Tiny Finds Colorado

Kicking off our cross country honeymoon trip we drove two big days straight to Colorado. On the way to Hadley's birthday bike ride we found this gem of a house while passing through Hygiene, Colorado. It's south(ish) facing front which is basically all windows is a nice passive solar design that we'd like to toss into our plans.

Tiny or not, most of the houses in Colorado have tall alpine style roofs and not much of a porch. We guess that not having a porch is because of cultural reasons. We recently had a conversation with a friend about how porches are rumored to be more popular in the Southeast because of African salve culture. I kinda see how that could be a real thing it you pay attention to most European or Jeffersonain houses. They wouldn't really have a "porch" it was more of a tiny shelter for waiting for a carriage rather then a social area.