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Welcome to the Cottage.

The Tiny Canal Cottage is a resource for helping folks mindfully conceptualize, decorate and enjoy versatile + smaller home spaces. Founded by designer, consultant, stylist, creative director and author, Whitney Leigh Morris, this family-owned small business recently finished the construction of a new, compact cottage and greenhouse-office in the southeastern US, and are also restoring a little 1800s French farmhouse and its outbuildings with co-stewards. Morris’ focus is crafting flexible, sustainable, and more community-focused home spaces. Explore Whitney’s book, blog, and social channels for years of tips and tales from living and working in — and with — a smaller footprint.

My Top Small Space Hack

My Top Small Space Hack

Recently I’ve needed to remind myself of my number one small space hack: STOP ACQUIRING SO MUCH STUFF. 

Above: Wearing a “Farm-to-Closet” dress, made with regeneratively grown cotton, from Christy Dawn.

Above: Wearing a “Farm-to-Closet” dress, made with regeneratively grown cotton, from Christy Dawn.

At the end of the day, it’s not actually about nifty organizers and design tricks. It’s about discovering what you need — and don’t need — in order to live comfortably and happily, day by day.

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A side perk of travel (even a short overnight trip) is that it can present an opportunity to reevaluate your belongings and true necessities.

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• What items in your home can serve multiple purposes, eliminating the allure of obtaining more?

• What nonessentials require all sorts of finite resources to manufacture, acquire, maintain and store… then drain time, money and materials that should be protected or put to better use another way?

As we prepare to experience our tiny farmhouse for the first time, I’ll be keeping these topics at the top of mind. And, in the meantime, I’ll be reading The Afrominimalist’s Guide to Living with Less by Christine Platt. 

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A Summer in Limbo

A Summer in Limbo

Replace 300+ Plastic Bottles with This

Replace 300+ Plastic Bottles with This