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These beautiful micro cabins prove you don’t have to go big for big impact

WHILE PEOPLE RARELY romanticize studio apartments, a one-room cabin in the woods has an entirely different magic. Sure, it’s important to have a place to hide out when it’s raining or a spot where you can escape from your family for a while, but when the sun is shining and your setting is the great outdoors, sometimes a sophisticated little shack is all you—or your guests—really need. Here, we tour three well-designed retreats that address the bare necessities in one scaled-down living space.

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They say you can’t go home again. And yet, as comedian Shaun Majumder rose to fame as a cast member on from 2003 to, a reality show dedicated to boosting Burlington tourism—is the end result.

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