Nowadays, many people choose to live in a tiny home over a sprawling mansion. These 400-square-foot houses are cozy, functional, and easy to clean. Many of them are also designed sustainably, which helps the environment.
If you’re a fan of compact living, these photos from the r/TinyHouses subreddit are for you. It features miniature homes from around the globe, giving a glimpse of how people live and enjoy minimalist lives.
Scroll through these images and see if any of them catches your eye.
But with the boom of tiny vacation homes, other experts believe that the cultural connection with shotgun houses could be fading.
“It used to be something that was an extreme enough lifestyle that it was more exciting to get a window into how someone did it, why they chose to go that route, and how it was panning out or impacting their daily life,” said Merete Mueller, who directed the 2013 film TINY: A Story About Small Living.
“But when you could book one for the weekend and stay in it as a vacation house, it just became more and more normal. It became less exciting.”
