IT'S MORE THAN JUST A DESIGN
TREND.
IT'S REALLY A SOCIAL MOVEMENT,
THE TINY HOUSE.
IF YOU TUNE INTO TINY HOUSE
NATION, YOU COULD BE LIKE ME TO
BE PERFECTLY HONEST I'M LIKE
REALLY?
A TINY HOUSE?
AND SOME PEOPLE JUST LOVE THE
IDEA.
AND THEN THE PEOPLE JUST NEED
THE -- DESIGN TIPS AND ELEMENTS
TO USE IN THEIR OWN SPACE THAT
MIGHT NOT BE A TINY HOUSE BUT
KIND OF TINY.
SO KIM LEWIS IS WITH US.
SHE IS A DESIGNER FROM TINY
HOUSE NATION.
HI, KIM.
>> HI, EDEN.
HOW ARE YOU THIS MORNING?
>> I'M GREAT.
SO I HAVE THIS WEIRD THING ABOUT
TINY HOUSES.
IT'S LIKE -- I CAN'T LOOK AWAY
BUT I CAN'T UNDERSTAND IT.
SOMETIMES YOU HAVE A TINY SPACE
AND YOU'RE ABLE TO MAKE THE
SPACES FEEL BIGGER.
WHAT ARE TIPS?
>> THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.
PEOPLE ARE REALLY INTO THIS IDEA
OF DOWN SIZING AND EMBRACING
THIS LESS IS MORE CONCEPT.
PEOPLE ARE MOVING FROM THE
SUBURBS TO THE CITY SO SPACES
ARE SMALLER THESE DAYS.
IF YOU'RE NOT REALLY SURE HOW TO
DESIGN A SMALL SPACE, I THINK
YOUR BATHROOM BECAUSE IT'S
USUALLY THE SMALLEST ROOM.
I ALWAYS START WITH A SKETCH.
I SAY TREAT IT LIKE A PUZZLE.
SO THERE IS THREE BIG PUZZLE
PIECES DESIGNING A TINY SPACE.
>> WHAT -- WHAT DO YOU MEAN
THREE?
>> SO -- YOU HAVE TEXTURE.
COLOR.
AND FIXTURES.
SO, YOU KNOW, I THINK A SMALL
SPACE CAN STILL HAVE REALLY BIG
IMPACT.
TRY AN UNEXPECTED WALL PAPER ON
THE WALL.
IF PATTERN ON THE WALL IS TOO
MUCH FOR YOU, TRY SOMETHING LIKE
THIS -- SINK IS THE ARTIST
EDITION SINK.
I'M AN ARTIST MYSELF AND IT'S
HAND MADE LIKE A PIECE OF
POTTERY.
IT REALLY MAKES A STATEMENT.
IN TERMS OF COLOR WHETHER IT'S
EARTH TONES OR BOLD AND A SMALL
SPACE, ANY COLOR GOES.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO USE WHITE.
USE YOUR IMAGINATION AND HAVE
FUN WITH COLOR.
THAT LAST LAYER, THE ACCESSORY
TO THE OUTFIT WOULD BE THE
FAUCETS AND FINISHES.
SO YOU WANT TO LOOK AT SOMETHING
LIKE A VINTAGE NICKEL OR
TITANIUM TO ADD CHARM TO THE
SPACE.
AND THAT LAST KEY WORD IN THE
BIG PUZZLE PICTURE IS -- FOR
SMALL SPACES I MULTI-FUNK
CHIINALITY.
SO LIKE A VANITY WITH BUILT-IN
OUTLETS IS IMPORTANT TO MAKING
THE SMALL SPACE WORK WELL FOR
YOU.
>> IT'S FUNNY THAT YOU SAID
THAT ABOUT THE DETAIL.
I WAS THINKING THE IS NO D
DISGUIS
DISGUISEING ANYTHING.
>> YEAH.
YOU CAN LITERALLY TOUCH
EVERYTHING AROUND YOU.
>> WHAT'S THE SMALLEST SPACE AS
FAR AS A COMPLETE HOUSE?
>> 150 SQUARE FEET.
>> THAT'S A LIVING -- SPAC
>> TWO PEOPLE LIVE IN THE
SPACE.
IT'S TOTALLY DOABLE.
WE DON'T NEED AS MUCH AS WE
THINK WE NEED.
IT'S DOABLE.
SHOWS LIKE 350, 350 SQUARE FEET,
IT'S A NICE STUDIO APARTMENT
>> I SEE NOW THAT WE CAN ALL
LEARN HOW TO GET A SMALL SPACE
TO LOOK AND FEEL BIGGER JUST BY
WATCHING THE EXTREME.
HOW CAN FOLKS FIND OUT MORE?
>> SMALL SPACES APPLY TO
EVERYONE.
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