Tiny Home construction is well on its way

Wow! Its been a long time since I have written about our Tiny Homes Project. We've been so busy with sourcing materials and making decisions about the building. Here are a few shots of our progress

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We have been preparing for the last 5 months to build our first tiny home that will be offered for sale.

After two trips down to Portland and hours and hours or research we are ready to build. Our custom designed 8x20 heavy duty trailer is ready and waiting. The design was inspired by Dee Williams of Portland Alternative Dwellings. We found a great company with facilities for building trailers and were able to take us from vision to full inspection meeting government regulations for safety.

The next step was the workshop for creating a dry environment for building.  Because they are small there is no room for extra moisture in the building process. Therefore before we could even start building our Tiny Home we had to build a large workshop that is 16 feet high so that our Tiny Home which is 13.5 ft high would fit inside.  We are getting very excited about the workshop being finished soon.

IN deciding on a design and floor plan we looked at many possiblities. Some of the tiny homes we saw were wonderfully crafted with wooden interiors. We found a reference to building small or large: Large you need to use concrete but small you can use gold.  That is another advantage of building a small or tiny home is that one can use quality materials that radiate high energy frequencies.    There is a feeling of being contained in a womb.That is what differentiates a Tiny Home from a Mobile Home.  The Tiny Homes are made of wood and are built to last with the understanding of mobility.  They are firmly connected and braced and will last for generations.

We have discovered that this idea is exploding all over North America and particularly in the north west. We are excited about offering this service to our local community and further.  Housing is one of our basic needs.  These tiny homes offer a pride of ownership, independence and affordability as well as sustainability.

We will keep you updated as we progress.

SIMPLE SOLUTIONS FOR SUSTAINABILITY!!!!

Sacred Tiny Homes

Less is more. We are coming to a time in the history of our planet where we need to be more gentle as we walk our planet. I have been building houses for over 30 years and most of them where large homes. Some were modest but none where "Tiny Abodes" When I saw my first website about Tiny Houses my heart screamed "Yes!" This is what I can do as a builder as my contribution to the planet. I once heard David Suzuki say, "Just do one thing every week that is sustainable and will lessen the load on the planet."

These tiny homes are anywhere from 90 sq feet to 300 or 400 sq feet. Everything is beautifully crafted and a sense of peace and sacredness is felt in the space. The reason being is that the individuals have really had to look at what is meaningful and purposeful in their lives when paring down to the essentials.

So a place to sleep, bathe, cook and eat. Also a place to write and read. Some people say I could never live in such a small place but since I have been thinking about "nano-living", I see everything that I have accumulated in my life with a  different eye.  No excess. Simple. Streamline. Silent. Compact calmness.

More musings to come about small spaces and minimizing our possessions. Moving from consumerism to sacred being-ness.