Yes, the products they sell are expensive, but price has nothing to do with the company's name. While I could go to their site and copy and paste the real meaning here, that's already been done like, what, a few dozen times on AT already? And I doubt it would make a difference to DWR-hating portion of AT readers anyway.

As far as the Kithaus, I would love to have one of these as a studio. (Well, if I had a need for a studio or room for one...) I would like to see how they compare to Modern Shed's offerings, which start at a much lower price and also include much less glazing.

Yay! I've been waiting for this. Now I just need to buy a plot of land to put a kithaus on! :)

I love the concept... it would be a great little getaway/ guesthouse in the backyard (if I had a backyard).

I also love the price... love it in the sense that it would motivate me to roll up my sleeves and make it myself...

Actually, Blandwagon, "within reach" really WAS intended to "refer to the fact that it's so easy to "reach" across the desk and grab your phone..." or walk into a store and pick it up, rather than chasing down each manufacturer and designer around the world for the total packaged look... but rather misleadingly pithy, eh?

You could buy a tool shed and put floor to ceiling windows in it for a few grand.

Or hell, a really cool double wide with a place to pee.

$44,000 for 117 square feet. That's $376 per square foot. Wow.

Wow. This one is in my dreams.

I read about this in the NY Times this morning and my first thought was that you could built something just as cool for a lot less money. I love the concept, love the design. Don't love the price.

I like the comments about the shed and the double-wide. How about an old book mobile? I saw one for sale on ebay not too long ago.

ReadyMade magazine sells plans for something similar to this at their online store for $35. I'm sure it would cost less than $25,000 to build...you'd just have to gather all the parts yourself. http://readymademag.com/store/

I saw the kithaus unit in person at CAboom in Los Angeles last year...it's awesome! You can't even compare it to the Modern Shed. This is super high quality and solid/permenant feeling , not a fancy garden shed.

oh my god! anybody who buys this is a total retard. I plan to build a shed at my cabin that is a little bigger than this for about $1000 to house my dirt bike some lawn tools. wheres my kitchen? wheres my bathroom? dwr must think rich people are real stupid...

umm ... where's the bathroom?

Hee, Hee...I guess the bathroom would be behind the Kithaus in the bushes!

the Out-haus is sold separately.

The DWR house takes me back to my long-ago wish for a tiny house compound, one small structure for each room, built as money became available, tucked away in the woods somewhere.

Looks like the metroshed, only more expensive. www.metroshed.com

i'm a big advocate of zoe outdoors. most affordable pre-fab i've ever seen.

Really cute concept. I can imagine several of these put together for a nice bungalow feel. That being said, I think this would be a really stupid purchase when you could just buy plans for this and build it yourself (or pay someone to do so) for a lot less. Also, it could be bigger and have a sink! Regardless, I really like the look of it.

CHECK THIS OUT!

http://www.menards.com/featuredProjects.do?sortBy=squarefeet&page=0&type=Vacation&dispatch=showOneHome&code=HDA0101

kung fu grip--

Please post pics of your dirt bike shed. Sounds absolutley fascinating, and totally the same concept as this.

And y'all are totally blowing past the green aspects of this. Green ain't free, boys and girls.

And if you equate this with "Ted's Sheds", yikes.

p(too),

don't you think there is a tad bit of greenwashing going on here?

Yes, the raw materials are "green" and the house is packed in cardboard but how is this going to be used? How are people going to travel to it? I see it as nothing more than an art installation to be used as an observation cube on an estate. Or more likely, a play room for children.

I saw the Kithaus at a design festival here in LA last year and its really quite awesome.

Can you really compare the Metro Shed to the Kithaus?
The Metro Shed looks like a wood storage crate dropped into a backyard. I just explored the Kithaus site and it seems that the higher price mentioned includes the decks, canopy, louvered window coverings, etc all made from Ipe, which if you see and feel in person, is worth every penny.

I don't think people are necessarily comparing apples and apples here in the comments. Sure the price is out of reach for some. Design that is inspired and well thought out often is. Personally, I'd rather have a Kithaus than a BMW for the same price.

art--

I get your point, but the existence of this product is not going to *make* people create shelter (or add it to their Hamptons manse)... they are probably going to do it anyway. So, no, I don't think to be greenwashing, since its green-ness has at least been considered and factored in.

To art - we have a similar structure from Modern Cabana in our backyard, and it has been surprising and interesting to see all the different ways it gets used. We're a family of four, including two teenagers. It is a place to work at home, read, write, practice music, watch a movie on a laptop, have friends over, and most recently, play lots of guitar hero and rock band. We had no idea that a place away from the house would be everybody's favorite place to be. It's only 20 feet from the house but it feels far away.

"Out-haus" Holy crap I'm peeing myself laughing.
I dont know if that was a joke or not, but I give credit to whoever came up with that name!

Forget this shed, Remember the DWR Airstream... $49K

I would go for this, a portable studio and a Place to Pee!

http://www.apartmenttherapy.com/ny/appliances-large/design-within-reach-airstream-024130

I don't see why I would pay for this particular shed (a price which does not include VAT, transportation, site prep and setup fees) when I can have one just like this custom produced locally for much cheaper.