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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.

Rightsizing: Thoughts on outgrowing certain spaces...

Rightsizing: Thoughts on outgrowing certain spaces...

This is a place for sharing. Not just stories and visuals, but spaces themselves, and ways in which we can navigate and enjoy them together.

Over my 10+ years of publishing lifestyle and design tales of small space living, I’ve ushered millions of folks through lovingly crafted homes ranging from ~100 sqft to ~900 sqft. I’m continuing some of these intimate walk-throughs, but from now on the full-length / full-imagery versions of most posts (including those from the farmhouse and the cottage) will live on my new Substack + newletter: Rightsizing.

There’s so much interest surrounding multigenerational living, co-stewardship, shared resources, and sustainably + mindfully made, modest residences that the discussion has outgrown my blog, and is settling into a more suitably-sized space of its own.

Honestly I should’ve done this years ago, but I simply didn’t have the bandwidth. I so hope you’ll join me there now. Together, we’ll grow a community of folks who are interested in enjoying life in — and with — a smaller footprint.

Why Subscribe? (Because life is better when we share it!)
Subscribing is like walking into our cottage or farmhouse, but without getting all the dog hair stuck to your clothes. You’ll receive my newsletters, and full length versions of posts from my (now abbreviated) blog, along with exclusive imagery.

A Carbon Negative Kitchen Appliance with a Positive Impact on Soil Health

A Carbon Negative Kitchen Appliance with a Positive Impact on Soil Health

Managing Mosquitoes in a Healthier & more Sustainable Way

Managing Mosquitoes in a Healthier & more Sustainable Way