Thank you for the April 16 story “This (little) space I call home,” by Katie Gillespie.
If less than 400 square feet qualifies as a tiny home, then our family of five lived very comfortably in one for 10 years, beginning in 1956. My husband’s engineering work required us to move frequently so we chose a home on wheels.
Our first was 30 feet by 8 feet. It had two built-in cribs with drawers underneath and a kitchen cupboard with a door which pulled down to make our table.
Our second home seemed much larger at 40 feet by 10 feet. It had bunks for our three children, a front-loading washing machine in the kitchen, and wall-to-wall carpet in the living room — a 9-foot by 12-foot rug. I stored extra bedding between our mattress and box springs, out-of-season clothing in suitcases under the bed, cut boxes almost flat to slide under the couch, and found space under built-in cabinets by pulling out the bottom drawers.
