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The owner's personality shines through in this Vancouver laneway house. It has one bedroom and an office loft in 760 sq ft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

A live/work laneway house for a graphic artist | Lanefab

The owner's personality shines through in this Vancouver laneway house. A freelance graphic artist, she asked Lanefab Design/Build to design a small house that would be both her home and her workplace. Small… Continue reading →

The "Tale Inn", a Southern-style one-bedroom cottage with pleasing proportions, welcoming front porch and authentic architectural details. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

A sweet little Southern-style cottage

We came across this tiny jewel of a cottage on Airbnb. The "Tale Inn" is located in Fairhope, a town on the Gulf Coast south of Mobile, Alabama. Its pleasing proportions, welcoming porch… Continue reading →

This modern wood cabin sits on the rugged coast of Norway. It has a bedroom, a sleeping nook and a loft, all in a footprint of just 645 sq ft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

A modern coastal cabin in Norway | TYIN tegnestue

The western coast of Norway was formed by glaciers scouring the earth down to bedrock, carving deep fjords, and leaving behind thousands of islands. One of those islands is Skardsøya, a two or… Continue reading →

This fanciful allotment hut in Denmark has a tiny bedroom, a sleeping alcove and a sleeping loft in its 645 sq ft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Fanciful allotment hut in Denmark

This imaginative little house is located in an allotment garden just twenty minutes by bike from central Copenhagen. The mint-green cottage features a lantern-style roof highlighted by a cupola. An eclectic collection of… Continue reading →

Crows' Hermitage is an old stone barn in the Irish countryside that has been converted into a sumptuous holiday cottage. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Crows' Hermitage, a converted stone barn in Ireland

A compact stone barn in the Irish countryside is now a sumptuous holiday cottage perfect for romantic escapes. The current owner converted the barn, now named Crows' Hermitage, and has been using it… Continue reading →

Birds' Hill Cottage is nestled in the rainforest on BC's Salt Spring Island. It has a ground-floor bedroom plus a large bedroom loft in roughly 800 sq ft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Birds' Hill Cottage

A coastal rainforest surrounds Birds' Hill Cottage in British Columbia. The vacation rental cottage is located on Salt Spring Island, a 90-minute ferry ride from Vancouver. With its board siding and peeled log… Continue reading →

This contemporary backyard cottage in Seattle was designed to take advantage of natural light. It has one bedroom and a study in 800 sq ft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

A Seattle backyard cottage for empty-nesters | microhouse

With their children out of the nest, one Seattle couple was looking to downsize from the large home where they had raised their family. However they did not wish to leave the Tangletown… Continue reading →

This Danish summerhouse was inspired by the neighboring fishermen's sheds. It has one bedroom on the 375 sq ft ground floor, plus a sleeping loft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

A second summerhouse inspired by fisherman's sheds

A few days ago we paid a virtual visit to Hvide Sande, a small fishing village in Denmark, where some of the old fisherman's sheds have been replaced by small summerhouses. Today's tiny… Continue reading →

This Danish summerhouse was inspired by the neighboring fishermen's sheds. It has one bedroom on the 375 sq ft ground floor, plus a sleeping loft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Tiny fisherman's shed cottage

Hvide Sande, a small town on the west coast of Jutland, is Denmark's fifth largest fishing port. The harbor is lined with rows of fishermen's sheds, used as workshops and to store gear.… Continue reading →

The Pond Cottage, a small cabin tucked into a secluded forest meadow. Inside it has 400 sq ft on the main floor plus a loft bedroom. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

The Pond Cottage, an idyllic retreat surrounded by nature

The Pond Cottage is tucked into a forest meadow where it overlooks its namesake water body. The owners call it a cottage; we'd call it a cabin. Either way, the Pond Cottage invites… Continue reading →

This 1918 Craftsman bungalow has two bedrooms in a compact 720 sq ft single-level plan. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

A compact Craftsman in Seattle

One of the nice things about buying an existing house is that it is more likely to have established gardens and landscaping. This 1918 bungalow's yard has had almost a century to grow… Continue reading →

These Alpine-style brick and wood cottages in Patagonia offer one bedroom in a 786 sq ft single-level plan. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Alpine-style brick and wood cottages in Patagonia

San Martín de los Andes, a small town in Patagonia at the base of the Andes, is a center for tourism during both the ski season and the summer months. Much of the… Continue reading →

Summerhouse in Denmark with 463 sq ft of inside space. It has two small bedrooms plus a sleeping loft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Black and white Danish summerhouse

This classic black and white summerhouse is located in an area of holiday homes on the north coast of Zealand, Denmark's largest island. The cottage is very snug with just 43 m2 (463 ft2) of… Continue reading →

A canal barge built in 1908 was converted into this comfortable two-bedroom houseboat in Amsterdam. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

A canal barge houseboat in Amsterdam

The Charlotte Johanna first set sail in 1908, transporting freight along the inland waterways connecting Western Europe. A little over a century later, it was converted into a floating home and is now… Continue reading →

This 1930 summer cottage in Sweden retains its original vintage charm. It has two small bedrooms in 592 sq ft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Off-grid island cottage in Sweden

This old-time summer cottage shares a small island with less than a dozen other cottages. The island is in Karlholm bay on the Baltic Sea, a couple hours drive north of Stockholm.

This 1943 shingled cottage in Connecticut has one bedroom on the 400 sq ft main floor plus a loft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Tiny Connecticut cottage

A gravel path winds its way to the front porch of this shingled cottage with green shutters and blue doors. The cottage is located in Madison, a seaside community midway along Connecticut's shoreline.

This tiny beachfront cottage in Denmark has 172 sq ft on the ground floor plus a sleeping loft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Tiny beachfront cottage in Denmark

Several dozen cottages line a beach on the northeast coast of Funen, Denmark's central island. Among them is this tiny house with roughly 16 m2 (172 ft2) on the ground floor, plus a sleeping loft.

The Edge, a tiny one-bedroom beach cottage in Cornwall. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

10 small houses for single-level living

We frequently receive emails and comments from readers asking for small houses with a ground-floor bedroom. Stairs can be challenging for many people, and take up a lot of floor space regardless. So,… Continue reading →

The Hobbit Houseboat, an eclectic two-bedroom float home on Seattle's Lake Union. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

The Hobbit Houseboat

This eclectic float home on Seattle's Lake Union has been dubbed the Hobbit Houseboat. No, it's not covered in earth and there isn't a single circular door or window to be seen. But… Continue reading →

This Scandinavian Modern tiny house in Denmark has a 258 sq ft studio floor plan with sleeping loft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Scandinavian Modern tiny house | Simon Steffensen

A small village on the east coast of Jutland is the setting for this tiny house on a foundation. Designed and built just last year by contractor Simon Steffensen, the home has a… Continue reading →

A 100-year-old barn converted into a small house with one bedroom in 650 sq ft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

A small barn house in Woodstock

The idea of living in a converted barn holds a lot of romantic appeal for many people. The problem from a small-house perspective is that most barns are pretty big. However this 100-year-old… Continue reading →

The Perch, a 1920s log cabin resembling a forest fire lookout tower. It has one bedroom in roughly 600 sq ft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

The Perch, a historic log cabin in the Ozarks

The Perch is a log cabin sitting on a little lake just outside the community of Eureka Springs, Arkansas. The small cabin has a square plan with a hip roof and windows that… Continue reading →

Many cost-saving strategies were used in the design and construction of this small beach cottage in California. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Cost-saving strategies in a small California beach house

It's no secret that housing costs eat up a significant chunk of most people's budgets. Many people are drawn to the small house movement in the hopes that it will enable their dreams… Continue reading →

This 80-year-old thatched cottage in Denmark sits in the coastal dunes by the North Sea. It has two bedrooms in 753 sq ft. | www.facebook.com/SmallHouseBliss

Thatched cottage in the coastal dunes by the North Sea

This cottage is on the market in Søndervig, a beach town on the west coast of Jutland (mainland Denmark). It is a stone's throw from the North Sea, right behind the first row… Continue reading →