Jay Shafer is the founder of a company that builds tiny homes. The smallest home he builds is only 65 square feet (6 Square meters)! This is about the size of the average prison cell.
But Shafer's cozy, small houses have the look and feel of a true home. Shafer, whose 100-square-foot (9-square-meter)home is a far cry from the 4000-square-foot (372-square-meter) home he grew up in, feels that a bigger home would be too large for him.
When asked why he chooses to live in a tiny house, he says,"Mostly just because I don't like vacuuming!" Shafer says. "A lot of people who down size discover that what they feared would be claustrophobic...is actually more nurturing and comforting".