Today's stupid question- Where do tiny house people put their clothes?

[underpants]

We are having a kicked back Labor Day. We have on a show called Tiny Luxury.
Pretty cool different designs. The thing that I keep thinking is - Where do the clothes go?
One episode included a bar for hanging clothes but only one that I’ve seen.
I guess they add dressers and just fold everything.

Also, I’m surprised these designers don’t add expanding technology like a lot of RV’s have - once parked there are side components that create sleeping areas or just more room.

[underpants]

2. Funny.

Where is the hot water heater??? My wife says it underneath somewhere.

[jmowreader]

21. They usually use tankless units

Those can be bolted to an outside wall, which not only saves interior space but makes venting easy.

[Harker]

37. I installed one in a place where I lived.

It was a tankless job, but someone had to do it.

[jmowreader]

38. I have considered installing one in my kitchen

It will also be a tankless job, but there’s a reason for it: I have a really long run between my water heater and my kitchen, so when you turn on hot water you’re going to sit there for a minute or so waiting for the water to get hot. Miele dishwashers read the temperature of the incoming water when they decide how long the cycle is going to be, so this thing looks at my not-hot water, decides I hooked it to the cold water pipe, and takes 3.5 hours to run a load of dishes. If I had a tankless heater in the kitchen it would take 2 hours.

Fortunately for me the thing is as close to absolutely silent as you’re gonna get, so I turn it on before bed and empty it in the morning.

[Harker]

40. That's quite a dishwasher cycle.

Even I, a notoriously slow handwasher, could beat that by at least a few minutes. No way to fool it by way of interrupting an initial cycle for a restart?

I installed a Takagi in a mobile home, and never had a moment's regret over the fifteen years I used it. Minimal maintenance - I had to clean out some dust once.

I loved having no pilot light, and no cold bathwater.

[wryter2000]

3. I get the impression their wardrobes are tiny as well

Most of them don't seem like the sort of people who care too much about being fashionable.

[underpants]

5. I guess that's part of the decision

You obviously are going to have less room. I have a lot of shoes and yes I’m a guy I just have a lot of shoes.

[SallyHemmings]

10. You are not alone my friend

I am stunned how many pairs of shoes my husband continues to acquire. I don't think a separate tiny house would do.

[KentuckyWoman]

31. My husband was a closet hog.

At the most in life, I owned 6 pairs of shoes. Now I own 3. All of my clothing takes up 2 dresser drawers and about 16" of hanging space ... including a winter coat. Our house was 840 sq ft but for 2 people that's plenty. Now I'm in a 1BR "cottage" in a senior living place that has a walk in closet. I'm finally weeding through his things and shocked at how little I have - and NEED even less.

Anyway, don't think there is anything wrong with a man who is a closet hog.

[walkingman]

4. One leg at a time, baby, one leg at a time!!

[underpants]

12. 😆👍

[tblue37]

6. A few T-shirts and jeans, folded on a shelf.

[underpants]

13. No box springs

Mattress on the loft floor.

[Floyd R. Turbo]

7. They only have one outfit, and they only wear it when they are on

camera!

[underpants]

14. Schwiiiiing!

[jmbar2]

8. The ones with lofts often have storage under the stairs.

[underpants]

11. Yeah we just saw one that could have moved the master bedroom up

Like I said we are really into watching this.

[stopdiggin]

9. don't need no stinkeen' -- clothes -(nt)-

[TreasonousBastard]

15. I always assumed that if I was in a tiny house, I would have a shed out back...

for storage/workshop. Maybe several sheds...

Hot water is easy, btw-- instant hot water systems are readily available.

[underpants]

16. Since I've posted this I've considered that

Depending on how often you are going to move it you could have a structure that goes in the back of the pickup.

My in-laws has one of those instant hot water heaters at their old house. You just had to hit certain time frames when it kicked on - they had it on a timer.

I have to say these washer AND dryer things were new to us too.

[TreasonousBastard]

17. Or just get a camper van-- or trailer. And, there are laundromats all over...

If moving around a lot, stuff, like broken down sheds, clothes, etc, can be just shoved into the main "house" until you get where you're going. Camping types have this down to a science.

[fierywoman]

18. Books. They never have any books. This frightens me.

[tblue37]

19. Have innumerable books, yet I mostly read on my ereader. I don't have room for more books in my

apartment, so new books are mostly ebooks. Maybe tiny house dwellers read mostly ebooks.

[underpants]

20. This show always has bookshelves

but no clothes storage.

[Runningdawg]

22. In a five gallon bucket with a cushion on top to double as a chair

[Kaleva]

34. Just don't mix it up with the 5 gal. bucket that is the toilet

[Fla Dem]

23. 10 Tiny House Clothes Storage Ideas (Still very limited storage)

[Skittles]

24. why does it have to be McMansion or Tiny House

whatever happened to, you know, REGULAR sized houses

[jmowreader]

39. They're in subdivisions

My house is 1300 square feet, which is average for an Idaho subdivision house.

[Skittles]

41. nice

not so where I live - I do believe the houses across the street from me are a minimum of 3500 sq ft

[smirkymonkey]

48. Thank YOU!

We are so extreme in this country. We seem to swing from one polarity to the other. What about finding a nice balance in life?

[hfojvt]

25. if only this was a poll, I could give the definitive answer

Robb is a dingbat

[3catwoman3]

26. I would need a closet the size of a tiny house.

And having had one hip replacement and soon to have a second one, trying to maneuver in a loft in a full crouch all the time would definitely not work.

[Talitha]

30. Hello to a fellow 'Hippy'... had mine done in 2013 and 2019.

Here's wishing you a successful procedure and speedy recovery!

[3catwoman3]

32. My first was in 2013 as well, and that recovery was a piece of cake.

2 night hospital stay the first time. Now, outpatient and home the same day, due to new Medicare guidelines. That seems a bit rushed, IMO.

Thanx for your good wishes.

[TexasBushwhacker]

28. Exactly

They generally have a minimalist wardrobe. It reminds me of the storage below deck on a boat. No space is wasted.

[NewHendoLib]

29. and libraries that have all sorts of areas to create multiple accounts

[Kaleva]

33. They keep their clothes at their real home.

[LeftInTX]

35. Where do they keep all their papers???

[underpants]

36. Good question

Maybe they digitize them. ????

[Runningdawg]

43. Having been poor and lived in some close confines

You keep anything you don't want stolen or lost in a box at a bank and you give that 2nd key to someone you can trust to get to it if you can't. I know in this age the best answer is digital, but then you run the risk of losing the source or being hacked.

[Kaleva]

42. If storage of clothes is a problem, the solution is to go naked. Don't overthink this people!

[Niagara]

44. I don't think it's a stupid question.

On average, we only wear about 20% of our clothing on a regular basis. I have tons of dressy clothing that I wear only on occasion, 2 totes of clothing that I want to wear but I can't fit into, and the rest of my clothing is jeans and t-shirts.


I'm banking that tiny home dwellers downsize their wardrobes to the extreme, along with most of their material possessions.



I wanted to share this video since there is helpful storage solutions for any type of house. I especially like the shoe storage, stair storage and the "closet" storage.

[underpants]

45. Thanks. Yeah I have lots of clothes I never wear.

[femmedem]

46. My stepson and his wife live in an 8 x 20 tiny house that he made with Mr. Femmedem.

They store most of their clothes upstairs in the sleeping loft and keep their current, season-appropriate clothes downstairs in a tiny closet that's behind the ladder to the loft. And yes, they are careful about how much they buy. But they both always look stylish in their own unique ways.

[underpants]

47. ✅

Thanks.

[orangecrush]

49. In a tiny suitcase.

[Mr.Bill]

50. I saw a show about a couple that lived in a tiny

New York apartment. I mean very tiny, just one room. Their "closet" consisted of a handful of dry cleaners in the area. In a binder, they kept an elaborate record of where all their clothing was, and every day or two they would just go pick up what they planned to wear in the next two days, and dropped off what they wore in the last two days. They had no laundry in the apartment, so they would have to send it all out to be done anyway.

By using several dry cleaners, they didn't have too much at any one place, so none of them knew they were being used as storage. Sounds like a lot of trouble, but sort of an ingenious solution.

[underpants]

51. That's pretty clever.

[retread]

52. I wonder about bathroom odors. Seems like they would be inescapable.