6 Tips for Living in a 660-Square-Foot Cottage- Southernliving. Living in a tiny house doesn’t mean you have to give-up style. Photographer Josh Gibson and his interior designer wife, Michelle Prentice, weren’t looking to downsize when the small outbuilding behind their home came on the market in Beaufort, South Carolina. Beaufort’s historic preservation laws prevent historic structures from being torn down, so they decided to purchase the property. “It became clear that we should res…