Anyone who feels burdened by a mortgage and too many belongings, can?t afford a conventional home or dreams of living on the road has likely gotten caught up in the tiny house movement at one point or another, but actually downsizing to that degree can be kind of scary. It?s true that you have to live a relatively minimalist lifestyle to pull it off, shedding all the stuff you don?t actually use on a regular basis. But even once you manage to pare down, what?s it like to wake up in one of those shed-sized structures every morning" Would you have enough room to cook, work, entertain guests or even relax, especially if you?re cooped up for a while during less-than-stellar weather" Would you feel claustrophobic" These are all fair questions – and great reasons to take a tiny house on a test drive, so to speak.
If you live in New York or Massachusetts, you can do just that via Getaway, a startup that rents out gorgeous cabin-style tiny house in the woods outside the big cities. The company launched in Boston in 2015 with three models and recently expanded to New York City, offering a rural vacation experience that?s not too far from home. Dreamed up by Harvard Graduate School of Design student Emily Margulies, the three New York houses are named Maisie, Eleanor and Isidore, with the latter offering a wide ramp entrance for enhanced accessibility, and start at just $99 per night. The company is also working on expanding to other cities, and creating a tin...