Tiny Homes are Big at the Seattle Home & Garden Show 2023

A tiny home village built by Carriage House Northwest highlighting the latest trends in affordable housing, includes tiny homes that can be used in a variety of ways - from creating additional living spaces, accommodating aging parents or simply as affordable primary residences to help alleviate the region’s affordable housing crisis.

Detached accessory dwelling units (DADUs) are increasing in popularity, especially as homeowners look at ways to do more with their current properties rather than moving, due to high housing costs and mortgage interest rates.  Modular DADUs, which can be built offsite in a factory and then delivered to a site and placed on permanent foundation, also are increasing in popularity and adoption.

All the homes in the exhibit focus on affordable housing, whether it is for use as primary residences (including expanding living space) or recreational housing.  Among the tiny homes on display are the Yucatan, a 26 foot tiny home on wheels with a loft and kitchen; and the Iliad, a 16 foot tiny house on wheels for under $50,000.

Top 5 Trends for the Home in 2023

At this years Seattle Home & Garden Show, the top trends for the home will be on display giving showgoers the opportunity to spruce up their current homes with bold, modern colors and textiles for the kitchen, adding a tiny home addition as a secondary residence or rental unit, to installing an alternative energy source solution such as a complete offgrid solar system for extreme weather conditions.

Here are the top 5 trends for the home in 2023 to look for when visiting the show:

● Multigenerational living. With the high cost of housing combined with high interest rates, Northwesterners increasingly are turning towards multigenerational living, whether it is grown children moving back with their parents or aging parents moving in with their grown children.

● Aging in place. Includes creating living space for caretakers in the home as well as adding features to make the home more accessible, including a universal design tub to shower conversion that improves bathing safety without demolishing the old tub.

● Tiny homes for affordable housing, whether they are primary residences, additions to an existing property or houses for recreational property.

● Alternative energy, from a complete offgrid solar system to solutions for extreme weather conditions. Includes whole house fan systems that both cool the home’s inside temperature faster than air conditioning and purify the air at the same time from allergens and pathogens such as COVID, as well as cool room concepts for unique ways to weatherize your home for heat domes and other weather extremes.

● Staying in place, including remodeling rather than moving.

The Seattle Home & Garden Show Opens in 5 Days

The exhibitors are hard at work setting up their booths and displays and getting ready to open the doors for the Seattle Home & Garden Show at Lumen Field Event Center, this Saturday February 25th at 10am.

The show will have something for everyone from tiny homes for affordable housing, remodeling for multigenerational living, innovative solutions to help your home stay comfortable during weather extremes, from heat domes to extreme cold and so much more to see in person so start planning your home show visit now! 

Additional information about purchasing tickets, parking and more, can be found here.

Entertainment, Gaming and More!

There are only two days left for the 77th annual run of the Seattle Home & Garden Show.  Now is the perfect time to make your way to Lumen Field Event Center this weekend and see all the latest for the home, inside and out including all your entertainment and gaming needs all under one roof!

Ultimate Comfort Living

Just a few of the exciting elements the public can experience up close at the show is a new line of modular furniture that features built-in surround sound, game rooms, goat yoga, tiny homes and so much more.

See All the Best in Tiny Homes by Carriage Houses Northwest

There are less than two days to come on down and explore the latest in tiny homes by Carriage Houses Northwest.  Come see the brand-new backyard cottage, designed by award-winning Northwest architect Brad Butterfield, which is making its debut at the show, or the “Big Little Barn,” a tiny home on wheels with a cottage flair.   But don’t wait too long – the 75^th Anniversary Seattle Home Show ends on Sunday at 6 pm

Come See a Variety of Tiny Homes

The Northwest home has seen dramatic changes since the Seattle Home Show first opened its doors in 1939.  As it celebrates its 75^thanniversary this February, tiny homes will play a big part of this year’s show.  Exhibitors are working hard building and setting up these homes in time for opening day this Saturday.  A variety of tiny home types will be on display, from a tiny “collapsible” log cabin to a brand-new modular backyard cottage designed to meet the Northwest’s need for detached accessory dwelling units (DADUs) especially in urban settings such as Seattle where available housing inventory is in short supply.   

Continue to check back for more updates!

Q13 at Seattle Home Show This Morning

 Q13 was at the Seattle Home Show again this morning – this time to do a live remote broadcast featuring a variety of highlights of the show.   Q13 reporter Ellen Tailor spoke with Aurora Quality Buildings about the tiny home trend including a tour of their She Shed; interviewed Dr. Lori of Discovery Channel’s The Curse of Oak Island on how to decorate on the cheap using garage and thrift store finds, and shared with viewers tips on how to create their own game rooms from exhibitor KornerPocketBilliardz. 

Tiny Home with a Twist

Tiny is big at this year’s Seattle Home Show, including this very cool tiny home from Carriage Houses NW.   This tiny home also features a secret:  it is fully equipped with the latest in smart home technology, from automated lights to high tech sound and more, all voice controlled by Alexa!   Be sure to stop by to see it for yourself!

Tiny House Giveaway by Seattle Home Show and Carriage Houses Northwest

Show visitors are having fun touring the tiny homes at the Carriage Houses Northwest exhibit, sponsored by Seattle Refined, including a tiny home worth $27,900 that will be given away by the Seattle Home Show and Carriage Houses Northwest.  The public can sign up for the drawing either at the exhibit or at the show box offices.  Come on down to tour the homes as well as to sign up for the drawing!

The Seattle Home Show is now open!

The Seattle Home Show, the oldest and largest consumer home show in the country, is now open!  Come on down to see all the exciting new things for the home, from home automation and Virtual Reality for the home to tiny houses, landscaping and everything in between. 

Setup Day 2 Seattle Home Show

It is the sound of hammers and saws, trucks and forklifts at CenturyLink Field Event Center on Day 2 of set up.  The fast pace continues as vendors work feverishly to build their exhibits in time for opening day this Saturday. Tiny homes seem to be especially big at this year’s show, but there are exhibits on everything from display gardens to kitchen vignettes that are being assembled on site in just five short days.