Huge Tiny Houses, sure they are Tiny But...

Here we are with a portion of the floor going in. There will be two storage area's fit right into the floor for emergency provision storage. Rechargeable batteries, matches, the typical first aid kit that type of thing. Insulation first and then a box fitted out with a strong lid that will act as the floor area and can be walked on. Out in the woods there is always the possibility of being stranded, ointment, band-aids, etc., will be in the box, who knows when we will need that type of thing.  There needs to be a place for them that does not take up regular living space so in the floor in an easy access box they will go.  

Wow, there is just as much work in this Huge Tiny House as there is to building a regular house. It's the same spaces but only smaller and compact. Every inch is used differently than a regular house too. If there is a bare space then it is a wasted space, if it is not convertible to storage space.

Certainly you want an aesthetic sense to the room but if it is a space simply for a piece of art then it is smart to figure out how to also have storage. An example of one of the things we are going to do is to sink extra spaces between the 2' by 4" interior walls that have a less visible door. Art can be hung on it with a lock down hanger and the art will not float around or fall off the door when the door is opened. Paints, brushes and such for my art will be stored out of the way. Bookshelves will also be sunk into the interior walls as well as storage under the future stairwell so that no space goes unused.

The only space that will not be put to double use is the original roof to the gazebo.
Here it is in a picture from a few years ago, the transformation will be most interesting.
                   

I believe we will leave the four corner beams showing. But I do have a husband who might forget and bury it when I am not around. The key is I have to be flexible with what happens to the existing space based on it's peculiar dimensions. If you read the last blog you would know this portion of the Tiny House is not exactly square. Being a temporary house that will end up being storage and my ad hock art studio on the property it really does not matter and saving the money on the roof materials was more important.

 Because of the small space we will be hugging the drywall right to the roof structure to give it a bit of an arched ceiling. Extending the 10 by ten space up for a feel of largess in the room. Pulleys will be hung for shelving that lifts out of the way in the middle which will also house the unique skylight I have found that is not only DYI but waterproof and will charge solar lights for the room. Why waste electrical when you don't need to waste electricity? Rhetorical question really, we are going as passive as we can without expensive materials.   

Ok, we are off to work out the day, between packing up the store and house and finishing the first two spaces so we can be on site by midnight this next

 Sunday we are very busy. 

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What Do You Mean It's Not Square? Is To0! Is Not! Is ToO!

Ok So It IS Not...

But I can explain. Really.

When we build the gazebo several years ago, I measured not once, not twice but three times. Yet, I somehow misread the measurement and then when my dear husband pointed it out I fought him like mad because I measured three times how could I be wrong?

So what did he do? He built it as I measured it, I know, I deserve a good kick in the butt because it is biting us in the rear now. Since it is a Tiny House any fluctuation will be very obvious, but as an artist I have always said, It's like wallpapering a pig, if it holds still it will be beautiful. 

This morning as I get a good look at the floor that is developing at the build I see we have the wonky area to straighten for the second part of the house to come out even. This means extra wood, it means on site adjustments, it means, my husband is laughing at me, it means I deserve that kick in the butt. 

Since we are building this tiny house as a temporary solution to our housing needs, 

so be it, eventually it will be storage and well I like things that are a bit wonky.

This is a picture of Josh, if he ever needs a work ethic endorsement he has both my husbands and mine, we never met him before but he is smart as a whip and the hardest dang worker. Jacob is taking the picure so I as yet don't have one of him. I was at the store all day yesterday so could not go out to 

check out the progress. 

You can see it down the two by fours on the left, it looks like a tiny gap but in fact there is a difference of 8 inches on this side.

To adjust for that the post will be extended out into the kitchen 

area to make that wall flush in the kitchen room. 

Since we are working with an as is situation you can see from the image below that we will straighten the wall to the kitchen. The pass through will hide the fluctuation between square and not so much. The additional space heading south will have a bit of a bump out which I will hide by having a shelf built out from the wall. We wanted to save the roof materials from the gazebo, since we are on a very short timeline. So we are saving the whole roof. Technically this is nothing more that a storage unit at this stage but better this than nothing! So onward, per legal regulations as long as we keep it under 200 square feet it is storage, although we are following the law to the T. It is not a permanent build, and we own the property so if there is a problem we will live in a tent if we have to do so. Next year we will be building a real house on the property I am redesigning it as a 87% passive house so it will take some time for permits and stuff.  

You can also see the pale line where there will be no wall just a header to support the open space, as well as the openings for other rooms to be attached later. What you are looking at is intended to serve long term as a place to store my art, teach art classes. By the way seems I will finally accept the offer to do classes out in the Tum Tum area, details coming.   

We have until Sunday before we are unhomed...so bye for now we have lots of hammering to do.

Have a great day!