If one wants to cast a net beyond his or her own location, it also helps to visit cities that have traditions of strong artistic communities with
more affordable studio space and housing like Berlin or Mexico City.
But interest in making small homes livable, even beautiful, has grown as
more people find that tiny is often the only
affordable option, said Mimi Zeiger, who has written two books about small living
spaces and who recently left a 400 - square - foot
studio in Clinton Hill, Brooklyn.