Tiny Houses

Compact tiny house has a deck up top and space-saving layout inside

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The Pathway is topped by a rooftop deck area with collapsible safety railings
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The Pathway measures just 18 ft (5.4 m) in length and is based on a double-axle trailer
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The Pathway is topped by a rooftop deck area with collapsible safety railings
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The Pathway's rooftop deck will be accessed by an external spiral staircase, but this wasn't fitted at the time of the photo shoot
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The Pathway's exterior is finished in engineered wood
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The Pathway's interior walls are finished in poplar tongue and groove
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The Pathway's living room looks light-filled thanks to its generous glazing and high ceiling
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The Pathway's kitchen includes a small drop-down dining area for two
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The Pathway's living room is dominated by a large L-shaped sofa bed with integrated storage
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The Pathway's sofa bed, shown in the bed position
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Visitors enter the Pathway directly into the living room
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The Pathway's kitchen includes a three-burner propane-powered stove
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The Pathway's kitchen offers access to the bathroom with a sliding door
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The Pathway includes a small storage area with shelving
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The Pathway's small storage area includes a portable washing machine
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The Pathway's bathroom includes a flushing toilet
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The Pathway's bathroom includes a shower
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The Pathway's bedroom is a typical loft-style space with a low ceiling
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The Pathway's bedroom features some storage space
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The Pathway's steps can be raised up to the ceiling when not in use, freeing up floorspace below
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The Pathway's steps are on a hinge to allow them to be raised by the pulley system
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The latest model by Modern Tiny Living highlights the firm's clever approach to maximizing limited space. Named Pathway, the towable home has a length of just 8 ft (5.4 m), boasts has a rooftop deck, and features a smart interior that includes a pulley operated ladder.

To put the Pathway's size into perspective, it's by no means the smallest tiny house we've seen, but is around half the length of many North American models, and even smaller than the petite French tiny houses we regularly cover. It's based on a double-axle trailer and finished in engineered wood. The rooftop deck area has collapsible security railings for safety, and will be accessed by an exterior spiral staircase that's yet to be added by the owner, so isn't pictured.

The tiny house has been delivered to its new owner on a choice plot of land with views of Colorado's San Juan Mountains. The interior of the home therefore features generous glazing to show off the stunning vista, especially in the living room. Most of this room is taken up by a large L-shaped sofa bed that sleeps two and it has integrated storage space too.

The kitchen is nearby and has custom cabinetry, a pantry area, fridge/freezer, a three-burner propane-powered stove, and a sink. The kitchen also contains a drop-down dining area for two people, plus a storage area with shelving and a Yirego Portable Washing Machine.

The Pathway's interior walls are finished in poplar tongue and groove
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The Pathway's bathroom is accessed using a sliding door. It's very compact and contains a shower and a flushing toilet.

There's just one bedroom in the tiny house and this is reached by a neat system consisting of wooden steps which are attached to a pulley. Using a hand crank, the steps can be raised up to the ceiling, freeing up the floorspace below. The bedroom itself is a typical loft-style space with a low ceiling and a double bed, plus a little more storage space.

The Pathway's steps can be raised up to the ceiling when not in use, freeing up floorspace below
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The Pathway runs off-the-grid with a freshwater storage tank and a solar power system with batteries and an inverter. We've no word on the price of this model.

Source: Modern Tiny Living

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2 comments
Lamar Havard
Neat! 👍🏻
jerryd
Nice and about 16' long and 8' wide. These are great for many people greatly lowering the cost to live. I've been living basically free 25 yrs since building mine, paying off the land in 5 yrs. Overall owning my own home, sailboats before the TH, I've saved $400k in rent over 40 yrs in today's money and $100k in property value.
I prefer no loft except for storage and no separate bedroom with couch, etc bed/s instead lowers the cost, more space to use/foot.
Also make the trailer separate so it just doesn't waste away, but used for other things.