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Tag: tiny house living

  • Why I chose a tiny house

    Why I chose a tiny house

    People often ask why I chose to live in a tiny home or wanted to build one. I never have much of a concrete answer. I wasn’t a fan of the HGTV series my parents are always watching. I didn’t know anyone who had done it. I wasn’t a good environmentalist. I barely recycled.  However,…

  • Tiny house: start to finish

    Tiny house: start to finish

    Photo by Alex Bugg Photo by Alex Bugg Photo by Alex Bugg Thank you to everyone who contributed to this project including my neighbors Tiffany and Tom Eaton, De’Renda Phillips, Nancy Franklin, David Lee and Elena Bugg, Richard Tate, Chuck Braun and many others. Thanks to the friends who helped build: David Eversole and David…

  • Tiny House photos: making progress!

    Tiny House photos: making progress!

    Some of the progress from the past few weeks. Hope to be finished with the shell this weekend 🙂

  • Tiny house update: framing!

    Tiny house update: framing!

    Since I last wrote, we had a few minor setbacks in stabilizing the trailer. First, the springs I bought were a little too short, but the next size up were too big. Thankfully, my neighbor offered to fix it at his shop so it would fit correctly. Until we stabilized the base, it would be…

  • Going Tiny: moving into 195 sq ft

    Going Tiny: moving into 195 sq ft

    It’s been my goal to build a home on wheels for a while now. When your father is a carpenter, you want to be more sustainable (or figure out what that buzzword actually means) and house prices are out of your reach, it makes the most sense economically, environmentally and socially. How to build a…