The experience was chock full of surprises
Swoon over or roll your eyes at them, tiny houses are hard to overlook these days. They?re shared obsessively across Pinterest and appear in a bajillion cable TV shows, all while making headlines around the country as an affordable housing alternative. If, though, you live in a high-density urban area unfavorable to backyard tiny home projects, the easiest way to get a taste of one may be driving out to a tiny house for rent.
I had the chance to check out one such operation a few weekends ago. Getaway?the Harvard-grown startup that lets you book woodland tiny houses starting at $99 a night?recently expanded from the original three cabins outside Boston to three more north of New York City. According to the company, customers so far have been a mix of urban dwellers hoping to unplug and reconnect with nature and folks who are curious about the tiny house lifestyle. I, along with my guest, Sharon, fall into both camps. After covering tiny houses day in and day out here on Curbed, I was ready to finally see one in the flesh. I?m pretty tiny myself?measuring 5-foot-tall with shoes on?so fitting comfortably into the micro dwelling would be no problem. Less certain are things like: Is our tiny house, the 160-square-foot "Maisie" with a glorious bedside window, as impressive as it looks in promo photos" Could I see myself going tiny for the long term" Would we survive with the 15 (!!) total flushes supplied fo...