People Who Live In Small Homes Gather In This Online Group To Share Their Living Spaces (30 Pics)
Nowadays, many people choose to live in a tiny home over a sprawling mansion. These 400-square-foot houses are cozy, functional, and easy to clean. Many of them are also designed sustainably, which helps the environment.
If you’re a fan of compact living, these photos from the r/TinyHouses subreddit are for you. It features miniature homes from around the globe, giving a glimpse of how people live and enjoy minimalist lives.
Scroll through these images and see if any of them catches your eye.
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I Would Love To Live Here !
1917, 1 Bed 1 Bath, ~750sqft. Just Paid Off This Month!!
That's the nice thing about a smaller house. I moved almost three years ago and went with a 780 sq ft house. I have ten acres and a barn for my horses, and really, in ten or so years, it will be paid off!
I Built A Playhouse For A Family In Oh, And Now I Want To Build It In Full Scale For My Actual House
The concept of tiny homes dates back to the early 1860s through the 1920s, when shotgun houses first became popular.
These single-story dwellings are usually one room (12 feet) wide and up to four rooms deep. The first versions had a living room at the front, two bedrooms with no hallways, and a kitchen. Bathrooms and indoor plumbing weren’t part of the home at first but were eventually added at the back.
333 Sq Ft Built By Me
I Like This Simple Tiny House..no Internet.. Just Calmness
I Could Spend My Whole Summer Here! Who Has Ever Stayed At/Built/Lived In A Floating Tiny House Before?
Shotgun homes were originally from Haiti and West Africa, but they arrived on American shores via New Orleans through immigrants and enslaved people. They became a top choice for homeowners during the population boom of the 1800s, and housing demands likewise skyrocketed.
The Exterior Of This Tiny House Is One Of The Best I've Seen In A While! So Cute
My Tiny Home And Quarantine Oasis :)
All I Need!
Because many early shotgun houses stood close to each other, it helped form tight-knit communities. People would gather outside at their porches and mingle with one another, a practice believed to have originated the friendly nature in New Orleans culture.
Many shotgun homes still exist today, although some were destroyed during Hurricane Katrina in 2005. However, they are considered historical landmarks, and cities like Winston-Salem in North Carolina plan to make them official.
Location, Location, Location...this Is Crazy!
I Really Like These Tiny Homes
Building My Cob House. Two Hands And A Dream
Outside of the shotgun houses, there was the tiny house movement. Its origin varies depending on who you ask. Some credit artist Allan Wexler with first exploring the idea in the 1970s.
Others may say that Jay Shafer pioneered the movement in the late 90s. He began building his 110-square-foot house in Iowa in 1997, which he completed in 1999. That same year, he founded the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, which designs and builds small homes.
Thank You Humans For Cleaning My Domain
Things Have Really Come Together On Our Build
Felt Like This Should Go Here
So you sit on the sofa and watch water dripping into a sink? Oh no, it's a basket with some random white objects in!
As Shafer revealed in a 2023 interview with Grist, his idea of building a tiny home was initially an act of rebellion and the desire to prove something that went against mainstream beliefs at the time.
“Once I learned it was illegal to live in a house that small, I decided I had to, just to show that it was actually a safe and efficient and reasonable thing to do.”
Completed Tiny House Finally!
My family has been cooperatively working on building a tiny house for my sister over the past five years. I know it sounds like a long time but we could only do 4-5 weekends of work every year due to how far away I live. And then covid. The trailer and frame (with roof installed and sub siding, but no windows or anything else installed) came from Tumbleweed back when they sold the Barn Raiser unfinished tiny homes. We took on all of the labor ourselves though we did hire an electrician and then a spray-foam installer. My mom even made the cushions and drapes! All in all my sister is super pleased with how it came out and will be towing it to it's new home this fall. My cat (the black one in the photos) is going to be sad to see it go.
Since You All Like To See "Lived In" Spaces - Clutter For Karma
This is what I want to see. What do the tiny houses look like after they've been lived in for awhile.
Self-Built, No Experience, 2 Yrs Almost Done!
Tiny homes are popular on Airbnb, trending up by 112% in 2019 and 85% in 2020. Listings also jumped from 14,000 to 24,000 between both years. For real estate developer Zach Millburn, the appeal to consumers is threefold:
“They’re Instagrammable, and the cute-cozy aspect is attractive to people as well,” Millburn told Grist. “And especially after the birth of these shows like Tiny House Nation, I think a lot of people want to try it out and are willing to pay a decent amount for a unique experience.”
My Tiny House I Started Building Exactly A Year Ago! Moved In Last August
Still A Heap To Finish But I Love My Kitchen
Love the counters. I'm going to go with all bamboo, unless the wood is reclaimed. But yours is GORGEOUS. I love the shape and curve.
Furniture I Made For My Tiny House
But with the boom of tiny vacation homes, other experts believe that the cultural connection with shotgun houses could be fading.
“It used to be something that was an extreme enough lifestyle that it was more exciting to get a window into how someone did it, why they chose to go that route, and how it was panning out or impacting their daily life,” said Merete Mueller, who directed the 2013 film TINY: A Story About Small Living.
“But when you could book one for the weekend and stay in it as a vacation house, it just became more and more normal. It became less exciting.”
I Built My Tiny House For Less Than $20k
Gorgeous Tiny House In Mexico That I Found On Airbnb!
Chateau At Treehouse Utopia
I Love The Kitchen In This Tiny House
Yeah, it looks nice. But practicality is 0. My mother lives in a very small house that was built for one person - and her kitchen is similar to this one. The way these tiny kitchens are designed is terrible, there is literally not enough free work surface for anything because the appliances eat up all the space.
Who Needs A Big House When You Can Have This
Step one, be too scared to use it despite trusting the supports, because you know your luck. Step two, get tempted and start using it. Step three, get complacent.
The Other Half Of My House
3 Years Later - 1 Man DIY Build - Done!
I can't believe there wasn't a better solution than crawling to the bed.
A Few Photos Of My Tiny House!
Been Living In My Tiny House Almost A Year Now, No Regrets!
I would like to live in tiny house, but this country has pretty strict restrictions about how to build, where to build and from what materials to build, It would make tiny house entremely expensive.But one can still dream, no?
Our tiny cabin built in 1934 by my great grandfather. Loft addition was added in 2019 due to severe storm damage. It still has 2 of the original log walls. 216532028_...e00f07.jpg
I love the idea/philosophy of tiny houses but as i age & more of my dear friends are wheelchair bound i find myself advocating for accessibility!
Like I said, years ago many of these were called Park Models. They are simply a trailer that has been converted. They used to be made to take to RV parks or campgrounds and left for the summer. Now, all of the sudden, they are called Tiny Homes. And with this current fad they now cost at least three times more than they did before.
I think that many tiny homes are not really tiny. From quora 'Research shows that the average property size in England is 729 sq ft'. This is not the footprint, this is the whole property, often over two floors.
Tiny houses are not for everyone, I've seen many people online that go tiny and now went back to buying a bigger houses. Living in a tiny house requires compromise on your end, limit space and storage for sure is a challenge. Oh the divorce rate is high af after people brought their tiny homes. According to the GNAT (Great Nation of Astonishingly Tiny) Home Owners of America, the divorce rate for couples building a tiny home has doubled from 25% to 50% in just three years.
It's having all the outdoor space and not being able to see or hear your neighbors that appeals to me, a small apartment is the same indoor space but a tiny home is detached which can be placed in the woods..
If y'all are interested in Tiny Houses 'Living Big in a Tiny House' is a great YouTube channel. I also enjoy watching 'Tiny House, Giant Journey'.
They are very cute and practical for a single person or a childless couple. I think at some point I would feel very claustrophobic and feel like the walls started closing in on me. The surroundings look very tranquil. I personally would rather have a nice size house on a couple acres of land, far enough from my neighbors it would take a fog horn to get their attention. Small enough that its not swallowing me and my wife up but big enough that when my kids and grandkids visit we are not on top of each other.
I have a large shed on my property that has an interior of 22feet by 11.5 feet. I'm going to jack it up higher, make it 13 feet tall, and add a loft, and convert it into a guest house that can sleep 4, complete with small kitchen, bathroom, loft bedroom, and living space. It'll be perfect for when my in laws or my parents come visit, they have their own space, and we will rent out on AirBnB otherwise. Just modeled it all out last week!
I would love one of these tiny homes. Then I remember I have books. Many books.
tiny houses have 20-25 sqm2. so if someone promises you a tiny house "of 60 sqm2", it will have 20.
Condensation will rot your a*se. Do laundry and see how well you do in your shed. Or cook a pot of pasta.
I would like to live in tiny house, but this country has pretty strict restrictions about how to build, where to build and from what materials to build, It would make tiny house entremely expensive.But one can still dream, no?
Our tiny cabin built in 1934 by my great grandfather. Loft addition was added in 2019 due to severe storm damage. It still has 2 of the original log walls. 216532028_...e00f07.jpg
I love the idea/philosophy of tiny houses but as i age & more of my dear friends are wheelchair bound i find myself advocating for accessibility!
Like I said, years ago many of these were called Park Models. They are simply a trailer that has been converted. They used to be made to take to RV parks or campgrounds and left for the summer. Now, all of the sudden, they are called Tiny Homes. And with this current fad they now cost at least three times more than they did before.
I think that many tiny homes are not really tiny. From quora 'Research shows that the average property size in England is 729 sq ft'. This is not the footprint, this is the whole property, often over two floors.
Tiny houses are not for everyone, I've seen many people online that go tiny and now went back to buying a bigger houses. Living in a tiny house requires compromise on your end, limit space and storage for sure is a challenge. Oh the divorce rate is high af after people brought their tiny homes. According to the GNAT (Great Nation of Astonishingly Tiny) Home Owners of America, the divorce rate for couples building a tiny home has doubled from 25% to 50% in just three years.
It's having all the outdoor space and not being able to see or hear your neighbors that appeals to me, a small apartment is the same indoor space but a tiny home is detached which can be placed in the woods..
If y'all are interested in Tiny Houses 'Living Big in a Tiny House' is a great YouTube channel. I also enjoy watching 'Tiny House, Giant Journey'.
They are very cute and practical for a single person or a childless couple. I think at some point I would feel very claustrophobic and feel like the walls started closing in on me. The surroundings look very tranquil. I personally would rather have a nice size house on a couple acres of land, far enough from my neighbors it would take a fog horn to get their attention. Small enough that its not swallowing me and my wife up but big enough that when my kids and grandkids visit we are not on top of each other.
I have a large shed on my property that has an interior of 22feet by 11.5 feet. I'm going to jack it up higher, make it 13 feet tall, and add a loft, and convert it into a guest house that can sleep 4, complete with small kitchen, bathroom, loft bedroom, and living space. It'll be perfect for when my in laws or my parents come visit, they have their own space, and we will rent out on AirBnB otherwise. Just modeled it all out last week!
I would love one of these tiny homes. Then I remember I have books. Many books.
tiny houses have 20-25 sqm2. so if someone promises you a tiny house "of 60 sqm2", it will have 20.
Condensation will rot your a*se. Do laundry and see how well you do in your shed. Or cook a pot of pasta.