The author is a seasoned tiny house enthusiast with over a decade of hands-on experience in the small living movement. After trading 2,000 square feet for 200 in 2013, they've personally navigated the challenges of design, construction, zoning battles, and the psychological adjustment to minimal living. They've built three tiny homes (including one spectacular mistake involving an incorrectly measured staircase), lived in five different tiny house communities across the country, and consulted on dozens of builds. When not writing about clever storage solutions or composting toilet maintenance, they can be found hosting workshops for aspiring tiny homeowners or testing innovative space-saving products that rarely work as advertised the first time. Their practical knowledge comes not from textbooks but from measuring twice, cutting once, and occasionally having to improvise when things don't fit through the tiny door.