With house prices in Auckland City (New Zealand) going through the roof, 22 year old Lily Kemp decided to get a bit creative in order to escape the rent trap. For her, inspiration struck in the form of a vintage pop-top camper which she found on TradeMe (similar to ebay) for only $1,000. 

Louise Harpman, founding partner of Specht Harpman, discusses the growing micro apartment trend with Pimm Fox on Bloomberg Television's "Taking Stock."

This 16×26 country cabin was built for a client by Kanga Room Systems in Texas. This little cabin offers about 416 sq. ft. of space without including the upstairs sleeping loft. As soon as you approach the cabin you can see the classic covered front porch for relaxing. Go inside and you’ll find everything you need! Starting with an open living area with a kitchen, downstairs bedroom, washer/dryer, and a cozy upstairs sleeping loft with two beds.

Kanga Room Systems built this 14x14 studio cottage for a client who wanted craft space plus an area for their grandkids to play in while they're over.

This 700 sq. ft. double-studio apartment in Barcelona is like nothing you have ever seen before because it's designed to be shared by strangers if you wanted to. That’s one 700 sq. ft. apartment with two studios inside. It’s done by creating communal areas that consist of the entrance, dining, and kitchen in addition to private areas that can be opened or closed for privacy. In summary, there’s a communal kitchen. Then there are two studios with their own separate (and private) bathrooms.

A tiny cottage on wheels in East Sussex, England, United Kingdom at Swallowtail Hill.

This 160 sq. ft. tiny cottage with a loft is absolutely beautiful, isn't it? This tiny house is located on a farm south of Stockholm. It's there for guests. When you go inside you’ll find an open living space, a tiny kitchen, and an upstairs sleeping loft. That’s about it! There’s no bathroom inside so you can either use the main house’s facilities or the separate bathhouse nearby on the property with full amenities including a washer and dryer.

This tiny house was recently completed by Tiny Living Homes up in Delta, British Columbia, Canada.

The Hamptons Cabin is a tiny house on wheels by Tiny Portable Cedar Cabins that costs about $27,000. It’s dimensions are 8’6″ x 20′ which includes the 2′ deck and 3′ overhang. You can also get the 8’6″ x 24′ version for a starting price of $29,000. Inside you’ll find a kitchen, sleeping loft, living area, and a bathroom.

A 98 square feet tiny house on wheels in Aurora, Oregon. Built and shared by Graham Berry.

A 144 sq. ft. tiny house on wheels with an additional 56 sq. ft. sleeping loft that Korie and her husband, Alex, live in. When you walk inside the house you’ll immediately see the built in bench with storage. Windows throughout the house to give you lots of natural lighting. There’s a wall mounted LCD TV, ladder to the sleeping loft with dormers, kitchen, bathroom, and more.

How to fit five people, two cats, and a hamster (and all their stuff) in a house with a 480 sq. ft. footprint (440 inside).

A 192 square feet cottage built using cordwood and glass bottles.

The Vipp Shelter is a minimalist prefab concept located in Copenhagen, designed by Danish design company Vipp. A 55 square meter (592 square feet) steel object emerges in a rugged landscape framed by naked trees and a silent lake that mirrors in the sky frame window facade. The starting point of the Vipp shelter is going back to basics; back to nature with basic functions defining a dense, compact space yet wrapped in the Vipp DNA with a clear aesthetic coherence and use of solid materials.

My twin sister Genna and I wanted to experience tiny living. Genna is SO into the Tiny House Movement right now and yall know I love cute tiny things, so off we went! We headed to the Music City Tiny House in Nashville, Tennessee to test drive the tiny life. This video is mostly a tour of the tiny home with some relaxed tiny living, topped with bits of Nashville sprinkled in. I know tiny houses aren't for everyone, so I hope this gives you a little taste of what it's like.

We started downsizing our personal belongings 3 years ago. We did it to get out of debt and be able to travel more. Going to northern California aka the Capital of "Tiny House country" we had to test out one of these miniature homes. We have been looking into building one ourselves, but wanted to spend a few nights in one before doing anything like this. What if it would be too small for the 2 of us? We were both pleasantly surprised...we loved it, and it didn't seem crammed at all.

A tour of Kit M's and Michael W's tiny house!

The owners of this appealing little cottage chose white and shades of gray almost exclusively for the finishes and furniture. There is a little bit of color contrast in the natural wood tones of the deck and a few accent pieces. Variety was also added by including textures ranging from grooved wood paneling and glossy tile to coarse sisal. The cottage has two bedrooms in its single-level floor plan of 614 sq. ft.

Tucked away in the wilds of the rural American Midwest one might not suspect the nature of this home from a distance – it is, after all, easy to mistake for the two silos that were joined to create it. Up close, however, modern design features and interior elements show it to be a clever adaptively reused silo house.

Many people are skeptical that tiny homes can work for romantic couples, let alone families, which are still rare in tiny house demographics. While we know intellectually that it’s common for families in other parts of the world to house multiple generations in close quarters, most Americans seem to think it’s pretty out there for a family to live in a tiny house.