Tiny Houses

Spacious living room serves as social heart of Clover tiny house

Spacious living room serves as social heart of Clover tiny house
The Clover sleeps up to four people: two in the loft bedroom and two on the sofa bed
The Clover sleeps up to four people: two in the loft bedroom and two on the sofa bed 
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The Clover measures 24 ft (7.3 m)-long
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The Clover measures 24 ft (7.3 m)-long
The Clover is based on a double-axle trailer
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The Clover is based on a double-axle trailer
The Clover is clad in lapped smart siding
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The Clover is clad in lapped smart siding 
Access to the Clover's bedroom is gained by storage-integrated staircase
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Access to the Clover's bedroom is gained by storage-integrated staircase
The Clover's kitchen features custom cabinetry
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The Clover's kitchen features custom cabinetry 
The Clover's kitchen includes a four-burner stove top, convection oven, fridge/freezer, washer/dryer, sink, and breakfast bar
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The Clover's kitchen includes a four-burner stove top, convection oven, fridge/freezer, washer/dryer, sink, and breakfast bar
The Clover's kitchen sink
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The Clover's kitchen sink
The Clover's washer/dryer
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The Clover's washer/dryer
The Clover's walls are finished in poplar
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The Clover's walls are finished in poplar
The Clover has a breakfast bar
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The Clover has a breakfast bar
The Clover's main living area is relatively spacious, considering the home's size
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The Clover's main living area is relatively spacious, considering the home's size
The Clover's storage-integrated staircase
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The Clover's storage-integrated staircase
The Clover's living room has built-in shelving
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The Clover's living room has built-in shelving 
The Clover's sofa turns into a bed and sleeps two
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The Clover's sofa turns into a bed and sleeps two 
The Clover sleeps up to four people: two in the loft bedroom and two on the sofa bed
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The Clover sleeps up to four people: two in the loft bedroom and two on the sofa bed 
Top-down view of the Clover's living room
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Top-down view of the Clover's living room
The Clover's bathroom is accessed by barn-style sliding door
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The Clover's bathroom is accessed by barn-style sliding door
The Clover's bathroom includes toilet, sink, and shower
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The Clover's bathroom includes toilet, sink, and shower
The Clover's bathroom includes toilet, sink, and shower
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The Clover's bathroom includes toilet, sink, and shower
The Clover's bedroom
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The Clover's bedroom
Top-down view of the Clover's living room
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Top-down view of the Clover's living room 
The Clover's living room has underfloor storage
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The Clover's living room has underfloor storage 
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Though the whole point of tiny houses is that everything is smaller, if there's one area that tends to be shrunk down a little too much with most models, it's the living room. The Clover tiny house, by Modern Tiny Living, bucks this trend with a larger than average living room.

The Clover measures 24 ft (7.3 m)-long and is based on a double-axle trailer. It has a fairly standard but pleasant enough exterior clad in lapped smart siding and is topped by a steel roof. Inside, the walls are finished in poplar and the floors are decked in vinyl.

Visitors enter next to the kitchen, which has custom cabinetry, a four-burner stove top, convection oven, fridge/freezer, washer/dryer, sink, and a breakfast bar.

Top-down view of the Clover's living room
Top-down view of the Clover's living room 

Nearby is the living room. This is raised, and laid-out in a U-shape, with generous glazing surrounding it. A large sofa that takes up most of the room can be converted into a bed, and it should make for a nice space for entertaining – something that we've been told is a challenge of downsizing. Indeed Modern Tiny Living refers to it as a "Social Area."

While it would be remiss of us to overstate its spaciousness too much – it's still a tiny house, after all – the Clover's living room looks a lot more comfortable than those seen in similarly-sized homes like the Tiny Heirloom and Vantage.

The raised living room also offers storage space beneath, and there's quite a bit of storage dotted elsewhere around the home too, including built-in bookcases, and a storage-integrated staircase.

The Clover's bedroom
The Clover's bedroom

Upstairs lies a standard tiny house-style loft bedroom with limited headroom that sleeps up to two people on a double bed.

The Clover gets power from a standard RV-style hookup and maintains a comfortable temperature with spray foam insulation and a wall heater and air-con unit. It'll set you back US$89,000.

Source: Modern Tiny Living

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Veronica Roach
I think this layout is just about the very best I've seen - going back to basically a well-proven standard caravan 'sitting room/bed' concept - gives a very spacious look compared to many of these houses with barely any space for 'lounging', but every conceivable gadget installed. Even the kitchen is quite roomy, bathroom not too bad ! yes this is the BEST ! Shame about the price - not too many have that much spare cash, or would think it practical to spend on this. In many places you can buy an actual house for that price - albeit without the luxurious feel this gives you ! But most of us spend our entire lives 'improving' our homes, so that is still a better proposition than this tiny home !