While visiting Portland, Oregon you can stay in this tranquil micro guest house that’s surrounded by a beautiful garden.
This cozy guest house has a kitchenette with dining area and a relaxing L shaped couch that converts to a full size bed. The bathroom has views of the lush garden outside.
Enjoy dining al fresco in the private patio or napping in the hammock on a lazy afternoon.
I think this is a great design for a micro guest house in the backyard. What do you think of this cozy guest house?
Micro Guest House in Portland, Oregon
Images © Airbnb
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Right now I’m showing you a small cottage that the homeowners are using as a vacation rental for extra income in the Mississippi district of Portland, Oregon.
As you walk towards the entrance from outside you’ll walk right beside the main house which perfectly matches and compliments this little cottage.
The outside entry way features beautiful brick pavers with artistic tiles that add some color and fun. And they give you a preview of the tile inside.
Once inside you’ll realize that this little cottage has a lot of space saving features that you might want to consider when designing and building your own small or tiny home. Please enjoy and re-share below!
Related: Woman Downsizes to 557 Sq. Ft. Tiny Cottage
Homeowners Use Small Cottage for Extra Income
Images © HomeAway
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So far there have been a few areas in the United States adopting the tiny house movement’s principles as a way to uplift and empower the homeless using tiny house villages. That’s right. Tiny homes for the homeless.
We’ve seen it in Seattle. We’ve seen it in Texas. We’ve seen it in Wisconsin. We’ve seen it in Eugene, Oregon (Emerald & Opportunity Village). We’ve seen it in Chico, California.
And we’ve even seen success stories, like this formerly homeless couple who have been happily living tiny for 6+ months now.
The question is, where is it going to happen next?
One place that seems to be making definitive plans for it is Portland, Oregon where the mayor, Charlie Hales, is enamored with the concept.
Tiny House Villages Coming to Portland, OR to Benefit Homeless
Image © TechDwell
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Opportunity Village in Eugene, Oregon demonstrates how tiny house communities can provide transitional housing for people experiencing homelessness. The village model offers small, dignified living spaces supported by shared facilities, creating a pathway to stability.
Opportunity Village Tiny Houses
Images: Opportunity Village Eugene
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I thought you might also like this hand-built rustic modern tiny house in Portland, Oregon.
It’s a backyard tiny home that was hand built by the homeowners (and their friends) on the property.
Best of all- they used mostly reclaimed and recycled materials to build and furnish the cabin. This not only keeps construction costs low, but it’s obviously amazing for the environment.
When you walk inside you’ll immediately notice the living room, kitchen, and ladder that takes you to the upstairs sleeping loft bedroom with a queen bed. And yes there’s a bathroom downstairs too.
Reclaimed Hand Built Modern Rustic DIY Tiny House
All Images © TinyHousePDX
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Wanted to show you this awesome treehouse cabin rental that’s on Airbnb.
It’s located in Cave Junction, Oregon and is completely elevated off the ground.
As soon as you just look at it must feel like you’re in some kind of wonderland.
It’s not a complete home (no kitchen or shower) but it does have a half bathroom.
Just don’t expect a kitchen and all of that. If it were mine, I’d officially call it, “The Indiana Jones Sleeper Treehouse,” if that’s not too much.
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Photo Credit Airbnb.com
Anyways, I encourage you to tour the rest of it below:
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Allow me to introduce you to one of our new contributors for Tiny House Talk. I’m excited to have someone else on board who loves the topic as much as many of us do. Newt will be contributing once per week so stay tuned for her updates. For now I’ll go ahead and pass it on to her! – Alex
Hi everyone! I’m a 20 year old freelance writer living in Portland, OR. I was born in Venezuela where my family did volunteer work for seven years.
When I was one, we moved to Wisconsin. The farm we created is where I grew up: 20 acres of wild Wisconsin woods, an acre garden, a milk cow, a dog, some cats, a mule, a donkey, chickens, horses, and my mom, dad and sister. Both my sister and I were unschooled.
We ran our house on solar panels and a gas generator and had a latrine out back. We pumped water from our well with the power from our car batteries into the horse trough in our attic so that it could gravity feed to our kitchen and bathtub-room. In summer, we used a gas fridge; in winter, an outdoor fridge with a huge hole cut in the side to let the winter cold in.
We left when I was thirteen but Wisconsin still feels like home. I ended up in Portland at eighteen sharing a five bedroom house with six people. I now live in an uncomfortably spacious one bedroom apartment.
I work online, bike everywhere and love Portland, but I’ve got wanderlust in my blood. In the coming months, I’ll be buying a car, converting it into a portable home, and traveling the US until I feel like being still again. This is a dream I’ve had since I was 12 and, while I plan to keep a few boxes of art supplies and old journals in a friend’s basement, I’m excited to start drastically downsizing my possessions.
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