Tiny house living.
By AmberLynn
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
United States
September 8, 2017 1:28pm CST
i think a lot of you will remember me talking about tiny house living. It is something that I have been interested in at various levels. I've had my reluctance, but i feel as if it is something for me.
It is actually something I hope to accomplish within the next couple of years. I have a friend who owns a piece of land and has a place where I can put such a thing.
I do not think I will be going with the ones you build onto a trailer. Instead I am going to buy a building and make a home out of that. I am still in the early planning stages as I have a lot more to save - and consider before I go about starting the project.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
8 Sep 17
Sounds like a good project!! I hope it works out :) I like watching home tours of tiny houses on YouTube. You can see price ideas and layouts there too!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Sep 17
Youtube is my best friend when it comes to that. I have enjoyed looking at youtube videos, there are several people who go around the world and tour the different tiny houses. Now that I have a pretty good idea of how I want to do it (using a shed) I can search for ideas from people who have convered a shed.
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@infatuatedbby (94914)
• United States
8 Sep 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum YouTube is literally awesome. I've watched Tiny houses around the world even Japan has nifty ones! You should document your journey too if you'd like , that'd be really cool.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Sep 17
@infatuatedbby That would be something worth doing for sure. If not the whole thing, I could do a tour once it is done and put it up on youtube. Actually, I think that would probably be the easiest way for me to show everyone here.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
8 Sep 17
Oh this is so exciting!!!
Yes, do it!!
Will be so perfect for you friend and now cant wait to see it!!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Sep 17
I will be posting about it when I am in the process of obtaining what I need and working on it. I am shooting for sometime next summer. I need to find a job again but I am working on a savings plan anyway and of course I wlll have online earnings to help me as well.
I hope to get as many things as possible for free or cheap. Repurposing things and the like.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
8 Sep 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yes..I know you can do this friend!!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Sep 17
@TiarasOceanView The area that the home will be in is in a rural area. My tiny house will be like the "practice" so to speak for a "man cave" that my brother in law (my best friend's hubby) wants to do.
I am super super excited about it. I don't know anything much about building but I will learn along the way.
They already have electricity ran out to the part of the yard I will be putting the house in, and so I would just have to run septic to the building and figure out water as well.
I joked with her and said that when she has kids it will just be a matter of telling them to "go see aunt amber" if they wanted alone time! lol
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@rosedust82 (2066)
• Philippines
9 Sep 17
This will be a big change for you! I am honestly really excited to see how it turns out as I've been watching those Tiny House episodes on cable. What's interesting to hear whenever I watch that show is how much square feet is in a tiny house to consider it a tiny house. Here where I live, those tiny houses are considered normal sized. Anything bigger would be a mansion to us. Haha. I hope that when you do decide to do this, you'll post the pics so I can see one in real life ( well, at least not on a show.)
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@rosedust82 (2066)
• Philippines
10 Sep 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum I have! I am also amazed at how ingenius some of the furniture are to save as much space as possible! I'd like to do that with my house too one of these days. I feel that I can add more space and make it look better than what I have now. ohhh. do keep us posted! I am beyond excited.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
10 Sep 17
@rosedust82 I am intrigued by the pieces of furniture on casters (wheels). I love that you can roll it away. I saw a piece of furniture on a youtube video. It was on casters and it was two tables that could be locked into one table. it has to be my favorite piece of furniture yet.
@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Sep 17
I plan to maybe even do some videos of it. It will be a long while yet, but it will get done. I just have to make a plan on saving and start gathering information on what I need versus what I want.
Have you gone on youtube and watched videos from people who live in them? There is a lot of videos like that on youtube. I watched a vlog once where a man and his wife went to a tiny house type conference. They had a bunch of different tiny houses to look at, and some of the ideas were very very cool.
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
8 Sep 17
I watch a show on cable about tiny house living. I think if a person is organized and they get claustrophobic it can be done.
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@celticeagle (167015)
• Boise, Idaho
9 Sep 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum ......Very scant.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Sep 17
I only have a few things that I really need. Some clothes, one or two sentimental items, and the rest would be necessities like plates, cups etc.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Sep 17
@celticeagle Yes. Obviously a few towels, some bed linens... I think I would want to get a couple of hot plates instead of a proper stove / oven. I saw a tiny house with one of those rotisserie style counter top ovens on it. I would get that and that would leave cabinet space. I wouldn't even require a dish washer and I could get a washer and just use a clothesline for drying clothes.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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9 Sep 17
I have seen this kind of houses featured on TV and magazines. It actually seems interesting, though the idea is quite new to me.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
9 Sep 17
The whole "tiny house movement" is still very new. A lot of people are picking it up.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
11 Sep 17
@JeeyanDee Yes, I know it has made its way to a few different countries, but not very many yet.
If you think about it, it's not such a new concept. There are apartment's in Japan that are much much tinier than the tiny homes.
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@JeeyanDee (2692)
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11 Sep 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum Yeah they are. It is still not a thing here in my country though, and the concept is still so foreign to many people.
@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
8 Sep 17
I have been considering in buying one of the tiny houses for myself. I do not need a very big house for myself to live in.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Sep 17
I've been considering the different options they have out there. I think buying a shed would be the best option for me. I know there are some tiny house builders in my State, but I would rather do it myself.
Were you going to get someone to make it for you ?
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Sep 17
@Scrapper88 They can be more expensive that way but the people who build those things definitely know what they are doing. I have seen some very innovative tiny homes.
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@Scrapper88 (5983)
• United States
8 Sep 17
@ScribbledAdNauseum I was thinking of getting one already made.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Sep 17
One I will undertake with my closest friends as well. I am lucky to have them.
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@Poppylicious (11133)
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8 Sep 17
This sounds fun. You must keep us updated with your progress!
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Sep 17
I am hoping to have it started next spring... Updates will be forthcoming, just not anytime soon.
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@ScribbledAdNauseum (104628)
• United States
8 Sep 17
I haven't watched the program,, isn't it on HGTV? I do look at videos on youtube I agree, we have so many things that are not necessary for us to have. I would want something no smaller than 450 sq. ft.
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