Tiny Greenhouse Bedroom + Office

In a recent poll on social media, folks asked to see our tiny greenhouse as a sleep + workspace combination through the introduction of a daybed.

As we’re currently pulling furniture from storage in anticipation of our Cottage move-in date, as well as keeping the greenhouse flexible in preparation for the brick flooring installation in November, we figured we’d give the new setup a try.

After all, ever-versatile (and small) spaces are my favorite…

We hauled out West’s organic Avocado mattress, which he’ll be using in the Cottage when the time comes. (If we decide to keep this daybed setup out here at the greenhouse, we’ll ultimately secure another.)

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Adam and I have — and loooove — the same mattress in a Queen (with the topper add-on). We even got another Avocado in a King size as a gift for my parents last year. And yes— even the dogs have Avocado pet beds. After all, they’re as much family as the rest of us.

With the introduction of the daybed came the need to balance out the space with a larger work surface, so I brought in this slim, folding, reclaimed wood table.

I find that narrow, collapsible, yet expansive surfaces like this are ever-useful in compact rooms.

I’m a fan of this new format. Once the Fireclay brick floor is installed, I suspect we’ll make a daybed a permanent piece.

What do you think? Could you work and doze here— all in 114 sqft?

Bringing the Garden Inside through Earthy Linens

I love being inside our home— I do. But I’ve found that, in this time of far-reaching, heightened stress, being outside works wonders on my attitude. 

I’ve been testing out ways of bringing the feeling of being outdoors into our bedroom to help counter the spike in anxiety I feel overnight. 

We have windows in our headboard, so I trained the grapevine to run along the wall behind the bed, where its bright, wide leaves brush against the glass beneath the trailing plants on our built-in bookshelf. 

The greenery continues on the other side of the room, where trumpet vines spill from an overhead living canopy just beyond the French doors. 

To visually connect all of these elements throughout the bedroom, we added 100% linen sheets in this Earthy green hue. So far I’m enjoying how it unites this small space without visually cluttering it.

I always prefer linen sheets. First of all, they’re breathable (which helps, as we have no AC here in our tiny, coastal home)

Additionally, they don’t cling to dog hair as much as other fabrics seem to.

They get softer with every wash, and they line-dry quickly, helping us cut back on energy usage and costs.

Lastly, I find them simply beautiful.

West keeps saying, “Mom— I love our new bed!” (So do I, West.)

Note: This blog post was not sponsored, but the sheets were gifted as part of a paid partnership with Brooklinen on Instagram. As always, a portion of the income my small company earned from the collaboration will be donated to The RightWay Foundation.