When I was young I loved watching the 1977 animated adaptation of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit. I loved all of Tolkien's books and so, when Peter Jackson made The Lord of The Rings and The Hobbit ...

The creations of natural-materials builder Brett LeCompte of Dolores are featured in the 2017 architecture book, Small Homes: The Right Size by Lloyd Kahn. Several pages display LeCompte’s straw-bale ...

Designer, dressmaker and tiny house expert Kristie Wolfe, who created the inexpensive Hawaiian vacation home we reported on earlier this year, is building her very own "Shire" comprising three ...

"A lot of beauty in the world is rooted in a lot of pain,” author, canine behaviour and myotherapist Sindhoor Pangal, who lost her husband about two-and-a-half years ago just before the second ...

In this video, we spent 15 days creating the most amazing underground Hobbit villa, complete with a beautifully decorated living room. This unique and cozy home was built entirely by hand using ...

If you visited Ali Hughson's house, you'd be forgiven for thinking you'd stumbled into the actual Shire, thanks to the amazing 'Hobbit House' he's built in the back garden. The 47-year-old wood artist ...