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This book is pure inspiration. The Micro houses are more and more common around us. The micro houses can be used as primary residence or as a cottage. The concept is well explained and the construction/decoration styles are excellent. The book can be used for micro housing as well as inspiration for small room and apartments.

Great addition to the collection for anyone interested in tiny homes. Nice photos and floor plans throughout, which are balanced with essays on various aspects of tiny home construction and living.

Another superb entry on unconventional housing from Diedricksen. Thorough and extensive, the scope of details provided, including floor plans, make this a standout title.

I think this very useful for those who want to make a change in their life to go smaller. This gives ideas on what types of small houses you could make - or a company could. It is all about preference and this book shows it.

If you’ve ever thought about moving to a Tiny House, start downsizing ASAP.
If you’ve ever wondered if you could actually be happy in a Tiny House, brush up on your KonMari immediately.
If you’ve always known you’d never make it in a Tiny House but you want to read this book anyway… you better rent that dumpster and start tossing things.
Because this book will have you planning a Tiny House move for tomorrow.
Where I live in Silicon Valley, a Tiny House is just your average $3000/mo 400sq ft studio apartment, and that’s not even hyperbole. So I found it vastly interesting to take a look at how people were making it work in such small spaces, even with children and pets.
Derek “Deek” Diedricksen has assembled a collection of 40 of the nicest Tiny Homes I’ve ever seen. Each one is different and they are arranged into three different size groups. There are gorgeous photographs of the interior and exterior of each one, and a blueprint of each. There are also technical details of each one such as dimensions, budget, heating/cooling, bathroom type and power type, to give you an idea of what you get for size and price. He also asks each resident to list what mistakes they made, or what they learned or would do differently. Overall it is a great introduction to living in Tiny Homes, and gives a good look at what you should plan for and think about if you are considering the move.

The problem is that the pictures of these houses are so amazing that all sense and logic go out the window and you will be convinced that you too can live in a Tiny House! Luckily I am immune as I am already a KonMari failure, I also have an 85lb dog, prefer a large size washer/dryer, and need a kitchen roughly the size of any one of these Tiny Homes. But I think my soon-to-move daughter could use a copy of this book as she prepares to fly the nest and move her family into a tiny over-priced apartment that’s smaller than my current master bedroom.

Good luck downsizing to my daughter, and to everyone else who reads this book!

Thank you to NetGalley for the ARC. I give 100% honest reviews and this book earned every one of the five stars I'm giving it.

Eye-popping, beautifully shot color photographs of tiny homes, descriptions of the families who live in and built them, and most notably the inclusion of floor plans (not always included in tiny home books, but really should be) make this one of the best books on tiny homes I've ever read. Even if you never live in a tiny house, you can certainly get ideas for storage and how to live on less.

Really nicely produced with lots of ideas to implement. Has plans at the back and gives genuine ideas for how to actually go about building one yourself.