Shaye has been one of our favorite tiny house builders and designers for years, and she’s back with another absolute gem. Her newest creation, the “Ashleigh,” takes modular tiny living to a whole new level — it’s essentially two beautiful tiny homes joined together by a shared porch that doubles as an extra living room. It’s smart, it’s cozy, and it’s one of those designs that makes you instantly think, “Yep… I could live here full-time.”
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Ashleigh: Two Tiny Homes Connected by a Porch
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Two large skylights provide a natural glow to the kitchen.
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Shaye’s been living tiny on-and-off for 10 years!
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VIDEO: She Designed This Stunning Modular Tiny House
Highlights:
- Shaye’s first tiny house was a greenhouse-style home she DIY-ed with her then-partner.
- She needed a way to keep costs down, so she could pursue creative outlets. Tiny living was the perfect solution.
- Since that first house, she started an entire business designing and building incredible tiny houses!
- This is her “Ashleigh” model which she is using as an Airbnb in New Zealand where she lives.
- The modular design means the home can be set up on site with a few different layout options.
- The bedrooms are currently housed in one “pod” and there’s an enclosed porch with a wood-burning stove!
Learn more:
- Check out the Ashleigh Model on Shaye’s Website
- Follow the Shaye on Instagram
- Follow Shaye on YouTube
- Subscribe to Tiny Home Tours on YouTube
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Very nicely done. Love the concept of separation, but the enclosed hallway to walk over. Love the quality of materials as well.
Seperate structures with a connecting roof are generally called breezeways. They were very common back when people had to build their own homes and could only build seasonally, with mainly only local resources for materials, etc.
Over time, the open spaces can be enclosed to turn it into one large structure or additions directly built on existing structure to eventually have a larger home.
Process can also be reversed to make structure smaller. So it’s a very flexible idea. People have just gotten used to monolithic structures over the past century but there has always been lots of other options.
I like the pod concept and the thoughtful design.
The second bunk bedroom would be my home office and the enclosed porch room with the wood burning stove would be a great secondary living room.
A great idea among others are the integrated roll up screens at the open porch which keeps bugs out at night.
Shaye, very well done.