I really do have intentions of updating this blog on a regular basis, but as usual, life seems to get in the way. I’ve been avoiding posting lately, because there is so much I want to do here. I want to give the blog a facelift, take photos to post so you aren’t just looking … Continue reading
Planning Our Home: The Kitchen
I have to admit, the kitchen is probably the area of our tiny home I am most excited about designing. To have a custom-built space, where everything functions well without wasted cupboards or counter space, is an exciting dream. Our tiny house will have full-size appliances, which is different from many designs. There are two … Continue reading
Planning Our Home: Overall Requirements
Building any living space requires a great deal of thought and consideration. In a tiny home, this process becomes even more vital, as a poorly placed window or lack of a cabinet can severely impact how comfortable your living experience is. In the following series of posts, we would like to walk through our plans … Continue reading
Wants and Needs
In the tiny house community, there is a lot of talk about learning how to differentiate between what you want and what you actually need. There is also a lot of talk about downsizing – that is, getting rid of all the STUFF. When deciding to commit to a tiny house, our family was no … Continue reading
In Response – A Deliberate Choice
When I take on a new project, I tend to immerse myself in researching that world – from the blogosphere to social networking to books to conversation. As many of you may know, one of the best places to gain information about building a tiny house and the tiny house movement in general is Andrew … Continue reading
The Best Laid Plans…
We’ve had a long hiatis here on the blog, and now that all the commotion is over, I will be happy to tell you why. I started this blog while pregnant with my son RJ, and unfortunately that pregnancy ran into some unexpected complications in my 8th month. I ended up on bedrest, out of … Continue reading
Making the Commitment
These last few weeks have been both busy and emotionally draining for my little family. In light of some extended family crises, we have taken a step back, re-evaluated our priorities, committed to some additional expenditures, and kept our tiny house dream alive. One of our biggest decisions was to find room in our budget … Continue reading
The Brass Tacks
Remember how I said that my husband had a whole bunch of logistics questions when I first brought up the tiny house idea? As with anyone I imagine, the biggest of these questions was, “That’s nice, honey. And how are we going to afford that?” I want to emphasize that we do not have money … Continue reading
First Things First
So I’ve decided to go tiny. Okay. So now what? My first hurdle to overcome when I decided I wanted to take on tiny living was to convince my husband. And when I say convince, I don’t mean wheedle and beg and bully and generally try to “win him over”. In my opinion, if you … Continue reading
Something A Little Different
In this blog, we will be covering topics that are already well-represented in the blogosphere. We are going to talk about living “tiny”. Our version of tiny? A house, probably no more than 350 sq feet, on a trailer base. We are going to talk about how you make the transition from the typical American … Continue reading
