‘IKEA’ Collaborates On Their First Tiny House Design And The Interior Looks Both Beautiful And Practical
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It’s a small dream of mine to have a comfy, cozy, tiny home somewhere in the Scandinavian woods (preferably near some mountains and a lake). I’d go for walks and return home to make delicious breakfast just as the sun’s peeking out from the treetops.
I’m pretty sure that I’m not alone in thinking about moving out to nature to live a minimalist lifestyle full of fresh air and adventure because, let’s be honest, the hustle, bustle, and stress of everyday city life can be exhausting. That’s where the Swedish retailer (and our beloved meatball maker) Ikea comes in.
Ikea partnered up with Vox Creative, Curbed, and Escape, which builds small homes and RVs in the US, and created a sustainable tiny mobile home that you can live in off the grid. So the Ikea Tiny Home is the perfect fit for anyone constantly on the move or wanting to mix and match remote work with adventuring. Scroll down, check out the tiny home that was originally built in March and shown to the world only recently, and let us know what you think of it, dear Readers. A huge thank you to the team at Ikea for helping Bored Panda out with their fabulous photos.
Dan George Dobrowolski, the founder and CEO of Escape, told Bored Panda that sustainability is at the core of all of their designs and shows up in many different ways. “Energy efficiency with a tiny carbon footprint, use of sustainable and recycled materials, the ability of the building to be moved and adapt to new environments as needed. The list is endless.”
More info: IKEA.com | EscapeTraveler.net | Curbed | Virtual Tour
The Tiny Home Project is a collaboration between Ikea, Vox Creative, Curbed, and Escape
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According to Dobrowolski, the idea generation, design, and building phases were “relatively smooth as they were simply making small interior modifications to our existing Boho XL model.” He pointed out that the project had been in the works for around a year and that they were approached by a third party for the project.
“We can deliver anywhere, but customs would need to be cleared on the buyer’s end,” he shared the good news.
Dobrowolski added: “Smaller is beautiful.” And we couldn’t agree more.
The Boho XL home is all about sustainability and mobility
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It’s great for anyone constantly on the move, with a love for comfy minimalism, and a heart for eco-friendliness
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The interior is stylish, comfortable, and what you’d expect to see in an Ikea showroom
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At 187 square feet, the home is obviously tiny, but it has everything that you need to snuggle up and live and work comfortably
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Photos like this one are making us long for a life far away from the hustle and bustle of the city
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There’s enough space everywhere for your books, your plant buddies, and your hobby gear
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The bed is quite large for such a tiny home
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The kitchen has plenty of space for all of your appliances and ingredients (carrots not included)
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We love how everything blends together so well
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Meanwhile, the bathroom looks stunning with the sustainably-grown pine wood paneling peeking out in places
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There’s plenty of hidden storage designed to fit the essential items
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The dining table can be used in many different ways and we love the flexibility that it has
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The outside space adds to the house’s charm and you can easily have a picnic next to your home
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Here’s a blueprint of the home to make things clearer
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Ikea’s Tiny Home Project is all about sustainability: the home has solar panels and composting toilets. The 187-square-foot (17.4-square-meter) Boho XL home is based on Escape’s Vista Boho XL home.
While the Boho XL might be tiny, the price tag isn’t all that small—the Ikea collab home costs around 63,350 dollars, according to Business Insider. Meanwhile, the Vista Boho XL is priced at 47,550 dollars as per Escape’s website. Or 331 dollars per month. However, depending on where you live, this might be much cheaper than getting your own apartment or house. And there’s something to be said about the uniqueness of the home, its style, and eco-friendliness.
Check out the full digital preview of the home right here
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Dobrowolski, the founder of Escape, completed the project for Ikea in less than two months. He told Lonely Planet that the collab was “natural” because they feature a lot of Ikea’s products in their tiny home designs. “They mirror the renewable, reusable, and recycled materials we incorporate into the actual structures.”
Meanwhile, Abbey Stark, Ikea’s senior interior design leader, said that she wanted to “source renewable, reusable, and recycled materials to make the space functional, as well as beautiful.” This is reflected in everything: from the kitchen cupboards made from recycled bottle tops to the sustainably grown pine wood used to panel the interior.
It’s a dream home for anyone who’s eco-minded and constantly on the move. But what about you, dear Pandas? Would you love to live in a home just like this?
Why is living in a tiny home cool and classy, but living in a trailer home of tiny studio or 1 room apartment considered trashy or poor?
It's called psychological conditioning. Companies/Property Owners are trying to make homes and Micro-apartments "trendy" and a "lifestyle choice" to distract us from the rising cost of rent.
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Now let two people live in it for a year, then show us the pictures...
Looks like a nice place for a getaway vacation, but for real life? With a full wardrobe? My wife and I lived in a 300 sf apt for years. Living simple is possible, but this is another matter.
Lol ikea just made the shotgun shack eligant. My God this is just for upper middle class people to feel better about their living choices. There is no way anyone who could actually benefit from having this would: 1) be able to afford it 2) find a place that would allow them to park it (thanks municipality regulations) 3) be able to afford a vehicle large enough to tow this There are so many factors as to why this is just a waste of resources and time. This is really starting to feel like the wealthy are just trying to have us poorzies bootstrap our way to living in trailers by saying look it's soooo affordable! You don't need all that space you can just live in a modernized trailer, it's fine! Like wow have any of them looked at the cost of renting a plot in a trailer park? It's freakng expensive!
The problem is not hte tiny home, the problem is where you put it. You need water, electricity and sewers - adn in ma country a building permit (yes, despite the mobility). And the latter is a good thing or people would just litter the countryside with their 'homes'. As cute as I find them, tiny homes are not a solution to most housing problems.
I wanted to love this. I do intend to use a few Ikea pieces in my Airstream remodel. I just can't love this though, it's not practical. The sharp wooden edge on the deck of the sofa will dig into the backs of your knees. Unless I missed it there's no TV featured, and I'm assuming that it's because there isn't an obvious place to put one. As lovely as layered textiles are, without storage space, the bed ends up looking like its covered in laundry in need of folding. Even the outdoor vignette is uninviting. The miniature metal table and chairs look like props and not functional furniture.t Fortunately the dining table is an excellent piece and the only bright spot in this entire design. I'm not listing all these flaws to be a negative Nancy, I'm truly hoping to bring attention to function, after all it's what Ikea is best known for.
It’s not just Brazil … [People & Power : Romania - Rape of the Forest] Illegal logging has been committed by the Timber Mafia and the corrupt govt, and many activists have been assassinated. IKEA is just like Nestle and the biggest buyer of illegal timber. It needs to be known worldwide and IKEA should be boycotted. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/romania-rape-of-the-forest-people-and-power/id468402649?i=1000500405159&fbclid=IwAR3rWAi6HwvxfNnzclmAQCqM05MPepFfaWGA80f6iXPO3NFq-FHK4E3OoHU
I have been looking at tiny houses for about a year. Not one had an actual closet. 24" of a "closet" wouldn't even hold my coats. I have light-weight to heavy coats because where I live we have four seasons.
In my opinion, this trend is such a response to consumerism on the American real estate market. Have you seen the flm Cluttered middle class life? In these too big 300 m2 houses are completely unused rooms. In small houses the starting point is function. Maybe it is the way to houses of reasonable size?
Nice! I wonder how big the flatpak box that it comes in is. Does it need more than a screwdriver to assemble? I notice the blueprint shows a 4 burner stove but none of the photos do. Maybe that's an option.
This is what happens when the love child of Ted Kaczynski and Marie Kondo designs a house...Seriously, how is this "living off the grid"? You would still need electricity, water, and a vehicle big enough to tow your miniature dream home from place to place!
In the UK you'd need planning permission even if you owned the entire field. I have a campervan and the only views I get are of a supermarket car park or a field of caravans on an expensive site. We're not allowed to stop anywhere else...
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Flat area allows for some disabled use... unlike the stair climbing tiny homes but I would convert the Bed to a Murphy bed desk ... for more open floor space when needed. Or... lift bed top for additional storage!But great for spare living space or AirBB!
Also imagining the owner's reaction when after a few years living in a shoe box, they get tired of it and want bigger place... only to find they can only expect to get a few thousand for their 60k "investment".
Ok. Let's do the math. Let's say they live in it for 5 years at $60,000. Rent for a studio is around $900 for a moderate sized city (I looked up prices in 10 cities and took average.) $900 x 60 months = $54,000. So even if you can only get a few thousand out of it, you are no worse off. Assuming you have a place to put your tiny house.
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I really like this and hate to be negative but I don't see the advantage over an RV or camper trailer.
Well, this is nice and all, but there is NO WAY that tiny thing has enough space for all my books, plants AND hobbies.
It gorgeous, and I Love the color scheme, don't think I'd live in it though.
I like the tiny homes that people make themselves. The ones from companies always look so boring.
Beautifully done, although I'm not sure about practicality. Downsizing wardrobe and personal belongings, probably doable. But for someone with sports gears, there doesn't seem to be any space for them
Grew up with my family sharing an attic room, now I live in a multi floor house with two separate rooms to myself. The most important thing is who you are and what you value, and the company you keep makes a difference. There are creative ways to mitigate inconveniences of living in smaller homes. I look forward to living nomadically and in small homes.
Isn't that what they call a trailer home in the US 😂 Making low standard of living appealing to the Millennials... Nah just kidding, I like caravans and I think in the future we might have to get used to lower standards, so I'm ok with it.
Mobile homes in the US are much larger and better made.
Load More Replies... Why is living in a tiny home cool and classy, but living in a trailer home of tiny studio or 1 room apartment considered trashy or poor?
It's called psychological conditioning. Companies/Property Owners are trying to make homes and Micro-apartments "trendy" and a "lifestyle choice" to distract us from the rising cost of rent.
Load More Replies... Now let two people live in it for a year, then show us the pictures...
Looks like a nice place for a getaway vacation, but for real life? With a full wardrobe? My wife and I lived in a 300 sf apt for years. Living simple is possible, but this is another matter.
Lol ikea just made the shotgun shack eligant. My God this is just for upper middle class people to feel better about their living choices. There is no way anyone who could actually benefit from having this would: 1) be able to afford it 2) find a place that would allow them to park it (thanks municipality regulations) 3) be able to afford a vehicle large enough to tow this There are so many factors as to why this is just a waste of resources and time. This is really starting to feel like the wealthy are just trying to have us poorzies bootstrap our way to living in trailers by saying look it's soooo affordable! You don't need all that space you can just live in a modernized trailer, it's fine! Like wow have any of them looked at the cost of renting a plot in a trailer park? It's freakng expensive!
The problem is not hte tiny home, the problem is where you put it. You need water, electricity and sewers - adn in ma country a building permit (yes, despite the mobility). And the latter is a good thing or people would just litter the countryside with their 'homes'. As cute as I find them, tiny homes are not a solution to most housing problems.
I wanted to love this. I do intend to use a few Ikea pieces in my Airstream remodel. I just can't love this though, it's not practical. The sharp wooden edge on the deck of the sofa will dig into the backs of your knees. Unless I missed it there's no TV featured, and I'm assuming that it's because there isn't an obvious place to put one. As lovely as layered textiles are, without storage space, the bed ends up looking like its covered in laundry in need of folding. Even the outdoor vignette is uninviting. The miniature metal table and chairs look like props and not functional furniture.t Fortunately the dining table is an excellent piece and the only bright spot in this entire design. I'm not listing all these flaws to be a negative Nancy, I'm truly hoping to bring attention to function, after all it's what Ikea is best known for.
It’s not just Brazil … [People & Power : Romania - Rape of the Forest] Illegal logging has been committed by the Timber Mafia and the corrupt govt, and many activists have been assassinated. IKEA is just like Nestle and the biggest buyer of illegal timber. It needs to be known worldwide and IKEA should be boycotted. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/romania-rape-of-the-forest-people-and-power/id468402649?i=1000500405159&fbclid=IwAR3rWAi6HwvxfNnzclmAQCqM05MPepFfaWGA80f6iXPO3NFq-FHK4E3OoHU
I have been looking at tiny houses for about a year. Not one had an actual closet. 24" of a "closet" wouldn't even hold my coats. I have light-weight to heavy coats because where I live we have four seasons.
In my opinion, this trend is such a response to consumerism on the American real estate market. Have you seen the flm Cluttered middle class life? In these too big 300 m2 houses are completely unused rooms. In small houses the starting point is function. Maybe it is the way to houses of reasonable size?
Nice! I wonder how big the flatpak box that it comes in is. Does it need more than a screwdriver to assemble? I notice the blueprint shows a 4 burner stove but none of the photos do. Maybe that's an option.
This is what happens when the love child of Ted Kaczynski and Marie Kondo designs a house...Seriously, how is this "living off the grid"? You would still need electricity, water, and a vehicle big enough to tow your miniature dream home from place to place!
In the UK you'd need planning permission even if you owned the entire field. I have a campervan and the only views I get are of a supermarket car park or a field of caravans on an expensive site. We're not allowed to stop anywhere else...
Load More Replies... Flat area allows for some disabled use... unlike the stair climbing tiny homes but I would convert the Bed to a Murphy bed desk ... for more open floor space when needed. Or... lift bed top for additional storage!But great for spare living space or AirBB!
Also imagining the owner's reaction when after a few years living in a shoe box, they get tired of it and want bigger place... only to find they can only expect to get a few thousand for their 60k "investment".
Ok. Let's do the math. Let's say they live in it for 5 years at $60,000. Rent for a studio is around $900 for a moderate sized city (I looked up prices in 10 cities and took average.) $900 x 60 months = $54,000. So even if you can only get a few thousand out of it, you are no worse off. Assuming you have a place to put your tiny house.
Load More Replies... I really like this and hate to be negative but I don't see the advantage over an RV or camper trailer.
Well, this is nice and all, but there is NO WAY that tiny thing has enough space for all my books, plants AND hobbies.
It gorgeous, and I Love the color scheme, don't think I'd live in it though.
I like the tiny homes that people make themselves. The ones from companies always look so boring.
Beautifully done, although I'm not sure about practicality. Downsizing wardrobe and personal belongings, probably doable. But for someone with sports gears, there doesn't seem to be any space for them
Grew up with my family sharing an attic room, now I live in a multi floor house with two separate rooms to myself. The most important thing is who you are and what you value, and the company you keep makes a difference. There are creative ways to mitigate inconveniences of living in smaller homes. I look forward to living nomadically and in small homes.
Isn't that what they call a trailer home in the US 😂 Making low standard of living appealing to the Millennials... Nah just kidding, I like caravans and I think in the future we might have to get used to lower standards, so I'm ok with it.
Mobile homes in the US are much larger and better made.
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