A staircase, which harbours plenty of clever storage niches, leads to a mezzanine bedroom. Spacious and cosy, the sleeping loft benefits from a pitched ceiling, sliding windows and built-in storage units.

There's also a private bathroom that can be accessed via a partition door. It comes equipped with a shower cubicle, a dry toilet, a large wardrobe and a washing machine.

Baluchon will build the beautiful Ala Köl for you for around £86,000 ($108k/€100k). While this particular design isn't available as a DIY kit, they do have a self-build tiny home starting from around £21,500 ($27k/€25k).

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