Tiny things are cute, this we know. We all love to scroll a good listicle that shows us an array of tiny animals, especially tiny animals with tiny objects (we’d love for that turtle to cook for us, just sayin’). There is even an adoration for tiny food, as Miniature Space, a Youtube channel dedicated to miniature kitchens cooking miniature food, has created an adorable phenomenon.
But what about where we live? The hot architectural trend of tiny houses has exploded — bloggers, social media feeds, television, tradeshows, how-to sites — these mini homes are everywhere, they’re even delivered by Amazon now. Bitten by the curiosity bug, tiny houses are our thought du jour and we wanted to explore this shrunken world to see if we could ever downsize our way of living.
According to The Tiny Life, the tiny house craze is a social movement where people are willingly downsizing space to live in. People join the movement for many reasons, including environmental concerns, financial considerations, and the desire to have more time and freedom. With 76% of Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck to afford their dwellings, it may be nice on the wallet (and the nervous system) to scale back.
On average, the standard American home today is 2,500 square feet, where as a tiny home is 500 feet. Decreasing our lives by 2,000 feet? What?! What are we even doing with that extra 2,000 feet? Though it may sound small, according to Newser, the average size of a home was only 1,048 square feet in the year 1920, which is not too far from a tiny house of today. This number makes things a little less overwhelming, as we start to play the “keep/toss” game in our heads of what we could bring along to decorate our potential smaller space. In fact, that has been our most important question since the beginning of this tiny house deep dive — how do we decorate?
The Tiny House Movement, the acclaimed #1 source for Tiny Homes on Instagram, is a great virtual mood board for decorating a tiny home. From lofted beds to interior wooden walls, bohemian bedspreads to simple white linens, our excitement has taken new heights, (within 13.5 feet, of course!).
Though tiny homes can be built differently, many of them seem to have shed roof shed roof which creates a slant ceiling inside, allowing for a dangling pendant in the kitchen/living room area. Would our pendant Riley, with her bell-like shape make for a tiny space? We think so.
Riley can be paired with another Mitzi pendant or hung solo, as she is an independent fixture and needs no man! We kid — Riley is for everyone. But seriously, how perfect is her form for any-themed tiny home décor? She comes in Aged Brass, Old Bronze, Polished Copper, and Polished Nickel, making Riley fit in perfectly with whatever color scheme or theme a tiny home embraces. When we dream-pair her with this tiny home from Canadian-based tiny home pros Cabinscape, we can’t help but get giddy — there’s something about Old Bronze and rustic wood paneling, you know?
Considering a tiny home can cause big questions. How is it built? Where is it put? Is there legit plumbing? We refer you to The Tiny Life again, as they provide assistance with these concerns and then some. Aside from this resource, there is an abundance of websites and blogs dedicated to this subject, so if we chose to venture into the tiny house world for real, we know we could do it with confidence.
