Hello again!
We are making much progress on our tiny house, and enjoying (almost) every step of the way. I guess I wanted to talk about some of the stages we've gone through, so I think I'll start with the floor. (I may throw out some fancy construction jargon, to show off how smart I'm getting, so stay with me.

Because we bought a trailer that was built specifically for us, and specifically for a tiny house, we didn't have to do some of the more grueling work that other tiny builders have to do. When a person purchases a normal utility trailer they have to take out all the wood flooring, and install flashing, which is a hefty metal sheeting that goes on the bottom of the trailer to protect against rocks, and general travel debris. Our trailer came with no wood flooring, and the flashing already installed (hooray!) and also four jacks welded to the corners for easier leveling. I got to be a part of the beginning stages of building the sub floor, which meant cutting and installing large 2x6 boards to be placed upright in joist hangers, leaving enough room for insulation that we later installed, and then covering all that with 1/2 inch plywood.

Here's a (fairly) short video of  us preparing to make the first cut.

Burly men indeed! We are so thankful to have such wonderful, helpful friends and family members to make this process go fast and smooth.

On a side note, I'd like let to let it be known that I got to officially claim first blood from this building project. Look at this massive flesh wound!! I basically almost cut my hand off.

....It looked a lot worse in real life.... you could actually see it in real life....

Moving on from the 2x6's, we filled the spaces with 3" rigid foam insulation (this was mostly done by Matt, his father Rick, and our dear friend Tyler), and nailed on the plywood sub floor sheathing.

One of the best things about building your own house is all the fun little quirks you can add. As we were building the floor we had the awesome idea to put in a trap door to a secret nook, where we could hide all our precious loot. Because we're secretly pirates.

Alright, that's enough for one post. I'll leave you with one shot of me actually hammering something.
Until next time, Cheers!

Hi! Welcome to our tiny house blog! I finally sat down and decided to get going on this so we could share our progress with the world. And by that I mean, I moaned and complained about how hard the internet is, and my husband lovingly sat down with me and showed me how to work a blog.

So. 

Here begins the story of probably the greatest adventure he and I have ever tackled together.

We're not entirely sure when we decided that tiny living was in our future, but I have a feeling the notion began with one of my Pinterest boards. (Like many women between the ages of 19 and 59, I'm obsessed with pinning.) From there we started watching youtube videos of tiny houses and their eclectic array of owners, and began digging deeper and deeper into the world of mini abodes, until one day we grinned crazily at each other and said, "Let's do it!" and clicked "purchase" on a beautiful (as far as welded metal goes) custom-built trailer from Iron Eagle Trailers in Oregon. 

Here is Matt standing triumphantly beside our new house's foundation.

After looking at many tiny houses and their dimensions, we decided that the best size for us was going to be basically as long as possible. Matt needs office space to create his cinematic masterpieces, and I need a kitchen large enough to accommodate my spasms of master-chefdom. 24 feet sounded like it would accomplish those things, and even leave us with space for a washer/dryer-in-one (which we just purchased on Craigslist for an apocalyptically low price! Woohoo!) Even at 24 feet long, when we climbed onto our trailer it really hit us just how much we were about to downsize. I'v e always dreamed of living in a big old farm house, and this is not that. But, it's going to be awesome in so many ways. It will force us to do more outdoor living, and get rid of all our (my) unnecessary junk, which is going to be very freeing.

 Matt, who has lots of experience with woodworking but very little with large scale construction, began designing the interior of our future home, and the end result was perfect. He has been doing an amazing job researching, and teaching himself all the ins and outs of building your own house, and I couldn't be more proud of him. This is a side view of what the "office," kitchen, and shower will look like, plus the bedroom loft overhead.

Our pretty little home will have all of the necessary amenities, including a fridge, oven and stove, a full size sink, a couch with storage drawers underneath, a closet and combo washer/dryer under the stairs to the loft, a bathroom with a shower, galvanized water tank tub, and a toilet, which will probably be composting, though I wouldn't be against a nice flushing RV toilet... 

Our sleeping loft will be big enough for a king sized bed, if we feel like upgrading from our queen, and will have windows on either side, and a big skylight for stargazing. The skylight will open, so that we can go out on the roof, where we may eventually build a small deck, that could be removed for transportation.

Well, I've given you a lot to read, and I don't want to wear you out on my first post. (Also Matt said people won't read it if it's too long, and of course he's right. I myself have the attention span of a goldfish.) 

So that's all for today, and next time I'll post more pictures and tell you all about the beginning phases of construction. (Framing the walls was super exciting!)

Ok, well, until next time.

Cheers!