What Happens When You Fit 3 Bedrooms in a Tiny House
Honest: land with a house wasn’t affordable.
But you can still live beautifully, with all the amenities, minus the distractions.
Why They Chose Tiny — money, land, and the big picture
Then the numbers hit you. A $2,400/month mortgage in town turned into a $700/month land loan out here.
That one change reset their monthly burn and opened up their options.
Layout & First Impressions — tall ceilings, light and the floorplan
Step inside and you’re in the living room—clear sightlines, nothing cramped.
Keep walking: kitchen ahead, stairs up to their daughter’s loft, and the bathroom and laundry tucked below it.
On the opposite end: a main-floor bedroom for the parents, with their son’s loft above.
Look up. The home stands 14 feet from ground to roof, giving you about 11.5 feet inside—bright, tall, and calm.
White finishes and open walls amplify the light and make everything feel bigger without adding an inch.
Kitchen Designed for a Family — counter space, no upper cabinets, induction
If you cook for your crew, you’ll like this part. There’s real counter space because breakfasts and lunches happen here daily.
No dishwasher? No problem—she upsized the sink to make hand-washing painless.
Storage stays practical and minimal, so nothing piles up.
Look where most kitchens put cabinets. They didn’t. No uppers by design—just vertical openness and light.
Baking happens in the electric oven, and everyday meals run on an induction cooktop that’s been an easy switch.
Power, Electrification & Backup — 100% electric, 100A panel and Jackery HP3600
They went all-electric to keep things simple and ready for future solar.
The tradeoff: when the power goes out, cooking stops too.
That’s why an essential home backup from Jackery stands by for outages.
The unit they use is the HP 3600—compact, powerful, and ready when needed.
It’s expandable up to 21 kWh, so you can scale for what you want to keep on during an outage.
And because everything in the house runs on electricity, they sized the system to actually carry the essentials, not just a lamp.
One more smart move lives in the bathroom corner: a 100-amp electrical panel to handle the all-electric load—bigger than the 30–50 amps you’d see in many tiny homes.
Living Space & Maintenance — couch, wood stove, insulation and low upkeep
Sink into a full-size couch that fits the whole family—this is where the talking, reading, and hanging happens.
Movie nights are easy: a projector and a sheet over the glass doors turn the room into a theater.
For quick comfort, a mini split handles both heating and cooling without drama.
And when temperatures drop, the compact wood stove kicks in and warms the space fast.
Big windows keep the light moving through the day—sunrise to sunset without losing that cozy feel.
Outside, it’s built to be easy. Metal siding does the heavy lifting on maintenance, so weekends aren’t spent fixing the house. The rest of the time? You enjoy it.
Bedrooms, Lofts & Bathroom — private spaces, full laundry and shower
End-to-end planning gives everyone privacy. The bathroom sits at one end so each side of the home can carry a loft above it.
Inside, there’s a full-size washer and separate dryer—daily loads are normal here, and the machines can handle it.
Showers don’t feel tiny. The enclosure is 48 inches wide by 34 inches deep, paired with a low-flow head to keep water use in check.
Across the house, the main-floor bedroom is 8x10—a true door-closing sanctuary inside a small footprint.
Upstairs, the lofts give the kids real rooms. Morgan’s space sits above the bathroom—8x10 with a bed, storage, and a window that opens for airflow.
Merritt’s loft lives on the opposite end and is roughly 8x10 as well, designed a bit taller to match his height—simple and smart.
