I'm watching HGTV and Tiny House, Big Living is on. I don't know how these people do it, I enjoy watching this and Tiny House Hunters but there is just NO way I could live in a Tiny Home. I'm not even sure I could do it if I didn't have kids or they were moved out. I need my space!
Could you do it?
grapefruit / 4355 posts
Nope! I don't even think I could live that small by myself. With a husband or family? No way!
nectarine / 2152 posts
We live in a 750 sq ft apartment, it feels pretty tiny most of the time! But not sure if it's tiny like those houses are...
nectarine / 2797 posts
This would be my dream. There's no way I could do it with a kid or my husband, but in my alternate life this is how I live.
kiwi / 698 posts
No. Absolutely not. Especially with a baby! So much stuff everywhere! We live in 1300sq. ft. and even then I feel like we're running out of room.
GOLD / wonderful apricot / 22276 posts
@Trailmix: I think these are 400sq ft or less, some are 150!
pomegranate / 3350 posts
Yes without kids! It would be great, you can't accumulate junk! I hate having junk and clutter and it seems the bigger the house the more unnecessary stuff you have just to fill it.
bananas / 9118 posts
Absolutely not. I like having my stuff and open rooms. I grew up in a double-wide with very little, so my goal in life is to never have to live in that kind of situation ever again.
watermelon / 14467 posts
No. I could see living in 800 sq. ft. when we are older, but we like our space and have hobbies that require some room.
clementine / 778 posts
@Bao: DH and I were just watching that show and discussing the same thing. Never could we live in a tiny house. We like our space.
persimmon / 1427 posts
Never. I don't think I could stay in a tiny home on vacation. The beds seem to always be in these tiny lofts so you have to climb a ladder and crawl into bed. No thank you.
GOLD / wonderful pomegranate / 28905 posts
@Zbug: bahaha yup and it's mainly outdoors living.
400SF or less?! If you paid me and I didn't have kids then maybe for a little bit. Our last house was 1200 SF and we felt like we were busting at the seams. No way.
blogger / wonderful cherry / 21616 posts
I am so intrigued by it and love the concept, but I could never do it myself.
I was actually just reading an article on why not to choose tiny living and the reason that resonated with me is people: people able to host, let my son have friends over, invite family to stay with me- I love people and homes are the perfect place to socialize and foster relationships.
Also, I could never be that decluttered.
pomelo / 5678 posts
Yes, if the architecture was designed to maximize light and I had a private lot with mainly a window-filled house. I would love it.
nectarine / 2152 posts
@Bao: Well, if you divide my square footage by the amount of people living in the place, it's about 150 sq ft per person. I'm gonna go ahead and say I live in a tiny house, ha. 
Seriously, it's really small. Especially with two kids and a dog.
clementine / 995 posts
If it was just me and DH I think we could, but we also have a cat and a dog. We also plan on having kids soon, and we definitely couldn't do it with kids.
pear / 1930 posts
It depends on the size! For the longest time, OH and I wanted to live in an RV which is less than 400 sq ft. I need at least 300 with kids, 230 with just OH and 180 if it were just me. OH and I can peacefully coexist without issue in our RV for a few days now and it is only 78 sq ft. We haven't tried for longer.
pomelo / 5607 posts
If I was single with no kids, sure. As it is, I'd like a "small house," which is a thing as well.
nectarine / 2173 posts
Nope! Especially not with kids. I think the architecture is amazing though.
nectarine / 2148 posts
I love watching all the tiny house shows. I think I could do it only if the house was in a really good location where a lot of time can be spent outside. Tiny house in Boston? Um no.
grapefruit / 4455 posts
Not with kids, but if it had decent bathroom/kitchen facilities (I'm not a great cook anyway and we do an embarrassing amount of take out) then yeah, probably. Not the smallest of the tiny houses, but I could do some of them.
@Torchwood: What makes a "small house"? Is it just a little bigger than a tiny house? That could be something I'd do in retirement/post kids.
pear / 1750 posts
No way, I have too much stuff and DH has too many books. Our house is about 1000 sq ft and only 2 bedrooms. We couldn't go any smaller.
pineapple / 12053 posts
@Trailmix: We lived in less than 600 for 6 years! 2 of those with a baby/toddler, so right there with you.
We did live in a pretty small space and I got stir crazy the last year, but it was because I work from home and my desk was in my living room and the fact that DH didn't have a garage to store projects. Other than that, we had outdoor living space, we were a 5 minute walk to the beach and we hosted a ton of parties in our long shared driveway. We will always look back at that time with fondness!
BUT, I like having a space to host. We will never live in a huge place (because we live in CA and don't make a million bucks) but the really tiny places kinda make me cuckoo. And yes to PPs who mentioned having to get up in a loft to sleep all the time. No thanks.
pomelo / 5607 posts
@2littlepumpkins: Basically yes, it's just a step up from a tiny house. I think it's more feasible for the average person.
bananas / 9973 posts
Nope. No way. I love watching that show too, it's so intriguing. But a tiny fridge, climbing into a cramped sleepy space, sometimes the bathrooms are outside. Uh no. Just no. And we love to have people over way too much, with or without kids.
persimmon / 1328 posts
We live in a flat that's less than 600sq ft, I couldn't deal with any smaller. As it is I can't wait to move to a bigger place!
GOLD / wonderful olive / 19030 posts
If it was just me maybe, but i like my space so it would be a struggle.
persimmon / 1188 posts
I know that I couldn't. Our last house was 1200 sq ft and we were quite comfortable just the two of us but when we added a dog and a baby, it was tight. I think I'd like to downsize a little when we don't have kids in the house anymore.
pomegranate / 3643 posts
@birdofafeather: @Trailmix: DH's and I's first apartment was 515sq ft! It was actually a two bedroom too. I loved it! The layout was super efficient. The second apartment was 800sq ft and was where we lived when lo1 was a baby. It felt luxuriously large! But the layout has a lot more wasted space.
I love the concept of tiny houses and all but I'm too claustrophobic! They make me a little nauseous just looking at them.
pineapple / 12793 posts
When I was single I had a 350sf apartment and I LOVED it. I couldn't live that small with kids but could probably have fit DH in ok.
My apartment after that was twice as big and was such a waste. The kitchen was big but somehow had no storage or counter space.
I prefer small living. It really made me think about everything I bought.
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