira Kafala for BI

I live in a 400-square-foot tiny home. See inside my space, from clever storage solutions to unavoidable chaos.

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Woman smiling from porch of blue-painted railing on tiny home porch
Living full time in a poorly-designed, mass-produced tiny house means confronting its limitations every single day.

Amber McDaniel

We're a couple in our 30s who dreamed of building a tiny home. My parents had concerns, so we made a pitch deck to convince them.

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Simone Solazzo, left, and Anne Leijdekkers, right, showing their presentation
The couple gave Anne Leijdekkers's family a presentation about their tiny-home move.

Joshua Nelken-Zitser

A 26-year-old built a $260,000 ADU on her family's property. Now, she lives in the 748-square-foot space with her sister.

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A side-by-side of a woman in front of a house and a cozy sitting area in a home.
Mia Corippo renovated an ADU with her family.

Mia Corippo

A woman built her mom a $33,000 tiny home on her family's Texas property. Here are 5 things she learned from the process.

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A white tiny home with a wreath on the front door.
The Heidecker family built a tiny home on their property.

Yeli Heidecker

After a contractor quoted them $63,000, a woman and her husband built her mom a tiny home for half the cost

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A white tiny home with a wreath on the front door.
Yeli Heidecker and her family built a tiny home for her mom.

Yeli Heidecker

I've spent 5 years living in a tiny home and 2 years in a camper van. Here's how they compare — and which is my favorite.

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Author Amber McDaniel sitting in chair in tiny. home with cup of coffee, smiling
Trading living in a van for residing in a 400-square-foot tiny house didn't solve everything, but it finally gave us what the road couldn't.

Amber McDaniel

Backyard tiny homes are finally legal in New York City. They could be a boon for homeowners who can afford construction.

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An ecological living module, a 22-square-meter 'tiny house,' is on display at the United Nations Plaza in New York City.
Thousands of New York City homeowners are finally eligible to build a tiny home, or accessory dwelling unit, in their backyards.

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I spent 2 nights in a 2-story, 100-square-foot tiny home in Germany. It was much smaller than any I've seen in the US.

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Cylindrical homes on a flat property with buildings in the background
Business Insider's reporter stayed at a cylindrical tiny home hotel in Germany and was impressed by its smart use of the 100-square-foot space.

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