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While houses are getting bigger—by about 1,000 square feet over the past 50 years alone in the United States—countless homeowners are learning to live large by thinking small. Even without massive square footage to work with, these tiny houses prove that it doesn’t take a lot of space to infuse a home with a lot of style. So read on to discover 50 tiny homes so charming you might just find yourself suddenly itching to downsize.
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This Maine masterpiece
If you ever wanted to live in your tree house as a child, this snow-covered home in Georgetown, Maine, from Seguin Tree Dwellings, could just make that dream a reality.
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This Croatian barrel house
It may be cask-shaped, but this adorable tiny house in the Croatian countryside, complete with circular doors and windows, is anything but a bottom-of-the-barrel tiny home.
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This French waterfront home
With a wood-lined frame, bright blue siding, large windows, and a set of wheels ready to hit the road, this French tiny home can take you all the places you’ve ever dreamed of going.
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This North Carolina tiny house
This Rocky Point, North Carolina, tiny house, dubbed the “Rocky,” has all the style you’d expect from a full-sized house, including butcher block counters, a farmhouse sink, stainless steel hardware, drop-down storage, and a ductless mini-split cooling system, but without the square footage—this stunner is just 20 feet long.
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This Forest Escape
If you’ve ever wanted to really get away from it all, this forest-nestled house—complete with a spacious front porch—is about as off the grid as it gets.
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This tiny home in the Blue Ridge Mountains
Small in size but big on charm, the porch on this Blue Ridge Mountain tiny house is the perfect place to kick back with a glass of wine on a hot summer night and look at the stars.
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This off-the-grid house
There’s nothing like a few plants to make the exterior of this off-the-grid gray tiny house feel bright and cheery.
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This well-appointed Ohio home
Who says tiny living means skimping on amenities? This Ohio tiny house has a mini-split to stay cool in the summer, built-in shelving to hide all those items you can’t bear to part with, and it even has something most full-sized apartments don’t: a washing machine.
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This Dutch delight
Why even buy lamps when the glass front of this Almere, Netherlands, home is flooded with sunlight all day long?
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This Vancouver Island vision
While some tiny homes skimp on kitchen space, this stunning Vancouver Island tiny home has a true chef’s kitchen, including ample cabinet space, a full farmhouse sink, and something you won’t find in most tiny houses: a full-sized fridge.
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This slanted stunner
Who needs city life when you’ve got these snow-capped mountain views—and plenty of windows to enjoy them from?
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This two-story tiny house
Couple Joshua and Shelley Engberg have become masters of tiny home design, as evidenced by this adorable home. At 374 square feet, this two-story house—complete with a pass-through to the outdoors—has more than enough space for a couple, family, or just a fun weekend away with friends.
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This Austin, Texas, retreat
Tiny houses may have a small footprint, but that doesn’t necessarily mean they feel cramped inside. Case in point: This adorable home at Village Farm Austin, which is outfitted with shiplap walls, wood plank ceilings, and French doors that open onto a spacious private deck, making this petite house feel positively palatial. (Side note: That six-string is regular-sized.)
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This snowy getaway
Even if you can’t stand winter, how could you not love cozying up in this adorable cabin in Leeds and the Thousand Islands, watching the snow fall from this A-frame’s oversized skylight?
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This adorable a-frame
This low, Quebec A-frame home has everything you want from a weekend getaway and more—it even has a rock wall inside.
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This rounded retreat
This tiny home made from a camper in Leeuwarden, Netherlands, feels anything but cramped, thanks in no small part to its ingenious two-seater front porch.
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This Oregon escape
No siding? No problem. This all-wood house in Bend, Oregon, is cozy on the inside, but has more than enough room to host guests on its spacious deck.
18.
This tiny home on Mount Hood
The Instagram-approved version of a log cabin, this 261-square-foot tiny home and its peaked metal roof are perfect for listening to the rain fall at night.
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This Minnesota cabin
If you’re ever looking for a secluded place to escape to, look no further than this quaint and cozy cabin from Wee Cabins in Ely, Minnesota, perfect for putting the finishing touches on that manuscript or just some serious downtime.
20.
This traveling home
The best part about this light-filled tiny home? Set on wheels, this house allows its inhabitants to live anywhere their car can take them.
21.
This redesigned school bus
This reimagined school bus bears no traces of its former life, instead creating a cozy home complete with a wood stove, captain’s bed, reading nook, dining area, and plenty of space for its happy canine inhabitant to roam.
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This amazing Alaskan home
Snow? What snow? This Alaskan wooden tiny house feels springlike all year round, thanks to the addition of window planters and a front porch.
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This A-frame in the trees
24.
This Canadian cube house
All it takes is a little space to live large, as evidenced by this adorable cube house, complete with an equally-sized front porch and cherry red front door, in Canada.
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This geodesic dome
If you’re looking for a space that’s even wilder than your average tiny house, this geodesic dome in the Blue Ridge Mountains certainly fits the bill.