Jane Rye, 3, hugs her stuffed animal as she sits on her loft bed in her family’s 360-square-foot tiny house.
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Jonah Rye, 6, climbs around his family’s tiny house. The pipes on the right lead up to his bedroom. With tiny houses growing in popularity, some owners, like the Rye family, are running into the issue of a lack of legal codes for their homes.
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Jamie and Kelly Rye’s 360-square-foot home sat on a 4-acre property in Spencer Township until the home ran into legal troubles and the family moved to an undisclosed location.
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The Ryes have a compost toilet. The family was using a graywater system, which means reusing waste water in their tiny home.
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The Rye family in their tiny house.
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Kelly, left, and Jamie Rye talk about their tiny house.
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Space is at a premium in the tiny Rye house.
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Jonah Rye, 6, runs under his mother's legs in their tiny kitchen.
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Space is at a premium in the tiny Rye house . Every nook and cranny is functional, including this spice rack, which opens up for more storage, and a ladder that leads to the children's loft bedrooms.
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