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Still in Construction
It’s been a minute since our last update. Life is busy, and we continue to make progress on the tiny house. The stairs are complete and the basement is all framed in and has new windows. It’s a completely different space that I think feels really cool. One of the worst parts was jack-hammering out…
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Now We’re Going Places
The tiny house has stairs!! That is all. Okay, that’s not all, lol. The new stairs let a ton of light into the basement – removing much of the creepiness. (The last of the creepy will go when we finally paint over the funky mushroom art.) And since we’re going for an open layout upstairs,…
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Back At It
After a brief hiatus for spring break shenanigans, we’re back to work on the tiny house. Recent progress includes a clean and empty basement, electricity (woo!), and rearranging the floor plan to build new stairs and start constructing walls in the basement. Little by little, the vision is taking shape! Spring Break Views And some…
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Almost a Blank Slate
Demolition: so much insulation! Blown-in insulation is easy on the install but such a pain as you take everything down. But the end of demo is in sight and we’re starting to see how the house will take shape. Now they demo is winding down, things are going to quickly look different – and this…
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Back In Business!
The sewer install was completed today, after three days of digging and digging and digging. But flushing at the tiny house is once again legal! If only it had a toilet… Apparently the sewer was a bit deeper than they expected, so Day 2 required more digging. We’re guessing that trench was a good 12…
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Already In Over Our Heads?
We closed on the tiny bungalow two weeks ago and were eager to get started. Dan went to city hall to check into a building permit and we quickly encountered our first surprise: the house, built in 1943, was constructed decades before the city installed the public sewer, so it has an old fashioned cistern…
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