Bike and garden storage for this backyard cottage is located to the back facing the garden and the primary residence.
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The tangletown backyard cottage features stained concrete floors and vaulted ceilings.
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backyard cottage living room looks out onto still under construction garden. the plywood window wrap provides a clean contemporary look. design, bruce parker, microhouse photo, max ralph, LCM builders

A narrow stair serves the kids bedroom. A murphy bed on the ground floor accommodates their adults.
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this backyard cottage bath room features a tile walk in shower and skylight
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A living room for a backyard cottage featuring exposed joist ceilings and stained concrete floors
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Last year Ballard residents Drew and Jacob decided to tear down their "scary little garage" and build a backyard cottage. Fast forward to this week and they are now living in an intergenerational family compound, sharing their property with Drew’s parents. Come and see what they built.

The kitchen window faces the house and an outdoor patio (still under construction). Exposed car decking opens up the kitchen ceiling and serves as the floor to the bedroom above.

a view of the backyard cottage from the yard showing the roof top deck.

This backyard cottage cottage features a 2nd floor 1 bedroom apartment with vaulted ceilings. The bedroom is designed to function as a study with a sleeping loft located above. Bruce Parker - microhouse

This ballard backyard cottage features a recording studio with vaulted ceilings and a sleeping loft. To sign up for our invite list to tour a backyard cottage, visit our seattle backyard cottage blog.

The light filled study with its tree top views and large skylight is the most popular room in this backyard cottage. A fold out sofa provides a place for guests to sleep (to the left outside the photo).

Now that their children are grown, the backyard cottage owners wanted to downsize from their beautiful but too large house but they didn't want to leave their neighborhood and friends. So they contacted Bruce Parker of microhouse to assist in the design of their new small dream home behind their current house. The lot is small, less than 4,000 sq ft and the cottage had to take advantage of every available square inch, of the allowable 800 sq. ft., and work with limited opportunities for light and views.

this one bedroom backyard cottage features a chef's kitchen and rooftop deck. bruce parker, microhouse
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a sitting area adjacent to the stair landing in this backyard cottage. Car decking serves as the floor of the master bedroom and the ceiling of the living room below.

This crown hill backyard cottage features a ground floor artist studio and a 2nd floor apartment.
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The compact kitchen employs a kitchen table (not pictured) to double the work surface in this compact kitchen, design, bruce parker, microhouse photo, max ralph, LCM builders

backyard cottage small kitchen, exposed ceiling
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a bonus bedroom for this backyard cottage
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