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3 stories filed under bedroom on Spoot: Spotted Early. The newest of them: “The Doors That Outshine the Storage in November's Best Tiny Homes”, “26 feet, two humans, and not a single inch wasted”, and “Brick Night costs more than double because it knows where you sleep”. A bedroom door can matter more than another clever storage compartment. Twenty-six feet. Spoot: Spotted Early New things, caught while they're still new and a little weird. Spoot finds fresh gadgets, clever inventions, crowdfunding campaigns,… The list below is every bedroom story on Spoot: Spotted Early, newest first.
The Doors That Outshine the Storage in November's Best Tiny Homes
A bedroom door can matter more than another clever storage compartment. So can a dining table that stays put, a bathroom you don't have to fold yourself into. The five tiny homes we found this month understand that. One of them has a door so satisfying it nearly steals the show from the square footage, and that's the point. We're tired of tiny homes that treat every surface as a hiding spot for a collapsible thing. Sometimes you want a hinge that feels good. A room that doesn't ask you to perform a choreography just to sit down. If you liked watching the Raven Prism Glasses squirt Linux into your peripheral vision for the sheer audacity of the idea, you'll appreciate the same energy here: small spaces refusing to apologize for being small.
26 feet, two humans, and not a single inch wasted
Twenty-six feet. Two humans. Not a single inch wasted. That's the promise here, and it's a good one, because tiny houses that small usually make you choose between a kitchen that works and a bedroom you can actually stand up in. This one tucks the bed into a loft, which is the old reliable trick, and leaves the main floor for living and cooking. The question is whether the layout feels like a home or a game of furniture Tetris you lose every morning. I'm curious how the kitchen works when two people want breakfast at the same time. For another take on clever space-making, our piece on the A-frame cabin that trades rustic for a surprisingly modern two-person layout is worth a look.
Brick Night costs more than double because it knows where you sleep
Brick, the company that made a $59 brick you tap your phone against to stop using apps, just released a bigger, pricier version that knows where you sleep. The Brick Night costs $129, more than double, and uses Bluetooth to automatically block your selected apps when you walk into your bedroom. No tapping required. It sets a location zone up to 25 feet by 25 feet, runs on two CR2477 batteries, and targets the specific doomscrolling that happens after you've already crawled under the covers. That's a clever pivot from the original's tap-to-block mechanic, and honestly, the price bump makes sense if it actually keeps you off Twitter at 2 a.m. The catch? You still have to set it up and admit you need it.