Looking for small-house inspiration? FHB has you covered with this collection of more than two-dozen articles about well-built compact homes.
What these houses lack in square footage, they make up for in both sensibility and style. A few are truly tiny houses, but most are just modest homes that have been designed to help their homeowners live well within their means. These small yet efficient homes reveal everything that there is to love about downsizing—and there’s a lot. From home plans to design inspiration and beyond, this collection of Fine Homebuildingarticles is full of smart ideas to get the most out of a home.
When converting this house on Martha's Vineyard from a two-family to a single-family, LDa Architecture & Interiors reworked the floor plan to make the home feel more spacious.
While there are plenty of really big houses being built (do 2.54 people really need five bedrooms and over 3,000 sq. ft.?), there's no missing that small houses are a…
Lanefab Design/Build’s client downsized from an adjacent 1920s main house into this 750-sq.-ft. single-bedroom abode with detached garage. Both the house and the garage were designed around a large magnolia…
Multiuse rooms, built-in furniture, and carefully orchestrated sightlines are just a few of the tools that can help you to get the most out of the space you have
Whether you’re planning for retirement or looking to live life to the fullest right now, buying a small house might be the best way to achieve both goals
Some of these houses are not what I would call "pocket sized". They might be "pocket sized" by the McMansion standard but the house I grew up in was 1700 sq ft (one addition, the original was 1300 sq ft) four bedrooms 2 1/2 baths and housed 2 adults and 8 children. A 1500 sq ft house (Small & Spacious) for one is very generous indeed.
Theresa in Tucson
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The designer and builder of the 2018 Fine Homebuilding House detail why they chose mineral-wool batts and high-density boards for all of their insulation needs.
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Some of these houses are not what I would call "pocket sized". They might be "pocket sized" by the McMansion standard but the house I grew up in was 1700 sq ft (one addition, the original was 1300 sq ft) four bedrooms 2 1/2 baths and housed 2 adults and 8 children. A 1500 sq ft house (Small & Spacious) for one is very generous indeed.
Theresa in Tucson