The Original Tiny House

On March 28, 2015 · In Arch Memes

In the United States the average size of new single family homes grew from 1,780 square feet (165 m²) in 1978 to 2,479 square feet (230.3 m²) in 2007, despite a decrease in the size of the average family.^[2] Reasons for this include increased material wealth and prestige.^[2]

The small house movement is a return to houses less than 1,000 square feet, some as small as 80 square feet (7.4 m²). Sarah Susanka has been credited with starting the recent countermovement toward smaller houses when she published The Not So Big House (1997).^[2] Earlier pioneers include Lloyd Kahn, author of Shelter (1973).

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Tiny houses on wheels were popularized by Jay Shafer who designed and lived in a 96 sq ft house and later went on to offer the first plans for tiny houses on wheels, initially founding Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, and then Four Lights Tiny House Company (September 6, 2012).^[3]^[4]