Woman Living in a Cozy 22' Long Tiny House for 5 Years - Full Tour

In this video we’re meeting Rebecca who’s been living in her tiny house since 2014. She designed the Keva Tiny House to be 22′ x 8.5′ wide, and 15’ tall which is taller than most tiny homes. It has an open concept living space, a clever hideaway ladder, a covered deck, an outhouse for a toilet, and beautiful woodwork from top to bottom, and the whole build cost about $55,000 CAD ($30K materials, $25K labour).
You can find out more about Keva Tiny House, and follow Rebecca on Instagram at the links below:
kevatinyhouse.com/
/ kevatinyhouse
The plans are available for sale here if you want to check them out: kevatinyhouse.com/building-pl...
Keva Tiny House was designed by Rebecca and it was built by Rudy Hexler and an apprentice named Lenny.
The house is heated with a woodstove, it has a small bathtub and shower, a massive clothes storage area in the bathroom, and there's also a micro shed next door with additional storage space, and a guest bed. For a toilet, Rebecca uses an outhouse outside.
She was lucky to meet with people who were open to having her park on their land, and she pays a fee for rent and/or does a work exchange with them.
Thank you so much for watching!
Mat & Danielle
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Music & Song Credits:
All music in this video was composed, performed, and recorded by Mat from Exploring Alternatives.
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Mat and Danielle, Exploring Alternatives
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Rebecca, Keva Tiny House

[@ExploringAlternatives]

Thank you so much for watching! 2 quick notes: Rebecca's toilet is an outhouse, and the plans are available for sale here: kevatinyhouse.com/building-plans/

[@SacGeoTV]

Exploring Alternatives is still training millennials to expect less from their debt-enslaved futures... teach them farming instead, you closet UN Marxists ☝🏼

[@amandawilcox9638]

@@SacGeoTV And what will you teach the Millenials/Gen Z folk, Robert-Francis? Sneering? Snarkiness? Sniping? Looking down your nose? Poor you.

[@Kim-lc3fv]

Thanks. I was just about to write to ask where the toilet is in the house.

[@yorukkizigeziyor]

Very beautiful 😍👍

[@sandrasharp2934]

Washing clothes? Frig?

[@rutyael18]

Lovely tiny house. Love the little guest house. Land is the key thing with living tiny. She has a good set up. Thank you.

[@Trina30064]

She did say that she pays rent on the land with a work trade setup so the land wasn’t free. Really very nice, open and peaceful space.

[@annydobon8106]

Agreed. I wish I have land. Or at least my parents have land.

[@ParadoxKismet]

This home is gorgeous. The wood is so lovely and this home is filled with light. I love the porch and very practical to have the separate storage space and guest bedroom.

[@karadizon4299]

Always wanted to love tiny living so hopefully once both my kids are done with college then my hubby and I could live like this. I love her house design. It’s so homey and love all the natural lights

[@siriuslee9615]

Excellent use of space really love the sunroof above the porch . Very nice . Good for you . I live on a 30 ft. X 9ft boat downsized year's ago from 1600 sq. ft home on an acre and a 1/4 of land . Never been happier in my little home . We really don't need a lot do we? Oh yeah I put a sunroof on my rig . 👍🏼

[@outdoorsnaturengod9276]

I love they (her also) simplicity this is a truly minimalist tiny house Many ppl here comment about the toilet, water...they mentioned they have a toilet outside the house.. Also water come from a rainwater tank system (lot cabins,tiny homes in the country may have in property) .... These young awesome couples are outdoorsy, country persons..I know they can handle all that... I use to live in the backcountry..I really miss the country...people from the country and people from city are not the same ....

[@olivetree8163]

To this day, one of my favorite tiny homes I have ever seen! 😍 It has stood the test of time thus far, and I know it will continue to do so for years to come!

[@spiralpython1989]

So nice to see someone who has been living in her tiny home for an extended period. Such a cool home!

[@bigal6667]

Congratulations on 1 million subscribers!

[@ExploringAlternatives]

Thanks so much :) :)

[@David-jo3ke]

Far from being my favorite layout, but I love the woodwork inside.

[@alicesullivan1790]

Mat & Danielle, thank you for another high quality tour of this refreshingly open tiny home. I especially love all the rounded corners. At 76 years old, my skin has thinned and I'm prone to skin tears and bruises, so I know the hazards of squared corners. I purchased a school library table from a local shop; but told the shop owner that I'd buy it, if he'd round off the corners. He took the table outside his shop, cranked up his chain saw, rounded the corners, gave them a quick sanding, and it is now my favorite piece of furniture. You have to know that I love your channel, not only for the quality of your videos, but also because you guys live by your values regarding honesty and ethical product use and info. But, then there is y'all's super duper personalities. Keep up the good work. PS: I'm working my way to minimalism, and hope to live in a tiny home, designed to make accommodations for my crooked, chronically painful back, within the next two to three years.

[@Takeasec]

This is one of my favorite houses so far, there’s something about the design that’s so simple and I love the extra space.

[@amandawilcox9638]

Hi Mat and Danielle. Thanks so much for showing us Rebecca (and her invisible partner) in a home they've lived in for years instead of months. To hear so much excitement in her voice after 5 years living in Keva is really heartening. She talks about shortcomings and limitations-and they don't soon to bother her much at all. Like the design and size; love the windows, trim design and French doors. And the live edges and beauty of the wood. And the porch. 😄 For me, the tub is too small and what seems to be no fridge are issues. Oh, well; it works for them. Joyously, it appears. Congrats and best wishes to you all! Thanks again for posting this lovely video. 🏠 🏡

[@robw3027]

Good for you Rebecca- looks like the lifestyle agrees with you. Thanks for the rundown.

[@janetcastel4383]

I love it! The wood is beautiful! Awesome simple living!

[@raynoladominguez4730]

I love everything about this home. Great feel from all of the little thoughtful design nuances.

[@jaimhaas5170]

Raynola I am looking for a fresh start if you are ready to make the plunge! :)

[@mariamoore8637]

I think this is by far my favourite tiny-home design I've seen!

[@ginasreview1030]

This is something I want to accomplish. Live in a tiny house but have a deck/outdoor area. That'll be a dream. :]♡

[@lesleyhubble2976]

Darkness Light hope you make it a reality

[@human1513]

Beautiful house & gorgeous owner. Thanx for sharing.

[@lavondacarter7228]

Beautiful young lady, she's smart to have worked and saved her money ,to be able to build such a beautiful tiny home, she right about collecting crap she don't need !

[@ryandanger9333]

Looks like such an amazing piece of land, great job on the house. Wonderful.

[@Prosharific]

Watching endless tiny home videos over the past few years and this is one of my absolute favourite! The practicality of this set up and style is perfect for my dream lifestyle. I admire your hard work in accomplishing this goal. I’m always asking myself how I can get here. Love it! Thanks for sharing!

[@katherinesawick1079]

I’m always curious about downvotes on videos like this. What’s not to like unless one just has an attitude? Not everyone can live this way, but it’s still very admirable not to mention utterly charming.

[@gg-sb8mn]

I think this is the 3rd video I've seen on this tiny Kiva house. My favorite every time 🏡

[@MeenaIsCooking]

Loved the cute tiny house, very easy to maintain 👏🏻

[@itsanorristhing3825]

I have seen this house about 2 months ago and the upgrades and how it looks at night! WOW blows my mind gorgeous !! Love it!!

[@Maaariella]

This one is among my favorite tiny houses ever!

[@user-td7xf3gz4l]

That little guest house is so cool!!

[@cenedraleaheldra5275]

So beautiful glad so much reclaimed materials too. Wonderful

[@holly7010]

What a gorgeous home. Beautifully designed and decorated. Masterfully laid out, peaceful and happy feeling. Great job! Enjoy life, live long, be happy, loved and healthy.

[@mnothem1]

I have seen Rebecca before on living big. I have based my design on her setup. I absolutely love it. Please let me know if I can show you it before I build it.

[@suzieparis6821]

Same

[@samsngdevice5103]

Nope. You look like a troll.

[@mollieandrews4]

Ah I thought the design looked familiar but I couldn’t figure out where I had seen the video before!

[@rachaelmoorhead1765]

Yes same! Seen her interviewed on bryce's channel, remembered the stones behind the fire place.

[@MerwinARTist]

Beautiful and Smart .. Great Design and feel for wood. Nice setting too!

[@wilmaknickersfit]

This house has been shown on quite a lot of channels now!

[@josephbrate2245]

Glad we found it. Inspiring . Joe and Shelia

[@larryniidji]

Exceptional! So beautiful and well thought out. Best to you both.

[@blackcatrichie]

One of the most beautiful works of tiny art I've seen. You've share a deep part of you... it's a reflection of your beautiful soul. Thanks for sharing and inspiring us viewers. Peace.

[@maggiewatson8678]

Simplicity, logic, charm. This is a good one ♥️

[@schoolofrandomthings]

I love how creative she has been with her space

[@Windkisssed]

This may be one of the best homes I’ve seen… I’ve seen layouts that I appreciate more but the way this house turned out is just so beautiful. It really has a warm welcoming homey feel on a minimalistic level. I love what she’s done with the porch and the shed is your awesome solutions to expanding your environment.I completely appreciate her practice of the three “R’s”! I must’ve missed the part where she talked about her toilet I wasn’t sure how she handled black water… Very good video a lot of information thank you.

[@julieschofield4594]

The porch is really lovely and inviting. Nice use of wood inside to seem very cosy. Thank you for sharing.

[@joybradford8206]

I love the porch. It's a nice house.

[@milapiedra]

Beautiful woodwork. Very warm and welcoming tiny house. Not sure about the outhouse, but love the micro shed w/guest bed. Darling. 😊 Congrats to Rebecca for achieving her goal with so much consciousness for the earth and others.

[@jamiec4392]

One of my favorite videos so far!!

[@ladyfae4797]

I absolutely love this home!

[@krisushi1]

This is a good attitude that is gradually spreading, which is to start off as debt free as possible. This young woman knew what she wanted and worked hard to get it. Just how much room do you need, especially when living in an environment such as above where that can be used as a giant 'outdoor room'. Love that the bed is raised. I have a small Motorhome where I have an innerspring double mattress. I had slats attached to the bed stand, that has storage underneath, to get some air circulating under the mattress. Having the guest hut is a great idea and gives everyone their privacy.

[@lancedaniels]

Thanks for posting and sharing. Nice place.

[@carolewarner101]

Lovely home! I really love her wrap around porch and the "guest suit"/storage shed. I've been interested for some time in building a permanent small house on land, but as my husband and I have very different needs for quiet and down time I've been challenged by keeping the design small whilst honoring those needs. The idea of having a separate bedroom with perhaps a desk/work space and then storage that's accessible from the outside behind the north wall of the bedroom say, could really work! Thanks so much for sharing.

[@user-sc1nx2wx3t]

In harmony with nature. You are very well thought out. Thanks for the video!

[@jessiemadanat5455]

Beautiful videography, very inspiring!

[@kaisenji]

My Mom has talked of loving the tiny houses BUT she is also 78 years old so climbing is out. I think she would love the tiny houses however, since mostly young people design/live in these, they will not work when you are nearly 8 decades old. I'd love for her to have a place on our property with a small home to live in that doesn't take much space and time to clean. But NO stairs, no ladders, no having to lift anything as she is my special old lady.

[@acriticalvegan6164]

I built mine with no lofts on a 38 foot trailer, so when I'm old I can still live in it.

[@Deniera]

You can just design it without a loft? You'd have to sacrifice some of the other space, but there are tons of designs with a downstairs sleeping nook or full bedroom.

[@acriticalvegan6164]

@@Deniera Look at how sailboat are designed they have no lofts. I use live on one for 10 years, much more cramped then what I have now. front to back rough measurements 7x9 bedroom 7x5 Fullbath with tub 7x8 full kitchen both sides including dishwasher and full fridge and propane stove 7x6 entrance laundry and a place to set up a dinner table 7x11 living room with wood stove

[@kTorres007]

Check out recreational resort cottages!they have great tiny houses with no lofts!

[@MN2_Kevin_Hill_1970]

What a beautiful tiny home for a very beautiful spirit. Thank you for sharing your home. I definitely got some ideas from yours that I will build into my house. I love the covered porch.

[@anneredmoon]

Gorgeous design! I love the combination of straight and softened wood/angles

[@bigal6667]

Love your videos. Keep them coming. Also can you make a video of a small workshop? That would be interesting.

[@ExploringAlternatives]

Thank you for the suggestion! We do love touring workshops and will keep an eye out for some neat ones :) We typically focus on living spaces but you never know!

[@linda_sue]

Very nice! Thank you!

[@yaal3357]

Beautiful wood design. Love it 😍

[@cathylynnpietranton]

Rebecca made herself a nice cozy little tiny house hope she has many happy years there.

[@alidolloso1704]

Happy and healthy young lady in her happy and healthy house

[@my2cents838]

It looks delightful!

[@72097077]

Dang, KZbin lets me put only ONE thumbs up! Love the woodwork & the bit of green in the kitchen. This is one of the nicest tiny houses I've seen.

[@mrcwoodworks4523]

That’s awesome!!!! Very unique !!

[@jacquimalvenan8613]

I absolutely love this one. So beautiful!

[@raquelcortez0106]

Beautiful, thanks

[@augurelite]

this build is beautiful

[@ja553]

An outstanding video as usual.

[@tiger_powers]

Beautiful video, beautiful build - love it

[@teresabasinger5965]

I have a question. How do you classify this as tiny house living? She has different buildings to hold the stuff others keep in a regular house. Several small buildings add up to a large one, right?

[@FinnMiaBelle]

Teresa Basinger well, not all of the buildings need to be heated/cooled, only the main home....so it does save money.

[@teresabasinger5965]

@@FinnMiaBelle That's not the point. She's still requiring more square footage. I know several homes where they heat with wood, and have no air conditioning, yet the home is larger. I'm saying, she's still taking up more space than she's claiming. Anyone could live in a "tiny house" if they had several of them.

[@MiaKhalifa-ff8ke]

She's not even taking that mutch more space up you could fit all of that camping gear in there

[@linnymaemullins3319]

Yeah but you only have to heat and cool one of them perhaps?

[@linnymaemullins3319]

@@FinnMiaBelle yep

[@abbyd323]

Just beautiful! Love it....

[@ExploringAlternatives]

Happy you enjoyed the video, thanks for watching!

[@motiarts4426]

Very nice design

[@KRscience]

Awesome glass porch roof!

[@kakaakemi678]

Beautiful home!!

[@bjhiss27]

Things people miss: None of this is possible without a good water supply, land, and toilet...all of which are supplied by someone else. You gotta think this through guys.

[@truepeace3]

Brad Gb I caught that too...the “main house.”

[@teresabasinger5965]

I was saying that exact thing.

[@oceanblue2716]

Brad Gb think of it like a traditional house but just smaller, I assume if your living in a “normal house” you would also need water supply and land and sewage system. She also has some of those systems as well but in a tiny house, what’s wrong with that ?

[@bjhiss27]

@@oceanblue2716 The idea of tiny living is downsizing, simplifying things, and doing it as cheaply/economically as possible.... we're not talking about comparing it to a regular house, if we were...I'd say it's way too small. There's a lot of left out information that people, dreaming at home, wanting to live the tiny life wouldn't think of.

[@RichardCockerill]

right on brother darned hippies

[@georgethandayutham8505]

Cozy and beautiful home 👍❤

[@earthlove7784]

Love it, thanks for sharing

[@KirBVB]

Very quite Rebecca ) the house is amazing too )

[@martha4136]

Good job! Love what you have done.

[@moMo-gi4bs]

Respect from Egypt beautiful woman

[@jma5474]

that's a pretty sweet tiny house

[@onceinawhile7]

I adore this build

[@heathermunoz6282]

I was totally going to say why not just use the counters, lol. The bed/loft is cozy. Love the tub/shower.

[@giselemichaud7872]

Favorite part was when she jumped from the loft onto the counter! Lol so cute

[@truepeace3]

Gisele Michaud 🤔❓mmhmm...

[@jay_Mata_ki]

Beautiful... Inspiring..

[@dijamekawe8922]

Beautiful ...thank you bro ....

[@sisimawarbiru7687]

The great house..really inspire

[@annabelquiban6804]

Beau....ti...fully tiny house to a young clever young smart lady kept up a good work.

[@alexlarson833]

Beautiful woman and beautiful tiny house🙂👍

[@loririnaldi3408]

I would need a oven to bake and a fridge!

[@sandiadamson1754]

Love it!

[@suzieparis6821]

Love the pebbles n troft

[@constellation51]

This is such a cute home.

[@peggypestana4749]

Beautiful home

[@maureenbernhardt1934]

Beautiful

[@Tracks777]

lovely content

[@ExploringAlternatives]

Thanks so much :)

[@spiritflower6640]

Beautiful home! Thank you for this video :) I was wondering about refrigerator and toilet...??

[@senshelive2121]

Very nice house💕

[@katiebrooke9040]

I love this. I want to live in one.

[@sharib5922]

LOVE THIS PLACE!❤️But wondering where her toilet is?🤔

[@LaLadybug2011]

Shari B She built a separate outhouse.

[@Rainerjgs]

Eine zauberhafte, natürliche, kluge und absolut sympathische junge Frau, die sich ohne Schminke, Tätowierungen und Pierchings - wohtuend von den vielen aufgetakelten Girlies abhebt, die sich hier oft so gefallsüchtig präsentieren!

[@chrissmith1521]

Where is the toilet and sewage system? Districts in Canada require a septic system.

[@BonnieBlue2A]

I’ve still not seen a user friendly design for those over 55 unwilling/unable to climb a ladder. Solve this challenge and more people might go tiny when retiring/downsizing.

[@MM-gi5lo]

There are quite a few I have seen. Elevated living room with roll under bed system. Daybed/couch set up. Murphy bed systems. Roll down beds.

[@carlycrays2831]

I think the issue is the tiny house concept itself. The best design would just be a very small house.

[@rebeccamarie7934]

This is design is not for everyone. There are lots of other Tiny House with other options :)

[@Hansen710]

Tiny houses are not for everyone Been there done that, and time to move on But i still have a love for the living style You will always be more comtable in a real house But even with a normal house you might have to move when you get old I have 4 floors now And the last owner could not use the stairs, the last 5 years of his life

[@clarkclarke]

Tiny House Big Living ...I am not trying to promote this channel ....just that I watched this and it is a great option as well Built for Elderly or Disabled kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJ20ZKyritJ1n9k

[@corneillececil823]

She's one smart cookie!

[@benbaker2965]

I always have a question on these tiny home tours. They often say, " And in the summer we just leave the doors open." But there are no screens or barriers to keep out creatures such as flies and hornets. Do these people leave in places without bugs? I just keep wondering ..

[@darkcrystal8646]

As long as its brighter outside than in...creatures are not much of an issue. Have a net for the occasional bug or bird that happens to get in.... ✌❤🌍

[@luns486]

The gulf islands aren't too bad for bugs. Also, gulf islanders are very outdoorsy, back to the land types. Not the kinds of people to worry too much about a few bugs.