Arlo and Janis by Jimmy Johnson for January 13, 2016

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    alviebird  almost 9 years ago

    It would be an upgrade from where I am now.

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    Quantum Leaper  almost 9 years ago

    Reminds me of my Great Uncle house, its bathroom was in the hallway, and next to the 3 car garage was bigger than the inside of the house. (3x bigger than the living area) The people who bought the house but up a 7 foot fence around the house and inclosed the 3 car garage, so no garage, and a huge ugly fence around the house.

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    Grace Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Arlo, build Janice a she shed in the back yard :)

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    starcandles Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Don’t fall for the propaganda, Janis. Government is pushing that crap to discourage real home ownership. You will not be able to have that kind of yard. They will be crammed in next to your neighbor. Want smaller with privacy & less upkeep? Purchase a nice mobile home. I have a singlewide with 3 bedroom & 2 bath at 1250 square feet with a really nice yard. Don’t fall for the “Tiny House” scam. Move into an apartment if you don’t mind hearing people thump up & down the halls. Tiny houses are treated by cities & towns as mobile homes. You cannot move them just anywhere you want to. Our ordinances only allow mobile homes in a park community. Don’t fall for the “dollhouse” effect.

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    FosterGrant  almost 9 years ago

    Next time close the door Arlo,

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    MeGoNow Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    He clearly would have no objection to the bathtub in the living room near the couch so he could spectate in comfort.

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    DDrazen  almost 9 years ago

    Reminds me of the 1-room kitchenette I lived in after college. At least the bathroom had a door.

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    wellinever  almost 9 years ago

    He didn’t seem to mind when using the boat.

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    kraftjeff  almost 9 years ago

    There is a house near a lake where I live that put the toilet in the shower… oy

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    Dani Rice  almost 9 years ago

    Those ultra-tiny houses are for the birds. As long as everything is put away, all is well, but there’s no place to lay out a dress pattern or work a jigsaw puzzle. The only thing to do is sit on the sofa and watch TV. Ugh.

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    shamino  almost 9 years ago

    I don’t understand this trend either. I realize that nobody requires a mansion, but that doesn’t mean the opposite (living in space smaller than a walk-in closet) is somehow better.

    And they’re not doing it for finances. I saw a bunch of these on HGTV and they cost as much as normal size houses. And often have the same amount of land as normal houses. They’re just really really small.

    I repeat. I don’t understand it….

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    ScullyUFO  almost 9 years ago

    Why is it that the tiny house sellers (dealers) always live in a megamansion?

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    BeniHanna6 Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Crazy fad that will eventually go away.

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    jklwaddle  almost 9 years ago

    I live in a 399SF “tiny home”. It’s classified as an RV, but looks like a little house. It’s in my son’s backyard (1/2 acre) and I love it. I can afford to live “bigger”, but love the coziness. I chose this willingly and would not change it – even with a Powerball win!!!

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    mterrycfp  almost 9 years ago

    When I first moved to New York City, my apartment in Hell’s Kitchen had the toilet in the kitchen. It was a small closet. Also there was a free standing bathtub right behind the Kitchen Sink. No Shower curtain. The bathtub was up on feet. It overlooked the fire escape. Fortunately the building next door did not have windows on that side. We were just married and actually young and agile so it made no difference.

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    jklwaddle  almost 9 years ago

    I like it because I don’t worry about “stuff” anymore.

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    wagnertinatlanta  almost 9 years ago

    Want to see the past and the future? http://mceer.buffalo.edu/1906_Earthquake/images/presidio_refugee_camps.jpg

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    Jkiss  almost 9 years ago

    Arlo you should never be ok with a toilet in the kitchen.

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    KEA  almost 9 years ago

    good thing I read the comics or I wouldn’t have a clue what’s all the rage these days – but that makes me wonder how artists, whom we know to be chained to their drawing devices, find out about them?

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    tammyspeakslife Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    It is not sanitary

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    Charliegirl Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    Just because she thinks it’s cute, it doesn’t mean she wants to live in it!

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    JP Steve Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    While my parents were still living in England, Mom’s New York uncle paid them a visit. When he asked if he could use the “washroom,” Mom replied “Oh, we usually just use the kitchen sink.”

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    Pipe Tobacco Premium Member almost 9 years ago

    For me, all those shows about “going smaller” are dividable into two camps….. some that are permanent dwellings with real facilities that are simply small (These are interesting IMO), and then others that are (again IMO) nonsensical rubbish…. where they basically build a box on wheels and have a composting toilet and other nonsense which is not a home. These latter shows drive me nuts because in my manner of thinking they are no different than a camper, except built by hand.

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    ob1knob2  almost 9 years ago

    When I first saw these ‘tiny houses’ on tv I thought what a BAD idea…. when the tiny house goes out the window as being a neat thing to have the buyers will be left with a big hole in their finances because no one will want to buy it.

    NOT a good idea (even though some are cute (as an expensive playhouse for kids).

    Would be surprised if this ‘fad’ stays around too long.

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    wolfman47130  almost 9 years ago

    This is the difference between how men and women think…..Form does not always follow function.

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    Tarredandfeathered  almost 9 years ago

    Well, the Ultra Rich noticed how “Happy” so many of the Homeless were to find a nice Refrigerator box to live in, so they decided that everyone who isn’t rich would be happier living in an over hyped Closet, too..The Rich B@stards want their Slaves Back and this is yet another way to get people used to doing “Without” on that trip down Debtor’s Lane.

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    mafastore  almost 9 years ago

    We have a “Class B” RV. This is not those huge things you see on TV. It is a Chevy Express Van with the roof lifted and the floor dropped. The toilet is in a closet – one sits with their feet in the aisle and if one goes after we go to bed the other can watch – my feet reach the bed from the seat. There is a bar sink for the kitchen (across the 2 foot aisle from the toilet) that has a plastic insert to bypass the kitchen sink basin to use as a toilet sink. (We stopped carrying this with us as it took up too much room.) The shower is a hand held that stores in the toilet closet as does a shower curtain. One pulls the curtain into the aisle and around to shower. A section of the floor lifts up to open the drain in same for showering. (We use the ones in the bathhouses at the RV parks instead.) The front van seats turn around to sit in at night. We keep the bed made up as it takes 45 min to make it up – it stretches wall to wall and headboard to the toilet compartment and the kitchen setup opposite it so one has to make the bed from in the bed. We calculated that there is 2 feet by 5.5 feet in the aisle to walk around in.

    Now, we take it on short trips (we had bedbugs – no more hotels for us). There are people who live in it full time, we are not sure how. (Look up class B RVs if you want to see how compact they are.) And it costs more than many of the bigger ones, so it is not a cost savings thing to buy.

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