This Tiny House Tour in France is a guest post by Chris Wenban of Tiny Footprint
While spending time with family in Europe I was fortunate to find myself with a week to spare. I have a good friend in Paris and decided to be multi-functional (as all good tiny obsessives are) and arrange a tiny house tour in France, culminating in a tiny themed weekend in Paris.
Via the wonders of google I managed to find 2 tiny houses to stay in relatively close to each other to the west of Paris near Nantes, this also happens to be the home region of Baluchon who have been one of the key ground-breakers and tiny house builders in the movement in France. With a tiny hire car, a Renault Twizy, I left Paris Charles de Gaulle airport and headed west toward Bretagne (Brittany) and the Loire Valley, not to find castles, but to find tiny houses.
Chris Wenban of Tiny Footprint Takes Us on a Tiny House Tour of France!
This is the Little Prince Tiny House on Wheels (Le Petit Prince) by Baluchon, a tiny home builder out of France.
The tiny house The Little Prince is the first tiny house we make with a blanket and partial zinc cladding. Zinc is a durable material (life span of 80 to 100 years) waterproof, malleable and very aesthetic.1
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It features a side entry and large dormers to give you extra spaciousness in the loft. What do you think? Could this be a design that you can live in year-round?
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This is the La Boheme tiny house on wheels that sleeps four by Baluchon.
Its architecture is reminiscent of the shape of a small traditional house while integrating a good dose of modernity thanks to its large window with small wood and its luminous porch.1
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This is the 20′ Tiny House Ostara by French builder Baluchon, created for Nathalie and Sebastien, and named after the stable near their new tiny home.
It’s actually built on a 6-meter trailer, making it just under 20 feet long. The stunning interior includes a large, comfortable couch that looks out at horse-farm views through French doors, a compact kitchen, a loft bedroom accessible via stairs, and a bathroom with a luxurious shower stall and dry toilet. Get more details below and enjoy the tour below!
I might have to move to France just to live in one of these! I love the robin’s-egg-blue metal roof, and the gorgeous color scheme continues to the interior on the accent wall and kitchen hardware. The home has a loft bedroom, nifty pull-out steps, and a spacious bathroom and kitchen. The living room even features a pull out full-sized bed for company (or you if you hate steps!).
It was custom built for Marie-Laure, who upgraded from her small caravan to a tiny home!
This is the gorgeous Calypso Tiny House on Wheels by Baluchon.
The custom home has a roomy loft bedroom, but also a specially designed first-floor bedroom for the family’s 6-year-old girl. I especially love their special eating space!
