Get ready to Fall for an Amazing One Bedroom Wonder Home! You are likely acquainted with the work of the exceptionally brilliant architect Jeffrey Dungan, yet you may be surprised to learn about an unusual design collaboration involving tiny homes.
I stumbled upon The Retreat By Oakstone where the wondrous one-bedroom shotgun style Low Country Designer Cottage you see here is offered.
This tiny home is one of the Designer Cottages Dungan and his team designed, and it lit up my radar rather randomly. I was gathering info about lovely places to retire when Monteagle, Tennessee popped up.
Can you imagine living in a home under 500 square feet? (I have a better idea of what it’s like since we purchased a tiny house last year as investment property, but it looks nothing like this beauty!).
Tiny House Designer Cottages in Tennessee
Photos courtesy of Retreat By Oakstone; Architecture & Design: Jeffrey Dungan.
It seems more folks are now turning to tiny homes as a vacation home option!
The 464 square foot Low Country Designer Cottage tiny house plan was inspired by the marshlands and coastal regions surrounding Savannah and Charleston.
Low Country Designer Cottage
If simplicity, natural organic luxury, and minimal design with high-end finishes appeal, this elegant one-bedroom home is destined to pull at your heartstrings.
There are television shows devoted to the topic of tiny houses, festivals to experience them, and a growing tiny house movement as more folks embrace the idea of small house living.
Even people who have no intention of downsizing to a tiny house seem infatuated with the concept and love to watch others go tiny.
Elegant Tiny House Design
I am not yet ready to adapt to tiny house living. When I view episodes on HGTV about tiny house living, I am mostly filled with curiosity and awe about how daily tiny life functions for families with young children.
Tiny Living Minutiae
I must admit I am fascinated by what rarely gets addressed…tiny house minutiae.
What about living under the same tiny roof with someone who sleepwalks or snores? What if tiny impulsive toddlers decide to leap from a sleeping loft and land on the cooktop?
What I do know is humans are masters of adaptation. So I suppose, once you’re all in, with time, you adapt to the down side of downsized.
Folks who choose small house living are often experiential types who prefer spending their time traveling and adventuring more than home maintenance or long work hours to pay the mortgage.
Speaking of traveling…what I wouldn’t give to visit Elephant World in Thailand, where these beautiful giants who were in abusive labor situations get to retire. Look what happens when music comes to their sanctuary:
Tiny House Architectural Splendor
French doors: large energy efficient Ply Gem®. Combo washer/dryer: Summit Appliance®. Bathroom: tile tub surround. Kitchen: stainless steel Summit Appliance® range, dishwasher and 30” refrigerator.
Living area can accommodate a dining room table to seat up to six. A covered porch with extended overhangs.
Low Country Tiny House Floorplan
Thoughtful Architectural Design Features
Thoughtful architectural design incorporates: three walls of windows in the living space to allow for 270 degree views. High ceiling (9’ 5”) in bedroom. Sloped ceiling in kitchen, living, and dining spaces (from 9’6″ to 11’0″).
High quality construction materials include premium cedar shake shingles, poplar bark siding, horizontal board and batten, tongue and groove 7″ oak hardwood flooring, tongue and groove pine ceiling, and quartz countertops.
Energy efficient materials include Ply Gem® aluminum clad windows and doors, space saving tankless water heater, and ductless mini split system.
Jeffrey Dungan Designed Tiny Cottage
Would you believe that within these 464 square feet is a laundry area which puts my own to shame!?!
If you have ever watched one of those tiny house television programs and wondered why anyone in their right mind would gladly pull down and then ascend a wobbly ladder to sleep in a loft nightly, maybe this will tingle your jingles.
Retreat by Oakstone in Tennessee
Is this the cutest little office niche, complete with window you have ever seen!?!
Sweetly decorated for the holidays…
Not Your Typical Tiny Shack!
What a difference a lofty ceiling makes in a tiny bathroom in a tiny house!
The vanity feels home-like rather than airplane lavatory-like.
All of that vertical height is put to use as storage.
Classic and practical tiled shower surround.
Tiny House Bathroom Features
Natural light floods the space!
Relationship between laundry and bathroom:
Look at the gorgeous millwork and design detail!
Peek at Another Tiny Home at the Retreat
Enjoy Another Kind of Tiny House!
This time one year ago, I spent some time in Durango, Colorado, and the drive there from my son’s home in the Denver area treated us to the most spectacular scenery I have ever enjoyed!
Here is an unusual custom tiny home in Durango you must see to believe!
Darling Tiny House Cottage With Low Country Style!
I can’t wait to hear your thoughts about this Designer Cottage! To see the other Designer Cottage floorplan, GO HERE to tour a saltbox tiny house.
Also, visit this story to learn more about Jeffrey Dungan’s lovely work.
Visit HERE for all the details about The Retreat by Oakstone and check out the video tour which makes it fun and easy to go inside this adorable one-room wonder!
In THIS POST, tour an equally beautiful tiny house designed by Jeffrey Dungan…a salt-box style Designer Cottage!
Peace to you right where you are.
-michele
p.s. What I have learned in my experience as a tiny house owner is layout/floorplan is everything! Fortunately the little 1950 house I bought (as a rental…not for a primary residence) has a smart livable layout!
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It’s lovely, but where do you eat? Three stools at the kitchen counter doesn’t cut it in such a high-end design. This would be a deal-breaker for me.
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More creativity would surely have to be applied for times you don’t want to dine under the stars! 🙂
I could live in a tiny house. I’m not sure under what circumstances I would need to but it’s a very livable house. In a warmer climate, you could eat outside for most dinners. It has a comfy bed, place to shower, a workable kitchen and a living area. What more does one Really need? We live on a 36’ boat for four months (mid May – mid September) of the year and do quite fine. It’s a lovely relaxing time on the water. But, I do enjoy my home at the end of the cruise and miss my garden.
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Living on a boat sounds incredible – what an adventure you are on! I can imagine longing for land and appreciating home even that much more. Thanks for sharing these thoughts, friend. xox
This tiny house is the most practical and livable tiny house I’ve seen, particularly with the bedroom being on the same level as the rest of the house. I spent time in a motorhome as a kid and I can attest to the fact that loft bedrooms are a pain. You have to climb up to get into them and once in them you cannot stand upright or necessarily even sit upright. You can only crawl or roll around to move in the space and making the bed is not a fun or easy activity to do everyday. I also liked the low country style architecture of this design and that it included a laundry area, full bathtub and shower combo, and a small desk area. Kudos to the company that designed this tiny house. Thanks for posting about this design.
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I thought the same thing as far as this floor plan with the bedroom at the back! I hope folks are taking the time to try out tiny living before jumping into it because all of the climbing and rubbing elbows is not for everyone. Some of us just don’t want that top bunk. 🙂 Jeffrey Dungan is legendary as an architect and totally delivered the goods on this project!
Just beautiful I would live in that house in a heartbeat. Wish i had seen it before i moved to florida what an amazing house. Does anyone need anything more? I tbink not.
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They really addressed everything with the design, and the scenery!!
I really like the floor plan and all of the large windows. The only thing I would want to change is to swap out the window in the bedroom for a door. I feel safer with a back exit so as not to be trapped by a kitchen fire when in the back of the house. It would be nice to walk out onto a private back deck from the bedroom as well.
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Ooooh, that’s a great point. I have always dreamed of a private patio or lanai off the bedroom. Great ideas, friend.
Cute house . Both of them. The interior photos do not correlate with the exterior photos or the plans.
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Not sure what you mean by correlate, but you’re seeing the correct interiors that match up with the exteriors as stated.
We have been looking to downsize for a while but could never find the right floor plan. This is it! Well laid out, bright and airy. Just add another bedroom and this is perfect. Great inspiration. Awesome!!!
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How wonderful to hear! If you’re familiar with the architect who designed this, then you already know – he is phenomenal and at the top of his field! 🙂
I like it. It’s cute. However, I saw several things that could be changed, from design to decor, to add much needed storage and microwave.
What is the L×W×H of this beauty?
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Thanks for reading! Please direct any of those specific questions here: https://www.retreattn.com/
How much did it cost.
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Hi Paula – click through to Retreat by Oakstone as I’m guessing they are highly customized and prices will vary.
Yes, I can imagine because it is a very considered design and look cozy outside but I don’t like the interior which doesn’t match to the house itself.
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I can totally understand what you’re saying. The inside may feel impersonal and masculine with all the hard surfaces, yes?
d’accord and the huge leather armchair , everythng too big and dark for that tinny house
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It is different to see full size furniture in a tiny house! 🙂
Oooh I LOVE this! We’ve been looking at tiny houses for our beach property but they’re never just quite elegant (or roomy-feeling) enough! 😉 Something like this might be perfect! Thanks for the great ideas and beautiful presentation! ❤️
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I’m so glad! It truly is a wonderful little plan where you don’t have to climb a rickety ladder or accidentally trip and fall into a toilet. 🙂
I love this post, Michele. Definitely one to enjoy over and over. Maybe I should make it my nightly bedtime story. Thank you!
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So happy you enjoyed it – I am so intrigued by tiny houses and tiny living, and when a designer like Jeffrey Dungan is involved…oh my! Make sure to see the post with more of this architect’s work from just a couple days ago! Peace to you, friend.
1. lovely gingerbread house 2. the interior isn’t really me …could be done more inviting.
3. Love Kahlil Gibran what a wise man 4. have a wonderful week ahead
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5. thanks for playing along today – hope you are enjoying April so far, friend. 🙂