Teeny, tiny houses of Charleston

Dressed for fall, Charleston, S.C. 

This is a sweet addition to the teeny, tiny houses of Charleston series and when I backtracked it looks like I took almost the exact same shot around this time last year. That happens so often I must have annual routines I am not aware of.

I woke up with dreaded cold symptoms this morning so didn't go for my usual walk-about. I went shopping for cold remedies and hoped that everything promising to shorten the length of the misery would take me back to before it started. I know I am not alone with the sniffles at the moment. Bless us all. Achhhoo. 

Teeny, tiny houses of Charleston - F Street

26 F St., Charleston, SC

Here is a wee one for our collection of teeny, tiny houses in Charleston. This is on "F" street off upper King St. and behind the Pancito & Lefty restaurant. It looks like a complete renovation and now for rent for $2,000 a month. Gulp.

The sun in shining and what a treat that is after the daily rain we've been having. I walked the West Ashley Bikeway this morning, ran errands and baked cookies already. Have fun out there kids!

Teeny, tiny houses of Charleston

1 Kracke St., Charleston, SC   

This is a sweet little renovation on Kracke St. Looking at the side view it isn't so very teeny, tiny after all! Built in 1893 is has three bedrooms and two baths. That would be one more bathroom than I have.

I hope everyone stayed dry and out of traffic jams today. What a mess.

Teeny, tiny houses of Charleston

Charleston, SC   

This is a sweetie in the small house series. Sadly I need help remembering what street it was on. I did a Queen, Tradd loop that day. I noted it was 88 1/2 but didn't remember what street. I always assume I will remember everything. Foiled again. 

Teeny, tiny buildings of Charleston

Charleston, SC  

Teeny, tiny buildings. I love them. You know I do.

In other news, I didn't make my 10,000 steps today. It's already getting dark too early. I headed in at around 6,500 steps so must assume I walked 3,500 during the period that my phone was charging at work rather than logging steps.

In tastier news, I made these individual sized Fruit & Cream Cheese Breakfast Pastries for brunch yesterday and they turned out exactly as advertised and were easy-peasy with prepared puff pastry.

Teeny, tiny houses of Charleston - Line St.

Line St., Charleston, SC     

I walked the line this morning - Line St. that is. I did this route last weekend in the dripping rain while today is warm and sunny. Adding to our series of tiny dwelling are these Freedman's cottages. Looking for information on these traditional Charleston cottages I discovered that there is actually a book about them. What a fun book to research.

The Charleston "Freedman's Cottage": An Architectural Tradition

Charleston’s “freedman’s cottages” are some of the most understudied and undervalued vernacular buildings in the city, found as far south as Council Street and as far north as North Charleston. Though these cottages have long been associated with African American history and culture, they in fact extend much further into the history and development of Charleston and deserve to be studied and understood. The predominant theory is that these tiny houses, often no larger than five hundred square feet, were constructed by and for freed slaves after the Civil War, due to a rising need for inexpensive housing. Who occupied these houses over time? What were their lives like? Most of them were ordinary citizens to whom we can all relate. Each one of these houses has at least a hundred stories to tell, many of which have been uncovered and recounted here.

Tucked away - tiny houses of Charleston

Spring St., Charleston, SC  

It was chilly and drizzly this morning and I carried a pocket camera to walk the Bogard, Line, Ashe, Rose, Percy and Spring street area. There are a lot of changes happening in that part of town but you can still homes waiting for some love.

Sometimes just coming at a house from a different angle makes you see it in a fresh way and walking down Rose Lane I was reminded how this tiny house is snuggled in between two much larger residences on Spring St. Maybe the close quarters will keep it warm tonight!

I brought in as many plants as I could and protected some of the rest. We have so few freezing nights it is worth trying to coax them through! Stay safe and warm everyone.

Teeny, tiny houses of Charleston

Stoll's Alley, Charleston, SC   

This may not be a genuine tiny house since on second glance it appears to be attached to the main building but it is close enough to count today. Truthfully with everything that has been going I haven't felt inclined to post so I'll stick to a sweet little house image and a sign that I spotted shortly after taking this shot.

Meanwhile, be nice to each other, kids.

Tiny House Sale

King St., Charleston, SC   

One of Charleston's most adorable tiny houses is for sale. On King St. and close to White Point Gardens naturally the price is not quite so adorably tiny. Two bedrooms and two bathrooms. You can check the real estate listing to take a look inside while it is on the market. As always, if you buy it it is assumed that I will be invited for tea. High tea.

Oldest House in Charleston

17 Chalmers St., Charleston, SC 

I often walk by the Pink House on Chalmers St. hoping to catch it without a car parked in front.

The July 4th traffic was lighter than usual and I got lucky. I was torn about moving

the blue trash barrel down the street but nudged it far enough to possibly crop out. 

Oldest house in Charleston and can be yours for an easy $995,000. 

While I have your attention here is a fun video of Stephen Colbert and Sturgill Simpson 

in the Charleston Waffle House. 

Stay cool kids! Luckily I walked over 8,000 steps at work today so a light evening

stroll this evening should take care of it.  

Charleston fixer-upper

Charleston, SC  

We haven't run out of fixer-uppers yet!

It's Friday, kids. A gentleman told me this afternoon that there were two things that Charlestonian's were never late for - a wake or a cocktail party. Sadly I had the first one, a funeral visitation to go to this evening. One of my our wonderful hospital volunteers passed away. She had nine children and they made the visitation easier for everyone by wearing name tags with their sibling rank clearly marked on it as did their children. They were identified by name and #1, 2, 3 etc. It was brilliant and made it much easier to introduce yourself to the family members. What a grand lady she was and my sympathy is with the large and loving family for their loss this week.

Have a good weekend. I believe I earned mine. My plants are watered, my new air-conditioner is humming along and Netflix and I have settled in for the evening.  My new show is 30 Degrees in February, a Swedish series based in Thailand. 

Charleston Single House - extreme style!

America St., Charleston, SC   

I hope that FedEx delivery isn't too big. It might not fit in the house. 

This tiny, Charleston single house was built in 1991 by David Hammons as part of a Spoleto site specific art project on the East side. The Charleston City Paper has more information on the project. Happily for me the house remains after all these years. 

Teeny, tiny houses of Charleston - Spring St.

Spring St., Charleston, SC   

I had to resist the urge to straighten out this image because this tiny old house on Spring St. isn't straight to begin with. What a fun little cottage.

The rain from tropical storm Bonnie continued today enough to throw off any major long weekend plans. Blah. I actually did some chores, changed my air filter, hung a picture and bought groceries. How boring is that? Luckily the evening ended on a high note with a home cooked Italian dinner with lots of laughter and good friends. 

Teeny, tiny houses

Sutherland Ct., Charleston, SC    

Here are a couple of little cuties in the smaller scale. I walked the area around Hampton Park on Sunday and spotted them on that tiny cut through street off of Huger. The top one needs some luvin'.

What a beautiful day! I had mid-day meetings at the Mount Pleasant Hospital so got out of the office and enjoyed the freedom. It is crisp and cool at the moment and I am back on my walking routine. I had been sidetracked by a couple of sprains and heel pain but marching onward again.

TV is so dreadful now that I get so sad when I finish a series I enjoy on Netflix. It feels like I will never find anything I care about enough to watch again and then, bingo I find something. This time I latched on to The Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt. Fun stuff. It is a change from my recent streak of Nordic detective and police reporter shows.

Teeny, tiny houses

Rockville, SC

The latest addition to my teeny, tiny house series may be cheating just a bit but isn't it a cutie?! And it is a real Charleston style single house. I spotted this model home in the village of Rockville.

It's been a good weekend although I had to keep changing plans to stay a step ahead of predictions of rain. Turns out it mainly rained in the night and the days have been lovely, fresh and cool. I shouldn't have listened to the weathermen at all. Now, as is my custom I am trying to do all my weekend chores in the last hour. Blah.

Teeny, tiny houses of Charleston - Drake St.

Drake St., Charleston, SC  

Another rainy day in Charleston with the usual flooded streets. I was lucky enough to switch one meeting across town into a conference call, stayed snug in my office with a mug of tea and still got the job done.

I had this picture from my weekend walk saved to share and add to my collection of tiny houses. It is a sweetie. Below you can see it in proportion to it's larger neighbor.

Bull St. sweetie

Bull St., Charleston, S.C.

Oh, it is just too darned cute. I've featured this one before but it looked so dreamy with the lush foliage and blossoms I had to grab it again. This is one of a pair of little cottages on either side of 74 Bull St.

Yay, it is nice to have a computer working again. It's raining so I can't really go for my evening hike. Time to flit around and visit all the other lowcountry bloggers and see what they've been up to.

Teeny, tiny houses - fixer-up edition

Round O, S.C.

It was a beautiful day yesterday but a harsh light for photographs. You know I like to capture teeny, tiny houses but I am guessing this one isn't "move in ready". I found this little cottage in Colleton County around the community of Round O.

Yes, seriously, there is a place called Round O.This is what Wikipedia has to say about the name:  

Round O (formerly also called Round). 

Hahah! Ya think people kept wondering what was round so they had to add the "O"?

Teeny, tiny houses of Charleston

Ashley Avenue, Charleston, SC

It is probably some kind of garden or guest house rather than a tiny home but it is small and different. I'll need to check back and update when the grounds are finished. 

Teeny, tiny houses of the lowcountry

Drayton Hall privy, Charleston, S.C.

I have a little brick sweetie to add to our collection of teeny, tiny houses of Charleston. Tin roof, fireplace. I am ready to move it. One catch - this particular wee cottage was actually the privy or outhouse for the much larger mansion. We are still going to do it in style since the framed sketch inside shows that it was a seven-seater! Call your friends. We have room for everyone. Yikes.

The fireplace was added later when it was used as an office.