Small Spaces etc. - Trying On Tiny

This week's Small Spaces is an introduction to one couples' blog called Trying On Tiny wherein they chronicle their experience of living in a tiny home. They introduce themselves in this way:

Audrey Addison: 

She moved to Portland, OR 7 years ago and has recently decided to ‘try on’ a tiny home and to embrace a simpler way to live in the world. She feels lucky to have the support of family and friends and feels even luckier to have a partner who shares her dream. She’s a lover of nature, learning, and bikes.

Tomas Quinones:

Recently turned freelance illustrator with a focus on children’s literature, Tomas became interested in tiny houses and simplifying his life after leaving an unfulfilling IT job in 2008. Since then he started ditching the unimportant stuff in his life and focusing more on experiences rather than collecting.

From the beginning this past fall, Audrey writes candidly about the stress, struggles and disappointment with the contractor and the mismatch of what they got compared with what they thought they would be getting for a tiny home. Tomas' illustrates this in his own way.

At the beginning of January the couple details the things they love. Tomas begins:

What do I love most about living in my Tiny House? Audrey may share many of these sentiments, but I thought I’d share my own opinion.

• Simple & Cozy
• Owning Less Stuff
• We Own It
• We Can Modify It
• It’s Brought Out My Inner Bob Vila
• Using Fewer Resources
• Peace & Quiet
• Frugal Living
• Clean-up is Quick
• It’s Everything I Need, Nothing More 

Things I love Part II

Great idea, Tomas! Here are the top things that I LOVE about living in our tiny home.

• In-line With My Beliefs, Values, and Ideals
• Tomas’s Inner Bob Villa
• Community Support
• Mindfulness
• Home Ownership
• Closeness to Nature
• Cozy, Quiet, and Quick to Clean
• Changeable
• Helpful to Others
• A Good Start

They both delve deeper into what they mean here with the kind of detail they've laid out their entire experience. It is an entertaining read.

Encinitas would be the perfect community to build an eco-living village that could include tiny homes on wheels, among other alternatives for small space living, as an eco-tourist experience. Special rates for Encinitas residents to try on this kind of lifestyle for size? Above all we have the perfect setting for a lifestyle that encourages living outside as the preferred pattern, a pattern that can't be enjoyed in the colder climates.