Working towards having everything that you desire in life is admirable at best and incredibly naive and potentially destructive at worst. This tiny house is proof that, at least every once in a while, you truly can have it all.
Tiny living is considered today an all-in-one solution for a bunch of pressing issues, from money constraints to having to work from home, wanting to travel more, and maybe even reduce one's impact on the environment as much as possible. A tiny house, which is essentially a mobile home plopped on top of a trailer, can offer a temporary or long-term solution for these problems as long as you're willing to compromise and downsize.
While tiny living has taken center stage over the past few years, particularly with the 2020 international health crisis, it's actually been around for more than two decades, emerging at first as a living solution for eco-conscious youths looking to lower their carbon footprint. Before the current wave of builders and tiny house owners capitalizing on the trend on social media, there was Tiny Heirloom.
This is Tiny Adventure House, a tiny house that was completed – and delivered as a custom project – in 2016, which still serves as proof that a tiny house can be the one aspect in life where you could have it all. There is a "but" to this statement, of course, and it's related to your spending budget, but we'll get to that later.
Photo: Tiny Heirloom
Tiny Adventure House is a 28-foot (8.5-meter) tiny that sits on a double-axle trailer and retains legal dimensions for towing without a special permit. It's compact enough for traveling regularly and large to fit inside an entire family of six, if you really want to.
That said, it was designed for a two-person occupancy and packs a versatile interior that integrates features you're not likely to find in most other tinies, including a home office, a formal dining area, and a climbing wall.
Some of the best tiny houses out there have creative layouts and multi-functional spaces, so it's not this that makes Tiny Adventure stand out. Instead, it's that and the premium finishes and almost magical design touches that give this space its own personality, color, and warmth. This is the closest you get to a magical home, at least in such a compact footprint.
Photo: Tiny Heirloom
The highlight of the home and the element that gives it its name is the climbing wall. Made up of Rockwerx modular panels, it takes up the entire exterior wall opposite the door and is cut in two by a large picture window. The picture window, as it turns out, opens all the way up like a garage door, allowing you to blur the lines between the indoors and the outside.
The interior layout is also different from what you'd find in a standard tiny. Sure enough, Tiny Adventure has two lofts, and one of them is the designated main sleeping area, but it eschews tiny house cliches like a storage-integrating staircase, a secondary sleeping loft, and partition walls for either.
So, the main loft is left entirely open (which sadly means fewer storage options, as well), while the second loft is styled as a gorgeous home office and reading nook. The absence of a blocky staircase with storage means more space to move around on the ground floor, which also means more space for entertaining.
Photo: Tiny Heirloom
Under the smaller loft is the formal dining room with seating for six people on two wooden benches. At the press of a button, the table lowers, and the entire space becomes a guest bedroom, provided you add a comfy mattress on top of the surface.
At the opposite end is the bathroom, which is also quite luxurious compared to what you'll find in most tinies, with a corner soaking tub and shower, a toilet, and a sink with a gorgeous vanity. In between the bathroom and the living is the kitchen, small but well-equipped to handle the preparation of a six-person meal: a gas range, an oven, a residential fridge, and a deep farm sink.
The overall style of Tiny Adventure is described as modern industrial with boho craftsmanship for a truly magical vibe. You get lots of custom woodwork and hardwood floors in a dark, rich, and very cozy brown, but also industrial light fixtures against white walls and ceiling, with bright spots of color on the furniture. The navy blue on the kitchen counters, matching the tiles on the arched entryway to the bathroom, immediately stands out.
Photo: Tiny Heirloom
The Tiny Adventure Home was delivered as a custom unit to a couple in Mississippi, so pricing details were never made public.
Not that it needs mentioning anymore, but this kind of "have it all" package can’t possibly come cheap, and least of all when it also has premium features and such beautiful styling. As a reference, a smaller Tiny Heirloom base tiny starts today at $89,000, so we're probably looking at over $100K for something like this one.
Elena has been writing for a living since 2006 and, as a journalist, she has put her double major in English and Spanish to good use. She covers automotive and mobility topics like cars and bicycles, and she always knows the shows worth watching on Netflix and friends. Full profile
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