- 49 Henry Street, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Barcelou and Batchelder
Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder
Partners in life and in business, Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder have always been creative people, but in 2012, when Chloe began to enlist Brandon’s help in making props for her fantasy inspired photoshoots, their overlapping talents and skills coalesced to form a powerful collaboration, and they have enjoyed putting their heads and hands together to execute all manner of creative projects since.
In 2013, Chloe’s photography portfolio caught the attention of a first-time filmmaker, who hired Chloe to production design his debut film, and Brandon was brought on as the film’s set-builder. The film’s aesthetic was a lauded success, and the couple have been working in the film and photography industry ever since, designing, building props and sets for, set decorating, and wardrobe styling for short and feature films, along with commercial and editorial photography. In recent years, the couple have naturally expanded into taking on interior design projects, both residential and commercial. Chloe is also the fashion editor of New Hampshire Magazine.
The couple is also known for their tiny house, the building of which was featured on the second season of HGTV’s Tiny House Big Living. The home’s unusual expanding design, flashy, upcycled décor, and homemade contraptions, maintains sustained public curiosity. Chloe and Brandon recently released their first book Tales Of A Not So Tiny House, published by Rizzoli books, and featured in the New York Times.
Books
About Tales of a Not So Tiny House
Visually lush, this is the story of the lavish custom steampunk caravan in the wilds of New England that became a dark cottagecore TikTok sensation.
If you take a fortuitous wrong turn in the primeval mountains of New Hampshire, you'll stumble across this 300-square-foot handmade home. A bewitching mix of fairy tale cottage, steamer trunk, and pirate ship, it is built by Chloe and Brandon almost entirely from their recycled film sets, thrift, flea market, and junkyard finds. Originally featured on HGTV’s Tiny House, Big Living, it went on to garner international attention in print and online, going viral multiple times.
The book takes readers on a journey through Chloe and Brandon’s story of building and decorating their home, which they have completely redesigned in the last few years. Like the house, every inch of this richly ornate book is packed with innovative ideas for small space living, including foldable sections of the house used as “his and hers” wings with custom-built wardrobes, desks, chairs, and vanity; a bathroom with a composting toilet and folding sink; even a guest bed. Chloe and Brandon share the joys of day-to-day small-space living: creating storage in every nook and cranny, baking pies in the tiny kitchen from fruit they’ve gathered; climbing into the dramatically curtained bed loft by candlelight.
Sumptuously designed and illustrated, this book is a wildly original take on small-space living.
Praise
“Stuck in a Rut? Live in a Tiny Home on Wheels...with limited resources and an uncertain future, a couple built a tiny home that can go wherever life takes them.’’ — The New York Times
"It's a colorful caravan turned into a tiny house, and it is attracting a lot of national attention." — New Hampshire Chronicle / WMUR
Product Details
Tales of a Not So TIny House
By Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder, Foreword by Mary Randolph Carter
ISBN: 978-0-8478-3428-0
Published by Rizzoli March 25, 2025