It's bold and orange on the outside, and doesn't stop there. This tiny house in the Central Area has distinctive paint schemes in every room. At only 700 square feet, they didn't have to do it to keep you from getting lost.
Pick the factoid that best typifies this cabin in Easton: the fact that the house and the shop have the same square footage, the design choice that put a pool table in the same room as the kitchen and the bedroom.
In a neighborhood with lots of long, skinny, waterfront lots, most houses sit as close to the bulkhead as they can get. That's not the case with this 566-square-foot bit of new construction. It's about halfway between the shore and the road.
White picket fences look best around tiny, tidy, tight little houses, unpretentious yet ornamental. At this 2 bedroom, 1 bath, 680 square foot house in Bitter Lake, the white slats match the 1924 design of simply decorated pragmatism.
The LaFlor is a 1929 building full of vintage Spanish Revival details and one studio inside just hit the open market asking $239K. The one feature we love most of all has to be the old timey squawk box phone that still hangs by the front door.
Maybe you're looking for a beachside getaway or possibly want to downgrade to something a bit more relaxed. Either way, consider these three Washington waterfront tiny homes to see if they're what you're looking for.
Forget Sleepless in Seattle, well, at least in terms of the typical Seattle houseboat. The classic floating houses on Lake Union that began the trend are small, pragmatic, and cozy.
Small can be sweet, but it is how you decorate it that matters. This tiny beach cabin on Camano is 540 square feet and is priced at $265,000, and has the same level of design details seen in houses that are twice as expensive.
The essence of tiny houses is only having what you need and want, and getting rid of the rest. In the case of this cliffside cabin on Vashon that means getting rid of the road.
A bungalow in South Delridge has just that setting. It is a 720 square foot house on a 5,160 square foot lot. Instead of being surrounded by lawn, it is surrounded by a planned landscape of shrubs, bushes, and trees woven with a flagstone hardscape.
Calhoun Properties (a.k.a. the aPodment people) and ecco design are bringing their plans for a congregate residence building in Ballard before the design review board on Friday for early design guidance.
Yesterday we looked at tiny homes outside of Seattle city limits. Today we give you a tiny selection of tiny homes inside Seattle's city limits. The good news is that only one is over $500K. The bad news...there aren't many to pick from.
Finding an affordable place to live in Seattle isn't easy. That's why so many people are looking elsewhere in King County, down in Pierce County or beyond. Here's five we discovering in the outskirts and surrounding towns and cities of Seattle.
Take a tiny house, give it two stories, put it on something that floats and you get a tall and skinny floating house that doesn't take up much space but sits within panoramic views of Lake Union.
When a tiny cabin has a tiny studio on a big lot with big views, someone has taken the small house on the big lot to the maximum. For $275,000 there's a zero bedroom, 1 bath waterfront cabin with a sunset view on Vashon Island.
It looks new, but that simplicity is historic. Seattle's floating house culture reaches back over a hundred years. This floating home proves it. In 1915 the floating houses weren't very large, evidently. This one looks like a tiny Craftsman.
Covering Seattle real estate for a while now, we can tell you that you guys really enjoy reading about three very specific things: tiny homes, modern homes and floating homes. What happens when we combine all three?
If you like to fish, having the Skykomish River flowing by your deck is decadence. The lot for this tiny A-frame outside Index is 7,405 square feet. That, the 420 square foot cabin, and the a bit right up against the river will run you $93,000.
Is today Tiny Seattle Houseboat With Cute Name Day and no one told us? Earlier we met Saranda, a 448-square-foot houseboat in Wallingford. Now it's time to meet Blue Bobbin, a 336-square-foot houseboat floating off Queen Anne and asking just $149K.
Looking for a tiny or affordable houseboat in Seattle? Keep a close eye on the docks at 2143 N Northlake Way. From El Nino to Captain's Quarters to The TAO, we've seen quite a few floating around here and now you can add 'Saranda' to the list.
Washington State has it's fair share of quirky real estate options. We've seen bomb shelter homes. We've seen treehouses. We have not, however, seen too many "tiny castles," except for this one on the shores of Lake Chelan.
The reason a 200 square foot space can be so appealing, at least for some, is the opportunity to treat every one of those 200 square feet as if they were special.
Living in a tiny house isn't for the meek, or at least these owners were courageous enough to include color, texture, and style in a 1927 West Seattle bungalow.
When you build a tiny house on wheels, choices must be made. What to put in and what to leave out. Minimalism works best when it is your version of minimalism. This $14,400 tiny house must match up for someone.
