We are almost 1 month away from (hopefully) moving into our tiny house! Before that, there are some important things that need to be addressed. One BIG thing is where we are going to put (park) the house. We live in San Francisco, so I already know it will be impossible to find anywhere in … Continue reading
The windows and roofing will be arriving this week. It’s a little later than we were expecting but in the meantime our metal sheathing is being installed. We decided not to do traditional sheathing but we needed to have the metal sheathing installed over the house-wrap in key areas of the house to prevent racking … Continue reading
HOORAY! Phase 1 of our build is complete! There was still some elements of our tiny house that need attending to but the windows and roof will be going on next. We are still awaiting delivery of our metal roof and our windows, skylights, and door. In the meantime, metal sheathing is being installed to … Continue reading
I wanted to take today to celebrate an amazing and wonderful man. One year ago today, on his birthday, Jay said to me he wanted to build a home for us by his next birthday. Although our house is not complete, I think we made it pretty darn close to our original goal. I love … Continue reading
Jay and I had a big ongoing debate about what kind of insulation we should use in our tiny house. You might be wondering why this topic is of great debate. There is a plethora of insulation options out there. First, it was important for us to settle on an insulation option that was a … Continue reading
We’ve got more pictures of our tiny house progress to share. Here are more aerial views of the inside loft and roof areas. We are so happy with the way it is looking. Looks like phase 1 of our construction will be finished today. Next up will be the windows, skylights, door and roofing. We … Continue reading
I wanted to share with all of you a video I first saw many years ago when it first came out in 2007. It really spoke to me back then and re-watching the video really made it clear to me why we have decided to live the “tiny life”. This was one of our goals … Continue reading