Okay, so we are not dead…I promise. We are still living in an unfinished tiny house. They say you should never move into your house till you are finished and now we know why. Everything is inching along VERY slowly, but every time something is finished it feels like a little celebration. In the meantime, … Continue reading
We’ve been working on the house (almost) non-stop since last week. Thanks to a couple of gracious helping hands, we made good progress on our exterior siding. Since we are working with reclaimed lumber, it is fickle and prone to breakage. Before we can put any siding on our house we had to clean each … Continue reading
….AND THE HOUSE IS HERE! We finally got our house from Bill of Tortoise Shell Homes Friday after a couple of unexpected delays with the truck that was suppose to drive it up here. We are SO grateful to Bill for making this happen for us and starting our home off on the right foot. … 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
Our walls are up!! Our wee little home is coming along. The wall framing is up and it almost looks like a house now. I can see all the areas where our door and windows will go. It’s so exciting to see this come together after 6 months of planning. Even though it’s in the … Continue reading
Finding inspiration was an important part of the tiny house design process. One of my favorite ways of finding creative ideas was on Pinterest. The great thing about Pinterest is that I was able to organize everything on boards so I have a central place to go to retrieve the concepts I want to utilize … Continue reading
Jay and I watched this popular tiny house documentary when we were researching about tiny houses. It’s called “We the Tiny House People”. Director Kirsten Dirksen walks you through the lives and homes of people who live in tiny dwellings. We loved how it showed small living in different countries and on different scales. The … Continue reading