little houses

Tiny humble abodes

Little houses are small dwellings, but the phrase often serves as a euphemism for outhouses or outdoor toilets—the small structures that stood apart from main buildings before indoor plumbing.

The little houses out back served the whole farm.

The term can also refer affectionately to modest homes or cottages: a row of little houses along the creek.

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dollhouse · doll furniture · hut · mud hut · beach hut · chalet · earthship · shack · garden shed · tool shed · longhouse · wigwam · geodesic dome · treehouse · retreats · yurt · igloo · hovel

Opposites
size/scale of dwelling

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Large, stately houses

palaces · skyscrapers · estates · castles · McMansions

architectural ambition/status

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Grand royal residences

mansions · estates · stately homes · manor houses · châteaux

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G