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How A Family Of Seven Lives In A Tiny House | Podcast 35

living in a tiny house

Stephanie, one of our writers here at MomPrepares, started her married life in a large house with three bathrooms. She felt like her possessions and what she had to maintain was controlling her instead of her managing it. After a brutal loss – and five kids later – her family of seven lives in 700 square feet and are very glad to have it!

Stephanie from MomPrepares.com
Stephanie from MomPrepares.com

Listen to hear Stephanie’s favorite things about living in a small house, how she handles clutter and what is hardest for her to get rid of, the unusual thing in her dining room, what the key to living in a tiny house is for her, how much clothes she personally has, how she handles homeschooling materials, what she thinks about before purchasing anything, what the challenge is for her family of introverts, and how you have to factor in the personalities of each person in your family.
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Comments

  1. Jennifer Vincent says

    So as I read all of these posts I feel like our thinking of living Tiny is doable. We have 6 children and homeschool. We bought a bigger house 2,400 sq.ft to have a school room extra bedrooms. Well within two months of having their own rooms they missed sharing with each other and so my husband built a 3 tier bunk bed room for the boys in a 10 by 10 room. They love it say they have more space than before. The girls share a room but we have so much unused space in the house and we spend almost all of our time in our front livingroom the smallest one in the house and we all cuddle together and watch movies or read and we feel like going Tiny would be not so tough. We have nice things but we are attached only to a few small things. I was think 800sq.ft. Would be about right.

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  2. S says

    Any way to get the text?? Cannot do podcasts.

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    • Erica Mueller says

      Sorry, we don’t have transcripts of the podcasts.

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  3. Sarah says

    I don’t usually take the time to listen to podcasts but this one resonated with me so strongly! We are a family of 9 in 800 sq/ft, when our 2 oldest were at home we were 11 in 800 sq/ft. We also homeschool. It is wonderful to find another family that actually knows what it is like to live in a small home with a large family.

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  4. Kara Stiff says

    Thanks for this excellent conversation. I find it so useful to hear from people making alternative living arrangements work, especially with kids and in the south where the heat is a serious factor. I’m a stay at home mom in North Carolina with two kids (18 months and 3 years). We are currently building ourselves a permitted 726 square foot house that I designed with some unusual features: earthen floor, light straw clay walls, composting toilet and very low energy usage. I’m about to start the electrical work tomorrow. Right now I consider us to have the minimal acceptable emergency preparedness, since money is tight and we’re going to have to move for the 5th time in 5 years very soon. We’ve got 2 months worth of food, which I made space for mostly by clearing out all the dishes and kitchen equipment that doesn’t get regularly used. I would love to hear from anyone else trying to stock up in a small space.

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  5. marle says

    I know this is an older post, but would love to hear how you make it work with kids sharing when they hit their teens? I have 3 girls(all under 5 still), but looking to buy our “long term home” again. Lived in a 75sqm house, upgraded massively to 300sqm, and now can’t wait to downsize again! I miss my tiny home, but worrying how we will get along when I have 3 teenage girls having to share a room??

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  6. Grace says

    For someone living in a 3rd world, this is not new to me. Other with 8 to a dozen children can live in a 50sq meter house with everything they need.

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