The hilarious TED Talk entitled “I hate McMansions—and you should too” is from 2016, but it’s been making the social media rounds recently. Remodelista this week has three alluring antidotes to poorly designed, ill-considered, way-too-big houses.
![An architect couple\2\17;s DIY cabin, built using a post-and-beam kit, with a wood kitchenette to match. Photograph by Matthew Williams for Remodelista: The Low-Impact Home, from Rest Your Eye Here: 9 Spaces Enveloped in Wood.](https://www.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/08/rm-the-eco-house-issue-cover-image-vol-18-iss-34-tbo-cabin-low-impact-home-matthew-williams-733x530.jpg)
![A 300-square-foot outbuilding constructed by hand. Photograph by Michele Panzeri, from A Place for Dreaming: An Elemental and Sustainably Built Retreat in Cornwall by SASA Works.](https://www.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/sasa-works-carrick-retreat-5-733x473.jpg)
![Newly plastered walls give this restoration a warm, human touch. Photograph by Tijs Vervecken, from Next-Level Flip: A Design Couple Lovingly Transforms a \1630s House in Antwerp.](https://www.gardenista.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/house-linaza-remodel-by-maison-osain-10-733x489.jpg)
See also:
- 7 Tips for Creating a Calm, Low-Key Bedroom with Tricia Rose of Rough Linen
- Trend Alert: The Storybook Look
- Kitchen of the Week: Rethinking Perfection in a Cabinetmaker’s Own Kitchen
- 10 Easy Pieces: Classic Teakettles
- Trend Alert: 12 Artful Folding Screens as Decor
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