Its solid.

Sunset on a tiny house building day

 

All last week I've been working on the tiny house full time. I luckily have gotten leave to start landscaping in the middle of  March, and this week David got to take a few days off and lend a hand too. We've been moving right along and pictures really will tell the best story here...

Insulation was added to the sub floor frame and then sheathed with plywood.

Next day, the walls were framed and put up one by one. Here I am screwing in the frame.

Windows are framed out- final decision time! I decided to go ahead with the side door as opposed to the front door, and added bigger windows along that back wall, which will end up being our reading nook/couch area.

Kitchen window in the background, living room window center, door forefront.

Lester and Paul working to secure braces so our work stays level while we work

Bundled.

Look at the sky. Almost felt like spring!

Next Day, started the gable rafters. Lester and Paul are standing where our sleeping loft will be!

Ladders everywhere!

Back windows I was talking about! Imagine all that light!

Sleeping loft. David and I decided to add one more joust to the loft space to make the lost 16 inches longer. It went from being exactly the length of our mattress, to a foot and some longer- much more comfortable! I had visions of kicking our quilts to the floor and having to trudge down the ladder in the middle of the night to retrieve them, or worse kicking them on to the woodstove. O hey, yea, we bought a woodstove on Saturday! Its a Fisher Baby Bear. Pretty small, but still big for our space. Hopefully we can keep it stoked low enough to stay nice and toasty but not over heat!

 

Sheathed. It looks kind of plain all sheathed! Wish I had a more focused version of my mom and that jack back there, they look pretty elegant in a strange way.

Sweeping my home! Ladder is where the tub would be to orient you, I'm in the living room, awfully close to where the wood stove will be.

up among the rafters

 



and a drink with friends to celebrate our progress!







wooooweee! its been a whirlwind of nails, lumber, and screws! Everything has been nailed, screwed, glued, and tied in. This this is as solid and solid can be. And that my friend is what we call a solid start.