Did McMansions cause a backlash, or what? Just a few years after small families bought extra-large houses to fit people and stuff, the real estate market crashed.
That's not the only reason tiny houses appear to be catching on; they've been out there for a while now.
And there is something charming about the idea of a small and simple and even portable life.
Andrew Duncan designs and builds tiny houses at Southern Oregon Tiny Homes and Andrew Morrison does the same at Tiny House Build. They give us some insight into the creation of these cozy spaces.