Design
Turns Out Tiny Houses Aren’t Just a New Thing
Check out these wee historic homes going back to the 1600s.
It’s tempting to think of the tiny house movement as a thoroughly modern invention: a sleek, functional response to opulent McMansions, skyrocketing rents, and overcrowded apartments.
After all, it’s easy to carve out a spot for a tiny home: Gnome-sized cabins are easily tucked into small woodland plots or plopped down right on top of brownstones in Manhattan. And you can nab one for less than the price of a car. The little lifestyle has—of course—also been satirized on Portlandia, where one sketch took the desire to downsize to its most cramped extreme. (A tin-roofed chicken coop.)