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The obsession with photogenic tiny homes is stripping away the real benefits
I built my tiny house during the early days of the movement when it was all about practical living and escaping consumerism. Now, I keep seeing these glossy, minimalist setups in my city that look like they're staged for a magazine shoot, not actual habitation. It hit me last month when a neighbor proudly showed off their tiny home with a custom marble countertop that probably cost more than my entire build. That got me thinking about how we're losing sight of the financial freedom and environmental mindfulness that drew me in, you know? When I chose a composting toilet and solar panels, it was for function, not for likes on a post. If this keeps up, tiny living will just become another luxury trend for the wealthy, pushing out regular folks. Let's refocus on why we started this, before it turns into another unsustainable fad.
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william_nelson544h ago
My first tiny house had a shower that doubled as a storage closet, so maybe I took the function-over-form thing too far. Totally get what you're saying though, it's becoming more about the aesthetic than the actual point of it all.
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verah382h ago
Is the function versus form debate in tiny homes actually that serious? People just do what works for them, whether it's a shower closet or a marble countertop. Sometimes it feels like we're inventing problems where there don't need to be any.
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