Toe-Kick Heaters and Ikea Counters Come Stock With These $165K Tiny Homes

John Trujillo
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Quebec company Minimaliste’s ten customizable models are equipped for colder climates and can be customized down to the cabinet fronts.

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Minimaliste was founded in 2015 to address a gap in the tiny home market. "Everything that existed at the time was designed for hot countries. We wanted to make houses that were designed to withstand the cold here in Quebec," says company cofounder Jean-Philippe Marquis. According to him, the idea was a popular one. "We had barely put our first images online before emails from customers started pouring in by the dozen every week," he told Le Journal de Montréal in an interview last year. Here, he shares what the excitement surrounding Minimaliste is all about.

Quebec-based Minimaliste fabricates ten mobile tiny home models available across North America, as well as five types of ADUs for sale in Canada. Their most spacious offering the standard line, the 400-square-foot Charme model pictured houses one enclosed bedroom and two lofted sleeping areas.
Quebec-based Minimaliste fabricates ten mobile tiny home models available across North America, as well as five types of ADUs for sale in Canada. Their most spacious offering the standard line, the 400-square-foot Charme model pictured houses one enclosed bedroom and two lofted sleeping areas.

What’s the most exciting project you’ve realized to date?

Our most exciting project would be our first Noyer model. It was designed for a corporate photographer in California who also owns a blog about tiny living. I think the most important element in this project was the upraised living area with eight-foot-deep drawers beneath it, along with a backsplash with a pattern that matches a vase that belonged to her grandmother.

One of their more popular models, the Noyer is made to sleep up to three people. The living area was raised to allow for deep, 8-foot drawers to be placed beneath it.
One of their more popular models, the Noyer is made to sleep up to three people. The living area was raised to allow for deep, 8-foot drawers to be placed beneath it.
Minimaliste offers three different finishes for the stone polymer composite floors. The structural insulated panels used for the walls are clad with white-painted engineered wood along the interior. Accent walls (as pictured above) can be added to either end of the unit for $600.
Minimaliste offers three different finishes for the stone polymer composite floors. The structural insulated panels used for the walls are clad with white-painted engineered wood along the interior. Accent walls (as pictured above) can be added to either end of the unit for $600.

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