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A boat architect modeled his 250-square-foot tiny home after a lunar lander and it's just as cool as it sounds

Katie Canales   

A boat architect modeled his 250-square-foot tiny home after a lunar lander and it's just as cool as it sounds
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Tiny homes aren't anything new. Tiny homes that look like spaceships might be, though.

Take, for example, one such dwelling in Central Washington, modeled after a lunar lander - a spacecraft used by astronauts to descend onto the moon's surface, most famously during the historic Apollo 11 landing.

This one will have a slightly less cosmic purpose.

Kurt Hughes took his three decades of boat designing and tried his hand at home building to produce the 250-square-foot white hexagonal hut. He runs a ship design business full-time in Seattle, so the lunar module will be used for weekend trips and creative respites, Hughes told The Seattle Times. He hasn't been to space so far, but who knows what the future holds?

Take a look inside his intergalactic pied-À-terre.

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