Okay, "tiny houses" are adorably cute and understandably growing in popularity. You can even buy building plans for them at Lowe's.
However, there's also a lot of interest in "small houses," and even though both are dwellings with minimum square footage, they are two very different things. Technically, while all tiny houses are small houses, not every small house is a tiny house.
Investigating the difference between the two, I was happy to learn that I'm living in a "small house" and technically, I'm participating in the "small house movement" even though I'm not building a tiny house anytime soon. Maybe you'd like a small house, too. Maybe you're already in one.
Tiny Houses v. Small Houses
1. Different sources will give you different dividing lines between a tiny house and a small house. It's a matter of square feet For example, TinyHomes splits the two at 1000 sq. ft. - anything 999 square feet or smaller is a tiny house; 1000-1200 is a small house. The Small House Society explains that there is not any set square footage for a "small house," and distinquishes a "tiny house" as anything under 500'.
