17 meters with everything you need to live wherever you want
17 meters does not seem like a lot when it comes to putting all your belongings inside. However, if you have considered live on the road maybe they are more than enough. Or maybe they are worth it to have a small refuge in the middle of nature.
In any case, that is the surface of the towable tiny house that has been launched by the tiny house company Escape, the furniture brand Ikea and the advertising agency Vox Creative. The Vista Boho XL model, customized with solar panels, composting toilets and hot water supply on demand, has been chosen for this collaboration. Right now, it is in production, and its price starts at 40,000 euros. "It has wheels, so theoretically, we can send it anywhere there is a road ", assures the company.
Everything you need in 17 meters
Ikea interior designer Abbey Stark designed the space as a typical Ikea 'show house', using sustainable and multifunctional products and pursuing space and energy savings. Have living room, kitchen, bathroom and bedroom , and has enough storage space considering the meters it has. Inside, it's white, and on the outside, it features Japanese-inspired burnt wood cladding, a technique known as Shou Sugi Ban.
Do you see yourself already living inside? Would this house fulfill your dreams of being a digital nomad? Or you may be looking to take the step of living a more minimalist lifestyle. "When you have less, there is greater gratitude for what you have . For me, that has meant to stop taking my things and my space for granted," Alexis Stephens and Christian Parsons, from the Tiny House Expedition project, explain to AD.
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"What I have is essential for my daily life or to enjoy it. As a result, I live more in the present and have a greater awareness of the use of resources and what is truly important in life: relationships and experiences, not things," says the couple, who have been living in a 12-square-meter house with which they travel across the United States for five years.
Maybe, to find out if a tiny home is your thing, it helps to visit the tour virtual that Vox has prepared on the Curbed website. Through it, you can take a walk through the Ikea tiny house, getting an idea of the space and observing every detail as long as you want.
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