Sustainable Decadence And The Tiny House Trend

Note: all images are from Warwickshire, UK-based Tinywood Homes

Sustainable Decadence meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs to be decadent. Personally, I prefer the word ‘pleasure’ to decadence but the spirit behind the words is the same.

Portland’s Bamboo restaurant, considered to be the first sustainable sushi restaurant, serves only serving seafood that is listed as sustainable or a good alternative by Monterey Bay Aquarium and the Blue Ocean Institute. (Read Aquacalypse Now: Discovering Sustainable Sushi T0 Save Our Sealife.) Bamboo came up in a search for ‘sustainable decadence.’

Personally, I’m a huge fan of the tiny house trend. Treehugger did a recent feature on Warwickshire, UK-based Tinywood Homes, a builder of holiday properties for rent on their farms or your property.

Treehugger raises the ‘sustainable decadence’ question specifically concerning the hot tub attached to the tiny house. Building wood-fired hot tubs is part of Aiden Reeve’s business, so it seems only natural that one would be part of his getaway experience.

No mention is made of whether recycled materials are used to build Tinywood Homes. Still, these wonderful images emphasize the reality that downsizing and simplifying doesn’t mean having to get rid of every pleasure and luxury in life.

Living in a tiny home for a week or two could be a great trial run before a permanent move. However, the experience can come at a price. Country Living has a feature on tiny houses, including 14 tiny cabins at the Blue Moon Rising ecotourism retreat in McHenry, Maryland.

Built by the folks at Hobbitat, the quaint interior features a living space, queen-bed nook, bathroom, and kitchen with a view of nature, all under a curved, corrugated metal ceiling. Rental rates per night range from $249 to $349.