House Tour: ESCAPE Cabin-on-Wheels

Entrepreneur and hotelier Dan Dobrowolski has brought to market a tiny, movable cabin that feels as spacious as its natural habitat, the wide-open outdoors. The structure's dimensions (not counting a porch or deck) are a mere 400 square feet, the maximum allowable for a standard park model recreational vehicle, but it feels much bigger. That seeming airiness comes from a cathedral ceiling and an interior that focuses on the basics without sacrificing scale, style, or quality of materials. Beautiful, efficiently designed, and carefully crafted, the ESCAPE could make your dream of a cabin in the woods an affordable reality.

Cottage on Wheels

1/10
Cottage on Wheels

逃避是一个设计的cabin-on-wheels萨拉Architects in conjunction with Dan Dobrowolski, proprietor of the luxurious Canoe Bay resort in Wisconsin. It's constructed in the same manner as a traditionalstick-built home, with a balloon frame and standard windows, trusses, roofing, siding, and floors. It just happens to sit on top of a steel frame on wheels.

Canoe Bay

Cedar-Clad, From the Side

2/10
Cedar-Clad, From the Side

微小的400平方英尺的结构,通知我nspired by Frank Lloyd Wright's Prairie style, is clad in weather- and insect-resistantcedar. It's also highly energy efficient. The prototype, now on-site at Canoe Bay, uses perhaps 120 watts total, even with every LED in the house lit. In fact, the entire home could be solar-powered.

Canoe Bay

An Airy Living Space

3/10
An Airy Living Space

Although it's the same size as the standard park model recreational vehicle (RV), ESCAPE doesn’t suffer from the claustrophobic interiors of the standard RV, thanks to an open plan and vaulted ceilings. The warm interior is finished in yellow pine throughout, withoak flooring.

Canoe Bay

Kitchen: Contained and Complete

4/10
Kitchen: Contained and Complete

"Everything is normal-sized, with high-quality elements,” says Dobrowolski. “It’s built for real people." The single-wall kitchen includesplenty of cabinetsand drawer space along with a 30-inch range and standard-size refrigerator.

Canoe Bay

Bedroom: Luxury with a Light Touch

5/10
Bedroom: Luxury with a Light Touch

Built-ins help to keep the compact space uncluttered and efficient. The bedroom, outfitted with a huge armoire, adjoins the bathroom, which haspocket doors for privacy. The bathroom's double vanity is flanked by a walk-in shower on one end and a separate toilet enclosure on the other.

Canoe Bay

Bathroom: Practical Pampering

6/10
Bathroom: Practical Pampering

ESCAPE is a tiny structure that’s been deliberately built to feel spacious. The bath area features a generous-size walk-in tiled shower that defies the room's compact footprint.Recessed lighting, mirrors, and a glass partition separating the shower from the vanity make the space feel larger and more open.

Canoe Bay

Filled with Light

7/10
Filled with Light

Large windows flood the space with abundant natural daylight and open the structure to exquisite woodland views. A glass-paned transom above the entrance to thescreened porch—and the porch itself—add to the light and airy sense.

Canoe Bay

Screened Porch

8/10
Screened Porch

A stripped-down model, sans screened porch, starts out at $79,000. Add the porch, a heated floor for the bath, and all the furnishings, andESCAPEcan top out at $124,000, window coverings included.

Canoe Bay

Front Exterior: Stylish Seclusion

9/10
Front Exterior: Stylish Seclusion

Like amobile home, ESCAPE requires the power of an over-the-road tractor to get it where it’s going. But once it's on-site, setup is essentially a “plug and play” process for plumbing, wiring, and the like.

Canoe Bay

For More...

10/10
For More...

If you would like to take more house tours, consider:


House Tour: Mountain Re-Shack


New Look (and Life) for a 1950s Cape


A Green Dream Townhouse

David Shatzman

Don't Miss!

1pixel

Want to step inside old, new, bold, beautiful, weird and wonderful homes around the world? Subscribe to theHouse Loversnewsletter today!