Tiny houses can be surprisingly cozy. Just because the house is small, doesn’t mean you can’t have your typical southern porch and entryway.
Hummingbird TINY Housing LLC builders let you completely customize your tiny home. They offer homes with ceilings tall enough for fans.
This Hummingbird TINY Housing LLC home comes equipped with a rifle locker. The shelving slides back into the closet for secret gun storage.
A little house in some big woods
Pull up a chair and eat your meals on this convenient bar, just feet away from the fireplace in this Hummingbird TINY Housing LLC home.
Yes, we said fireplace.
A cozy bathroom
Getting organized
Home on wheels
Chic storage
To maximize every square foot, most tiny homes feature a loft space for beds. Access varies from ladders to steps.
“Aerial” view
Come on in.
Make it mobile.
Andrew Bennett of TREKKER Trailers shows off his version of a Murphy bed.
The queen-sized bed latches onto the wall when it is not in use.
This micro camper has been dubbed the Gypsy Wagon.
Cute door!
Lots of incentive to make the bed
This tiny house uses wall space to keep the utensils out of the coveted kitchen drawer space.
This tiny house has a hammock on the front porch!
The “Serena” tiny house is home to traveling fashion designers. The pair created a modern home to fit the needs of their growing business.
This shoe wrack in the Serena tiny house is a great way to show off your shoes and get them off of the floor.
Despite most tiny homes having loft beds, this bed slides beneath the kitchen space when not in use. Slide it out just a bit for a comfortable couch.
Tiny houses can have surprisingly open spaces like this kitchen.
Just because you go tiny doesn’t mean you have to give up the luxuries of a tub.
The Serena tiny house uses a whole wall for storage space.
The Victorian Tiny House is home to historical actor Shorty Robbins. She aims to make every part of her home look and feel like late 19th-century living.
Shorty Robbins knew she wanted to incorporate a modern bed into her Victorian-style home, but wasn’t sure how until she saw a way to convert an old piano into a pull-out bed.
Robbins took apart the old piano by herself to create her own hidden bed area.
Robbins even uses old chests as a staircase to the loft of her Victorian Tiny House.
For something so small, tiny houses are sparking a huge movement. The average American home is around 2,500 square feet; the average “tiny house” ranges from 100 to 400 square feet. There are many reasons folks are taking the concept of a close family so literally. Some people are tired of clutter, others want to be eco-friendly, and some want to be more mobile.
The first annual Georgia Tiny House Festival aimed to show Georgians what tiny house living is all about. During the three-day festival, 5,000 attendees had the chance to participate in 19 presentations, vendor and tool workshops, a movie night, a concert—and of course, tour tiny houses.
Will Johnston, founder of a new advocacy and educational group called Tiny House Atlanta, and Claudia Morris-Barclay, an Atlanta-based entertainment and lifestyle consultant, spoke about purging unnecessary items and inhabiting just a fraction of your current footprint. They maintain that a tiny home can clear the clutter in both your home and your mind.
“I want to go, be, see, and do,” Johnston said. With tiny houses, especially ones that are mobile, you can literally pick up your life and go. Even ones with permanent foundations usually create less of a financial burden, allowing more money for travel.
For people considering a downsize, Morris-Barclay suggests blocking off entire rooms or wings of your house one by one for six months. If you successfully stay out of those spaces, you know you can get rid of what’s left in those rooms, she says. Eventually, you will pare down to true necessities. “Customize your space for the life you want to lead, not just the life you have,” she says.
In tiny houses, each piece of furniture usually has more than one use. So even if you can’t part with your average-sized home, it’s interesting to learn innovative ways to save space.
