Simple Living

After downsizing over the years, Brenda Speller’s tiny Katrina cottage has just enough space for simple seaside living.

KATIE WOOD

KATRINA COTTAGES Made popular by the need for emergency housing after Hurricane Katrina, the quaint, prefabricated Katrina cottages are typically small, single story cottages constructed from factory-made panels. Because they a re prefabricated, these extremely durable cottages can be built quickly and economically, often within a few days. Style Idea When working with a small space, decorator Tonya G. Kilpatrick suggests finding furniture pieces that can be utilized in more than one way, like the side tables pictured here that can also be used as stools for extra seating in the kitchen or living area. When people visit Brenda Speller’s tiny Katrina cottage, their lasting impression tends to be a sentiment of “this is all you really need in life.” Though her one-bedroom cottage provides less than 600 square feet of living space, it…

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The Cottage Journal (Digital) - 1 Issue, Summer 2014

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