How small is too small?
So, I’ve written about big house and small houses and the right sized house, but these homes, designed by Tumbleweed Tiny House Company have got to take the cake!
The walk in closet in my new bedroom is just under 85 square feet. 84.84 square feet to be exact. O.k. maybe it’s a little excessive, but the bathroom and bedroom parts of the addition were already oversized, so why not afford a little more space for the closet? We will move into this space in the next few days and I’m sure that by the end of the year, the closet will be filled to overflowing and we’ll be kicking ourselves for not putting in another hanging rack.
Just bigger than my closet!
I don’t know what we would do if we had to live in one of the houses made by Tumbleweed Tiny House Comany. There are fishing huts out on the local lake that are bigger than some of these houses. Jay Shafer, the owner, has lived in an 89 square foot house since 1997. Well, good for him! While I agree that we sometimes are a little (ok, a lot) excessive with the size of house we live in, I believe this is taking things a little too far in the other direction. How do you market this home to sell once you’ve outgrown it? Sure to cause a breakup with your girl/boyfriend after just two dates in! Save on heating oil, just use your own body temperature to regulate the heat. Too cold? Do 15 push-ups and the heat radiating off your body will warm the entire home! Electricity costs are low – only one light bulb to light up the place! Would the words cute and cozy apply to this house?
Looking at the website does get me thinking about how much is too much. Do you really need an entire living room inside your bedroom? If you can fit 4 couches in your family room, is that too big? Though Jay has taken size down to an extreme, how many of us really use the space we live in. If you have a garage, you likely have two of the exact same screwdrivers. You bought the first one so that you would have one in case you ever needed one and you bought the second one when you needed the first one, but couldn’t find it! Maybe we all need to rethink how much is too much, how much is too little and how much is just right. Looks like Goldilocks knew what she was doing all along!
What do you think? Let me know. But if you’re calling, let the phone ring a little; I don’t know where it is!