Sorry, we haven’t been posting much. We are super busy constructing a house. HA! But seriously, everything has been taking longer than anticipated and of course we had some unexpected issues come up. We are still finishing up the exterior siding. It’s really taking us forever! We are hoping to get to the insulation and … 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
More progress is being made on our little house. The loft floor framing has been built for both the bedroom and storage lofts. The door framing is in with a recess to allow for the fold down porch. Everything is coming along like planned so far. We picked out the windows/skylights we wanted last week … Continue reading
We are in the middle of downsizing our possessions so we can alter our lifestyle to fit our future tiny house. I’ve been trying to do this a little bit here and there the last couple months but we are in crunch time now. It’s crazy how much we accumulate without realizing it. I’m also … 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
After we received our final build plans from Niall Burke of Humble Homes, it was time to start the next phase of our tiny house build. Initially, Jay wanted to build the entire tiny house from the trailer up, with the assistance of contractors but it was more time and cost effective for us to … Continue reading