Man, I love the tiny house movement. I told Mark that building a tiny house is on my bucket list; even if it's just to have one on our property as a "clubhouse" for the boys, at first, it is a goal.
I used to wish for a bigger house; more room to spread out; more room to be able to host large parties. However, as I get older, I see the beauty in "less house." Instead of having a goal to add more space (and another bathroom), our goal is to get out of a mortgage as soon as possible. Being tied down to a house (and the mortgage that comes with it) just feels burdensome.
To have less upkeep, less room to not fill with more stuff, less money spent on decor, less affecting the environment with the pollution our house puts out...all of this sounds very appealing. Making the best use of the space we have, and using finances to do other things; to go other places and to give more to others, just makes sense to me. I think our future goals with our current home will be to finish off the projects we've started, when we're able, and to possibly build a future garage so that our vehicles can be out of the elements. But other than that, the desire to put an addition on, or to add more bedrooms so we can do foster care again and have more space, is waning.
I find the idea of a tiny house to also be a wonderful solution to young adults who are ready to move out of the home, but who don't want to incur loads of debt while finding their way in their employment journey...I wonder if this will be something the boys will want to do, when they move out of our home. I wonder if Mark and I will downsize, when they move out.
Looking forward to trying to live small.
http://tiny-themovie.com/
