This tiny 260-square-foot cottage was built on a dairy farm in Northern California for the annual family “summer camp” on the property. It’s so cute, I couldn’t stop smiling while I looked through the photos. Take a look!
Tiny 260-Square-Foot Summer Cottage:
It was designed by Heidi Richardson of Richardson Architects to blend with the barns and other buildings on the dairy farm.
According to the architect, the little house “provides welcoming and comfortable amenities for the nearby tent platforms/sleeping quarters.”
“The design concept embraces a fun, whimsical and practical character that evokes the rural quality of the property.”
“Non-corrosive and wear-resistant materials were used, including galvanized sheet metal, sealed board and batt siding, and painted plywood and MDO board.”
How fun would it be to spend your childhood summers on a farm like this?
For more photos and information, visit Richardson Architects
Photography credit: Jeff Zaruba.
Thanks to Veronica for telling me about the project. I want one!
Cottage and Cali go together like pb and honey. This is a dollhouse or what? And then what, you live on the farm owners dairy farm? Idk, but I certainly charmed by it.
I wish my family liked each other enough to want to spend summers together lol.
Ha! Maybe you could just have a different little cottage for each person to hide out in? 😉
I have seen this before and I love the design because it makes me dream of summer! Wish I had enough land to build one on our current property.
Love it.
This is so cute! I especially love the stainless water troughs used for plant containers in the front. I’d seen an exterior picture only of this little cottage before, but how fun to learn about it’s use and get to see inside. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Totally adorable! 🙂
Julia: That looks brilliant for the size of it, nice and cozy, clean and bright. Colours work as well. And ah, the sun and warmth ! I live in Canada…brrrr.