Why Choose A Loft In Your Tiny House?

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The first time I saw a sleeping loft was on an episode of Little House On The Prairie. Fans of the show may remember the little sleeping area just behind the chimney stack that Charles built specifically for Laura and Mary to sleep in.


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32 responses to “Why Choose A Loft In Your Tiny House?”

  1. Eng Mohomed Ismail Ahmed Avatar
    Eng Mohomed Ismail Ahmed

    wow nice design

  2. Laura Leigh Avatar
    Laura Leigh

    Perfection

  3. Lynne Henry Courtney Avatar
    Lynne Henry Courtney

    Doubles the square footage – excellent reason!

  4. Fred Jordan Avatar
    Fred Jordan

    i have to say that having to click thru an extra page to get to the article is dissuasive.

    1. Phillip Lamb Avatar
      Phillip Lamb

      Oh, there’s a click-through? Must have missed it. I moved on, needless to say.

    2. Alec Player Avatar
      Alec Player

      It seems to be a common practice. I’m not sure if all blogs do it, or just the facebook page/blogs. I think it’s to log that people are following them, not just the blog/website it links to.

    3. Jason King Avatar
      Jason King

      More and more frequently, the sources are linked to in an article by the posters here. It does get annoying when they don’t follow the posts they find to the sources. One day, I clicked through 6 different ‘pin’ sites before I finally got to the source article.

      It’s all because people want quantity and not quality.

    4. Kyle Denlinger Avatar
      Kyle Denlinger

      SEO, man. SEO.

    5. Tiny House Design Avatar

      I’ll work on improving that user experience. I don’t like the experience with the PIN sites like Pinterest and Tumblr either.

    6. Jason King Avatar
      Jason King

      Thank you, it is good to see you’ve recognized the readers.

  5. Jason King Avatar
    Jason King

    More space if you have a sleeping loft. I lived in a 10’x16′ bachelor apartment (with a 7’x7′ bathroom) and even with a folding futon, I never had enough room and had to use the balcony as my living room during the summer months.

  6. Eva Weatherly-Rosner Avatar
    Eva Weatherly-Rosner

    so pretty

  7. Sharon Nelson Miller Avatar
    Sharon Nelson Miller

    Not really an option for retiree’s that are aging and want to downsize.

    1. Bill Smee Avatar
      Bill Smee

      Stairs are bad enough for us fogeys; ladders are out of the question.

    2. Justin Dixon Avatar

      aye, but that’s the beauty of the tiny house movement. Its all about consciously designing for your needs and so wants. Having less house, but more of what you actually want.

    3. Cindl Bergen Avatar
      Cindl Bergen

      I’ve always envisioned my bed on the first floor due to bad knees; this would be perfect!!

    4. Judy Vinckevleugel Wright Avatar
      Judy Vinckevleugel Wright

      Agree with you Sharon and Bill. Cannot see myself in a loft either.

  8. Carole Caporale Avatar
    Carole Caporale

    because when in precocity to a bed, you’ll ALWAYS sit on it… plus divides a tiny space between a more public (entertaining) and private (sleeping) PLUS who wouldn’t want a sweet skylight about there bed in their sleeping loft?

  9. Lynne Henry Courtney Avatar
    Lynne Henry Courtney

    We’re building my workshop with a sleeping loft upstairs (with room for a table and 2 chairs and storage for my art stuff in the eaves), and a sitting area and 2-pce washroom downstairs. It can be a guest ‘suite’, then, too.
    (We’re using a pull-down attic access folding-stair system, so no ladder needed!)

  10. susan briscoe Avatar
    susan briscoe

    The hayloft was common throughout west Wales (UK) as a sleeping area for children – this house was originally built in 1762 – http://www.museumwales.ac.uk/en/stfagans/buildings/llainfadyn/

  11. Bonnie Fulkerson Avatar
    Bonnie Fulkerson

    With my health a loft is out! But there was a time when it seemed cool. And would be a grand place for kids to play. 🙂

  12. Huckleberry Catfish Avatar
    Huckleberry Catfish

    Some people are too old and/or disabled for a loft.

  13. Ms. Minimal Avatar
    Ms. Minimal

    I’ve always been pro-loft, but this loft-less option is quite appealing. I’ll need to do some reflecting before I break ground on the Bodega.

  14. Shiloh Painter Avatar
    Shiloh Painter
  15. Shiloh Painter Avatar
    Shiloh Painter

    I want to buy me a small home….just need to find a very small piece of land to put it on…..i wonder if I can…..

  16. Barbara Huston Avatar
    Barbara Huston

    That bed in the loft has always been a deterrent for me, this would be much better. The loft would be great for storage space.

  17. Honorina Gonçauves Do Rocha Avatar
  18. Peter Slade Avatar
    Peter Slade

    This is the third good idea you’ve posted in the past week that’d work for me, since with my mobility impairment, and out very young child, the loft-bed floor plan designs don’t work for us – but this would!

  19. Antonia Burns Avatar
    Antonia Burns

    I clicked and STILL can’t figure out is the photo of a loft or single level?

  20. Judith Trowbridge Schlicker Avatar
    Judith Trowbridge Schlicker

    this is deceiving since this home has no bathroom. so they have a bedroom on the first floor

  21. Hayley Lupton Avatar
    Hayley Lupton

    Building a loft for my new 344 sf apartment. STOKED.

  22. Glori HWhicker Avatar
    Glori HWhicker

    beautiful room