House Tour: Little and Fierce

When I was putting together last week's Earth Day post, I ended up on the Tumbleweed Tiny Houses site, poking around all of the designs. If you're not familiar, they're a company that makes building plans and blueprints for, obviously, tiny houses. I think the largest one is around 850 square feet, so they don't mess around. I first heard about them a couple of years ago, but back then they only had renderings and floor plans on the site. Which are fine, I know how to look at those, but I like seeing REAL houses. Even if they're just snooze-y model homes, I like to check out an actual space. (Visual learner, ahoy.)

Anyway, somebody granted my wish and sent in pictures of their GLORIOUS little cottage. I was initially going to share one of the pictures during Pinterest Picks, but then I decided a full-on house tour was in order. All pictures are from this interview via At Home Arkansas.

Don't mind me, I'm just squeaking with glee at my screen. High ceiling. Beams. Natural light. White kitchen. ALL THE THINGS.

Before my brain short-circuits from cuteness, I have to tell you that this adorable slice of heaven is only 557 square feet, but doesn't feel cramped.

My favorite thing about the whole cottage is the normal-sized kitchen. Our old condo was bigger than this (840 square feet), but our kitchen was smaller. Seriously, this place has a lot of storage.

Okay, now that I'm thinking about it, the banquette is also tied for first place. Not only is it a smart way to get more seating in the room, but it's loaded up with pillows to make it a cozy hangout spot that feels more like a couch.

I bring up the whole couch situation because this chair and a half is the only non-table seating. The floor plan is at the end of the post and you'll see there's not a ton of room for anything else, so putting that banquette in the corner was a good fix for the where-will-the-company-sit problem.

You know wallpaper is not my favorite thing, but I actually like it here on the entryway ceiling. I've always wanted to do a row of hooks like that somewhere, too.

This is one of the two(!) bedrooms. That looks like a double bed, but the other one is big enough to fit a queen. (There aren't any pictures of it, tragically. Nor the bathroom.)

The adorable front yard...

 ...and the charming back yard. The pops of orange on the doors are nice.

The one change this homeowner made was to the loft. Instead of having a big one go all the way across the main living area, she did an enclosed section above the front bedroom for storage and an open area above the kitchen that seems to be a little den. (There weren't any good shots of it, so I'm just spitballing here.) Having that really high ceiling tricks your eyeballs and makes you think the space is bigger.

Living in a house this small obviously won't work for everyone, but I could see it being awesome if you're single or a couple without kids. Heck, I even think a family of three could rock this because the space is used so well.

What do you think? Could you ever downsize into something so little? And what about the decor? I'm digging the white walls and colorful everything else. What other kinds of house tours do you want me to cover? This was fun and I might make it a regular thing.