A Dahlia Farmer’s Tiny Home Comes Into Bloom in Northern California
In a field of flowers in Sonoma County, Tru Form Tiny plants a 364-square-foot house that’s packed with storage, style, and charm.
In a field of flowers in Sonoma County, Tru Form Tiny plants a 364-square-foot house that’s packed with storage, style, and charm.
When Kate Rowe commissioned Jen and Jon Carroll and Malia Schultheis, the owners of Tru Form Tiny, to design a custom home for her dahlia farm in Sonoma County, California, she was planning her freedom. "When I asked Tru Form Tiny to build this home, I couldn’t afford to buy a traditional house, and I didn’t want to move into an apartment," Rowe says. "I value being independent, and I’m not interested in sharing walls or having roommates—a tiny house was the perfect solution."
Kate Rowe walks along the flower farm in Sonoma County, California, where her custom home designed and built by Tru Form Tiny is parked.
Michelle Wrestling
The dahlia farm is surrounded by vineyards and rolling hills.
Becca Henry Photography
Schultheis, lead designer for the Eugene, Oregon–based company, imagined a 346-square-foot home that would allow Kate to become a homeowner where she’d dreamed of living. "Because I have a tiny house, I’m able to live in this incredible, remote place, only an hour from San Francisco, without paying the high cost of property in Sonoma County," Kate says.
The tiny home is clad with tongue-and-groove cedar and standing-seam metal siding.
Courtesy of Tru Form Tiny
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