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ToGaze covers tiny houses and off-grid living across 27 sections — the homes, the designs, the off-grid systems, the rules and the money behind them. Every section is a live feed; start with the ideas, then follow the daily coverage.
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ToGaze covers tiny houses and off-grid living — small-home ideas and designs, floor plans, off-grid power and water, building codes, costs, communities and DIY — across 27 sections.
New ideas are published regularly, and the homepage always shows the latest first.
It depends on size, build and location. Our cost guide, How Much Does a Tiny House Cost?, and the Costs & Budget section break it down.
Rules vary by place. Start with Building Codes and the State Guides for the rules where you plan to live.
Yes — thousands do. Living Off Grid and Off Grid Homes cover power, water, food and the homes built for it.
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Fire pit seating with boulders and stump logs: a 3–4 ft social fire sited 10+ ft from structures, 5–8 flat-topped boulders at 18–24″ buried one-third deep, stump stools...
Protecting outdoor log crafts, by the numbers: an unfinished piece lasts 2–5 years outdoors against 15–25 finished, end grain drinks 10× the moisture, semi-transparent stain runs 2–3 years...
DIY log cabins start with a shed: an 8×10 to 10×12 ft round-log structure on piers level within 1/4″, saddle-notched 6–10″ logs, an 8/12 roof with 18–24″ overhangs,...
Rustic log fencing, built the traditional way: rive 4–8 rails per green log, set rot-resistant posts 2.5–3 ft deep in gravel — never concrete — at 8–10 ft...
Native plants for rock gardens, layered properly: groundcovers at 6–8-inch spacing, perennials and grasses in drifts of 5–9, little bluestem roots 6 feet deep, gravel mulch 2–3 inches...
How to source free landscaping rocks from the waste streams: construction sites where contractors pay dump fees to remove excavated stone, quarry waste piles at $20–40 a ton,...
Rock garden waterfall, built like real water: a 1,500–3,000 GPH pump at your head height, 45-mil EPDM liner and weir stones foamed so water sheets.
Permeable rock pavers for driveways and patios: PICP, open-grid, stone and stabilized gravel over an 8–12″ open-graded reservoir base — 70–100% of rain infiltrates on-site, at $8–20/sq ft...