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Welcome to the Cottage.

The Tiny Canal Cottage is a resource that helps folks mindfully conceptualize, decorate and enjoy versatile, smaller home spaces. The Cottage was founded by consultant, stylist, creative director and author, Whitney Leigh Morris, whose focus is crafting flexible, sustainable, and more community-focused home spaces. Explore Whitney’s Substack, book, blog, and social channels for ideas that explore joyful, mindful ways to live in — and with — a smaller footprint.

Recent Features Roundup

Recent Features Roundup

SecondAct Podcast
Click here to listen via itunes
A conversation with actor Bonnie Somerville covering topics ranging from the evolution of my work, brand partnerships, exes, sustainability, imperfection + compromising, The RightWay Foundation, and the direction in which my business and family are likely headed in the near future. (Behind-the-scenes note: I recorded this interview on the same morning I discovered I was pregnant. I hadn’t slept a moment and was still in a bit of shock…)

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Food52 + Home52
View the replay of the LIVE segment here.
A LIVE video in which Food52 asked me to merge traditional and casual dining styles for to create a fall-to-winter tablescape for special dining over the holidays during the pandemic.

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OddbirdCo
An IG Stories feature/interview on sustainable small space living. 

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MyBearaby 
Click here to view.
A brief video about styling a weighted blanket in three separate small spaces.

The Gift of Safe Shelter

The Gift of Safe Shelter

Pregnancy After Trying to Conceive for Nearly 2 Years

Pregnancy After Trying to Conceive for Nearly 2 Years