Toe-Kick Heaters and Ikea Counters Come Stock With These $165K Tiny Homes
Quebec company Minimaliste’s ten customizable models are equipped for colder climates and can be customized down to the cabinet fronts.
Quebec company Minimaliste’s ten customizable models are equipped for colder climates and can be customized down to the cabinet fronts.
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Minimaliste was founded in 2015 to address a gap in the tiny home market. "Everything that existed at the time was designed for hot countries. We wanted to make houses that were designed to withstand the cold here in Quebec," says company cofounder Jean-Philippe Marquis. According to him, the idea was a popular one. "We had barely put our first images online before emails from customers started pouring in by the dozen every week," he told Le Journal de Montréal in an interview last year. Here, he shares what the excitement surrounding Minimaliste is all about.
Minimaliste fabricates ten mobile models, as well as five ADUs exclusive to Canada. Their most spacious offering in the standard line, the 400-square-foot Charme houses one enclosed bedroom and two lofted sleeping areas.
Photo courtesy of Minimaliste Inc.
What’s the most exciting project you’ve realized to date?
Our most exciting project would be our first Noyer model. It was designed for a corporate photographer in California who also owns a blog about tiny living. I think the most important element in this project was the upraised living area with eight-foot-deep drawers beneath it, along with a backsplash with a pattern that matches a vase that belonged to her grandmother.
One of the company’s more popular models, the Noyer is made to sleep up to three people. In this tiny home, the living area was raised to allow for deep, eight-foot drawers to tuck underneath.
Photo courtesy of Minimaliste Inc.
Minimaliste offers three different finishes for their stone polymer composite floors. The structural insulated panels used for the walls are clad with white-painted engineered wood. Accent walls can be added to either end of the unit for $600.
Photo courtesy of Minimaliste Inc.
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