This 480-Square-Foot Shed Became a Guest House with a Gourmet Kitchen

Smart storage ? Versatile article of furniture ? The comforts of place ? They ’re all inside .

Seattle designer Hayley Francis and her dad , Ken , decide it was clock time to add more sleepover space to accommodate the steady stream of visitant to the family beach domicile on Washington ’s South Puget Sound . They bend 480 solid pes of caducous space into a place where several guests at a clip can log Z’s , watch TV , work , cook , and shower — without add on or building up . The result ? Oneultra - effective tiny housewith multifunctional article of furniture , gourmet kitchen conveniences , and a bathroom with a layout turn of events .

Ellie Lillstrom

Tiny house gargage converted into woman’s office/living area

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Hayley Francisgrew up outgo summertime and weekends at the family beach sign of the zodiac . She retrieve beachcombing and making graphics project with her late female parent , Laurie , also a intriguer . Hayley still visits regularly , as do her sister , nieces , and nephew , so creating the tiny home was all about making more space for the kin to gather and keep the particular times going . " It was a pipe dream project , " she says .

The original service department had always been used more for puppet than cable car because the property also included a carport . For structure efficiency , a crew turn the car port into a garage at the same time they made the service department into living quarters .

With the helper of Seattle architect / decorator Seth Grizzle ofGraypants , Hayley incorporate a private sleeping accommodation , an effective and stylish kitchen , and asmall but luxe can . vault ceilings , Gallic doors where the garage room access were , and generous windows make the guesthouse feel gravid and airy .

Garage before renovation

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Budget - wise secondhand furnitureand open shelving balance decorative extras such as brass plumbery fixtures and statement lighting . And for rainy days or film Night , there ’s a build up - in projector above the sleeper lounge and a pull - down projection screen climb above the windowpane rear .

Hayley uses this sitting blot for breakfast and when remotely running her design business , Neon Doves . The expandable table , an old family piece , pulls up to the window seat . The built - Hoosier State include niches tall enough to stow the stools .

" I wanted a ' wall ' kitchen , not a corner kitchen , " Hayley says . " I felt it would make the space feel much more open . " Because the frame-up is on full exhibit , she gave it big - kitchen style with a rampart - mount faucet and sconces in brass . The backsplash is only 3½×6½ foot , allow her to habituate a individual slab of soapstone . " I sleep together soap-rock it feel bumpy . It ’s a manner of being beachy without being real , " say Hayley .

Window seat with open shelving around it in tiny house

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A box beam upgrades the facial expression of the ceiling eyeshade and hides electrical wiring for light fixture . To avoid a batting order of seeable gadget , Mrs. Henry Wood dialog box camouflage the icebox , and a larder locker hides the microwave .

Each room do good from the capaciousness that hail with the domed ceiling . time of origin burled - wood nightstands , a give the axe headboard , and window dress all in the same tone ground the bedroom .

A threshold on the side of the sign lead to the private spaces off the back hallway : bedroom , bathroom , and a garret that ’s accessible by a rolled ladder . A linen closet is opposite the can door .

Tiny house kitchen with soapstone backsplash and brass accents

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Hayley took a cue stick from all - in - one European Bath and specify a wet way : Hexagonal ceramic tile cover all the surfaces , eliminating the indigence for a shower stall . " I ’ve always wanted a fully tile bathing tub , and this cease up saving us space , " she say .

Hayley francis

Theheated floorin the lav is a little luxury . It ’s a nice upgrade for a small outer space .

Maximizing every inch , a customs shock absorber fills a office build into the high section of the ceiling . With no inches to save for furniture , a paries sconce accommodate nighttime reading material . A porthole window plays off the home ’s beach location .

When it comes to the tiny menage layout , smart floor design decisions avail everything fit without a squeeze . keep the living room light on piece of furniture ups the flexibleness . Shallow back - to - back closet supply more approachable memory than one deep one . A floating wall consolidates the plumbing and hold on the way from feeling hamper . And in the tip above the kitchen and bath , lofted nook add more utile infinite .

Tiny house bedroom with caned headboard and vintage burled-wood nightstand