December 2019 – Page 2 – actually tiny

Timelapse: repurposing the kitchen cabinet

December 13, 2019December 23, 2019Leave a comment

Timelapse of the cabinet surgery so far. We are repurposing the wardrobe cabinet into an under counter shelf and an under counter drawer unit. The Makita cordless track saw is such a nice tool for this. I’m sure the festool is even better but who has that kind of money?-Brian _Follow along with us...

Repurposing the kitchen cabinet

December 11, 2019December 23, 2019Leave a comment

The conundrum of designing any space is that you only really know what you want after you’ve already built it. This is especially true with tiny spaces which are more impacted by less than optimal design. The rule I seem to live by is if it’s not at least 90% right it needs to...

Hanging seating

December 10, 2019December 23, 2019Leave a comment

These hanging chairs are the culmination of a long and somewhat insane evolution that started when we got the idea that it might be cool to suspend a bar beneath our roof beam so we could reach up and stretch anytime we wanted.The bar we decided would be supported by 1/2” eyebolts that penetrate...

Installing kitchen shelving

December 8, 2019December 23, 2019Leave a comment

There’s an ancient paradox that states that it’s impossible to arrive anywhere because at any point on the journey the remaining distance can always be divided in half. Similarly, there’s a principal in map making that the length of any shoreline increases infinitely with the level of magnification, due to the need to trace...

Raising the SIP walls on a Minim tiny house

December 5, 2019December 23, 2019Leave a comment

My friend Nick is building a structural insulated panel Minim tiny house and last weekend I filmed while Nick and crew raised the walls. Long time tiny house builder and sales person for Premier SIPS, Patrick Sughue was there to direct the action.I can’t really decide how I feel about structural insulated panels and...

Ventilation Frustration

December 3, 2019December 23, 2019Leave a comment

I’m having some serious ventilation frustration right now so I thought I’d reach out and see if anyone has any insights that I haven’t thought of.People talk a lot about humidity and odors in tiny houses but from the data I’m collecting your CO2 is through the roof long before either of those things...

Our squirrel neighbors

December 3, 2019December 23, 2019Leave a comment

I know you’re not supposed to feed wildlife blah blah blah, but ever since I read that the majority of squirrels don’t make it past their first winter I’ve decided that goddammit, I can’t save all the squirrels but maybe I can save OUR squirrels.These adorable little fluff balls burst forth from the giant...