Architecture Wednesday: Handcrafted Hideaway

This tiny home is just 264-square-feet—roughly one/tenth the size of Casa Bob y Carlos—and yet it feels so open and airy.

The blue-and-white home sits just 35 minutes outside of downtown Portland and about a mile up the road from Battle Ground’s Main Street, a charming thoroughfare lined with restaurants, cafes, boutiques, and antique shops.

Wrapped in lap siding on the lower portion and board-and-batten siding on the upper section, the home is marked by a massive deck and a custom cedar awning that extends from its front façade. 

The living area has a floor-to-ceiling brick fireplace that sections the room from the main-floor bedroom. And the kitchen while small, is as comfortable and functional as a standard-size kitchen, with a sink is nestled under a large window; an adjacent dining area accommodates as many as four guests, who sit comfortably on a built-in wood bench with a live edge and a pair of leather-upholstered stools that pull up to an oak-slab table. The table serves double-duty as it can also be used as a workstation.

On either side of the fireplace, there are angled board-and-batten pocket doors that close off the bedroom when privacy is needed. In the bedroom, a vaulted ceiling with a ledge where the walls and the ceiling meet creates a feeling of airiness. And on the opposite end of the tiny home, up an actual staircase, is the loft bedroom for guests, with windows to the forest outside.

It’s a wee bit small for, say two gay men and their three pets, especially when one of the men likes a bit of privacy, but it’s comfy and cozy and homey., and perfect for a getaway, as the builders rent the home as an Airbnb.

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