The Tiny Canal Cottage is a resource that helps folks mindfully conceptualize, decorate and enjoy versatile, smaller home spaces. The Cottage was founded by consultant, stylist, creative director and author, Whitney Leigh Morris, whose focus is crafting flexible, sustainable, and more community-focused home spaces. Explore Whitney’s Substack, book, blog, and social channels for ideas that explore joyful, mindful ways to live in — and with — a smaller footprint.
How to politely deal with unwanted gifts— hopefully before they’re given, but also after the fact.
Repurpose items from around your home into low waste / reusable holiday gift wrap.
Creating a festive holiday tablescape in a small home or garden.
Creative, low waste alternatives to Christmas trees for small spaces.
Creating a space-saving, dramatic, festive table of live greenery for the holidays.
How we styled our ~114 sqft greenhouse to function as an easily-adaptable office, an activity space for our child, a quiet reading lounge, a dining / gathering space, and a grow zone.
Constructing a tiny, multi-purpose greenhouse.