One of my favorite weekend getaways was my family's trip to Lake Rabun, which is a man-made lake about 2 hours north of Atlanta Georgia. It turns out that this is where a lot of very wealthy people live and vacation and they had houses that demonstrated that wealth. What I found so interesting though was all the boat houses, because so many of them looked like tiny houses (on top of two car garages). Check out the design of these ‘not so tiny’ boathouses to inspire your tiny house design.
To be clear, none of these boat houses were designed by me. In this case, I'm just the man behind the camera. :) (If you are looking for my designs, check out our tiny houses page.)
My favorite was this design. I loved the colors, windows, and details of the dormers.
This one has similar colors to the first one, and I love it. The natural wood tones look great with the dark trim and the greenish siding.
This house has a popular northwestern style with cedar shake siding and 'redish' trim.
This boat house has a unique and interesting curved feature to the roof. It's unlike anything I've seen on a tiny house before.
The colors of this house are much more subdued, but if you are looking for a simpler style, this boat house looks great. I'm not sure how much the stone is influencing how much I like this house, since I love stone. But stone is hard to pull off on a tiny house because of the weight and fake stone never looks good.
This is a more monotone look, but I like the board and batten siding.
I lean towards the natural, darker colors, but the cream colored trim on this house is clean and rich.
The pop of natural color on the underside of the roof on this house drew my eye. I like seeing the detail of the roof construction (exposed beams), but unfortunately on a real house that is filled with insulation and covered with siding.
A hip-roof design isn't as practical for a tiny house since you loose space, but I liked the modern louver siding on this boat house.
I loved the large doors on this design. Opening them up on a tiny house would seamlessly extend your entire house out to a deck. You would just want to live someplace with a climate that would allow you to take advantage of them a good part of the year (or move to that climate throughout the year).
This one almost looks whimsical with it's extremely high pitched roof.
Here are a few more that caught my attention.
Which one do you like? Did you find inspiration from these boathouses for your tiny house design? Let us know in the comments below!
Published on 10/7/2022. Published in Tiny House Style.
