Rowan's Tiny Home

Now that school has started up again, it is back to working in short spurts when I get home, usually still in a skirt and smock. I was originally thinking that moving in before things were finished might be a bad idea - that it would just make things take longer or that it would be uncomfortable without certain utilities set up yet. What I have found, however, is that instead of seeing things as missing, this backwards process has been making me grateful for each convenience that is added.  Every new step is like a present.  My aunt and uncle who were visiting in the beginning of September helped put together the compost bins from used pallets. The center area will eventually have a roof with rain water collection to a barrel. The left side will be used for wood this winter and then be converted to a compost bin when the wood shed is built next summer. I have also finally had the pleasure of emptying the buckets, without any issues. This retrofitted water storage...

School, or at least two days of faculty meetings, begins tomorrow and so this past week has been spent making the space livable and to move it into place. While there are still loads to do, with the electric, plumbing, heating, etc. left to hook up, I have moved my mattress in.  And for now, that is more than enough.   Our friend Walter generously made the maple counter tops for me, along with tagging the underside. Incidentally, Walter is also the one who had tagged the vapor barrier with port-a-house.   Framing for the counter on the south wall with the 12v fridge and sink.  Framing for the counter on the north wall I finally got around to finishing the nose (as well as the roof) - in time for picking up the batteries from Massachusetts. This picture shows the roof of the nose mid trimming. For the toilet, I based the design off of the lovable loo. It's a bit wider to include a compartment for sawdust or other covering, and ...

The bathroom ceiling was the first section to go up.  I wanted to complete a whole section for that sense of immediate satisfaction before moving on to more complicated areas. That, and I just LOVE the cedar. The chimney support.... I have no idea how you're supposed to cut around pipes, but this made up method definitely worked for me. First I took a piece of paper, lined an edge up with the wall and drew the basic diameter of the pipe. Then I cut some slits so it could slide over the chimney support and used a pencil to scribe the resulting oval before cutting it out.  Since the bottom edge of the paper lined up with the wall, all I had to do was square it up, do some basic measurements, and trace. And voila! The light fixtures..... I got these nifty 12v light fixtures and in order to put them in had to cut some of the insulation for the part that protrudes as well as a rainbow like arc for the mc cable to be able to move in and out of the s...