One Tiny House to Two Tiny Houses


How our family moved from one tiny home into two connected cabins, and what it taught me about designing small spaces that truly work. Cover story for this month’s Tiny House Magazine.

Laura LaVoie shares what may be her most personal piece yet. She gets into the temporary nature of tiny house living, what it means to feel connected to land you don’t really own, and whether ownership even means what we think it does. It’s the kind of article you’re still turning over in your head a few days later.

We’re also welcoming Ava Elsner to the magazine. Ava takes on something that doesn’t come up nearly enough: what it’s actually like to live in a tiny house with a disability. She looks at the hard parts, the tradeoffs, and the places where a small space can surprisingly work in your favor if you use a wheelchair. 

Another piece digs into a question most tiny house people hit eventually: at what point does less space stop feeling like freedom? There’s a line somewhere, and the article tries to find it. The article also takes a hard look at the numbers behind tiny living and whether the savings are as significant as many people expect.

Brenda Mason Paramelee rounds out the issue with a look at the growing interest in where our food comes from. You don’t need a homestead, a garden, or a barn full of animals to see the value in understanding the path food takes before it reaches your table.

We hope something in here sticks with you , maybe even a question you don’t have an answer to yet.

Inside this issue, you will find:

  • One More Thing
  • The House Was Just Another Thing
  • Tiny Living and the Disabled Perspective
  • Tiny Living Chose Us
  • Opinion – When Small Living Becomes Small Thinking
  • Try Before You Buy
  • Probably the Single Most Significant Worldview Change You Can Make in Life
  • You Don’t Have to Grow It All Yourself

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Tiny House Magazine Issue 162 cover

Issue 162 index

 

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