Taking the Tiny House Movement Tinier
Matthew Staver for The New York Times
Glenn Grassi used his skills as a set designer in the construction of his portable 84-square-foot microhome, trying to maximize the space available.
By KIRK JOHNSON
Published: December 2, 2011
LOUISVILLE, Colo. — For many Americans who bought more home than they could really afford in the giddy days before the crash, the big-house dream has become a nightmare in the ashes of foreclosure and regret.
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House Proud: The $200 Microhouse (February 24, 2011)
Matthew Staver for The New York Times
Mr. Grassi reckons the table can accommodate six people, snugly. A mirror on the wall seeks to provide the illusion of more room.
Matthew Staver for The New York Times
A composting toilet is at least partly hidden by a chair with a removable seat. Ashes from the wood stove can help in decomposition.
Glenn Grassi, in building his prototype one-room micro-home — 7 by 12 feet stem-to-stern, including a wood-burning stove, an antique parlor chair that also serves as a seat for the compost toilet beneath it, and a shower under the bed — is hoping it sounds, well, like shelter in the old-fashioned practical sense.
Or like a work of art. He is not exactly sure.
From Alice: There are much cuter, slightly larger Tiny House designs out there. Some are even 8x14!
But how do you get a wheelchair inside? Your dog's bowl? And snow shovel. No, until it comes with a 2x2 shed, I'm not moving in right now.
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