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Tiny House Addition Update

Today is the day I locked up the tiny house and set out on The Famous Idaho Potato Tour. I didn’t have a chance to completely finish the inside of the addition but I promised I would at least post pictures of the progress this far.

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The fireplace will be stacked rock and behind there will be shelves. The picture on the left is of the kitchen. The stove will be on the left and a small refrigerator on the right. The sink will be under the round window. We put corrugated metal on the ceiling and there will be a large wood beam going down the roofline.

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I made a stencil at Kinkos for the wall print. The walls are painted a flat gray and the stencil is essentially the same color but in a gloss. The effect is really quite pretty when you move through the place the light catches the pattern.

The top right picture is of the paper bag floors which I love! It cost around $30 worth of glue and polyurethane. Was
Super easy but a tedious process even in a small space.

The bottom picture is of the kitchen cabinets. The unit is made from a coffee table and 3 sets of thrift store drawers. Total $90. I think I’m going to go with a butcher block countertop.

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This is not a pretty view but it shows where the addition and the original structure connect. One closet will be a pantry and the other one will house my solar power batteries. The reason there are stairs is because the original house sat higher because of it being on wheels.

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You can’t tell how pretty the curtains are so you’ll have to trust me that they’re gorgeous! These thrift store doors and window were $100 and I have an amazingly peaceful view of the sunsets.

Idaho Potato Tour

It’s official – I was hired to be part of a three man team to tour the country to show off Idaho’s 6 ton potato!!! I will be leaving April 1st and won’t be returning until mid November. This is a chance of a lifetime disguised as a job – in the first month aloneContinue Reading

Woodland Guest Bedroom

A couple weeks ago my mom and I tackled her guest room. It was a bright aqua colored teen bedroom for my younger sister…she’s now 23 and living on her own. It took about 3 half days and about $400. This is a basement room and it is now used for visitors. These BEFORE picturesContinue Reading

Is Two Too Much?

“The choices you make now affect the opportunities available to you in the future. -Chris Guillebeau”Click To Tweet I was mentioned in an article today on tinyhousetalk.com for having a tiny home in Idaho and a second one planned for Hawaii. For research they posed the question on their fb page, What do you thinkContinue Reading

How to be a Promo Model

I just got back from working Sundance Film Festival and where I met/saw countless celebrities, went to VIP parties and two film premiers. I posted a status update on facebook before I went and my inbox flooded with envy filled questions on how I get these kind of jobs. Here is the long answer.. I’veContinue Reading

Before the Blog

“From small beginings come great things.” -Proverbs I started this blog after I had already built and lived in my tiny house for a year and a half. It didn’t occur to me that people would even be interested in what I was doing so I didn’t take many pictures on the first build. TheContinue Reading

Michael Kors Knockoff

Original Michael Kors hot pink floor length dress retails at $3,995. Famously worn by Jlo and Brooklyn Decker. I decided I had to have it months ago when I spotted it on pintrest. It took awhile to find the right fabric but I finally did and it cost a whopping $13.76!Continue Reading

Minimal Mail

“Sometimes it’s better to beg for forgiveness than ask for permission.” When I moved the tiny house on to my land I didn’t know how to go about getting an address. All I had was some parcel numbers on the deed. I called the post office they sent me to one of their locations, whichContinue Reading

Tiny Gingerbread House on Wheels

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You are enough

“Earth provides enough to satisfy every man’s need, but not every man’s greed.”~Mohandas K. Gandhi”Click To Tweet With Christmas fast approaching I keep getting asked by loved ones “What do you want for Christmas?” Which I really truly have no answer but it reminds me of a great story. At a party given by aContinue Reading