Loft Privacy

Ahhh…privacy. It’s one of those topics people ask about when you own a tiny space. We do live in pressed quarters but even before we had this amazing sliding door

Pre-Tiny Living Concerns

I was recently thinking about the things I was nervous about prior to living in a tiny house. The things I weren’t sure would work out okay. We had tried to think of most problems that could arise and provide solutions to the build, but some things we just had to jump in and try.

Second Freeze

I promised an update on our winterization techniques. In early November we had our first issues with freezing. We hadn’t insulated well enough and ended up with frozen water connections and hoses. We ended up using a water storage tank with a decently loud pump. It got us water but we are a family of 4 and Tim had to re-fill that tank every couple days, which seemed like it would be a challenge through the winter.

A tiny bit of Christmas ❤️

Just wanted to say Merry Christmas!! We did decorate the house. I don’t have pictures of all of it but there’s a garland and a nativity set and lights and candles and pinecones and such.

My Kitchen

Drum roll please…

This is our kitchen! I think the pictures mostly speak for themselves, but I’ll do a little bit of explaining. The kitchen area is right in the middle of the house. When you walk in the front door

Six Months of Tiny Living

Today marks our 6 month Anniversary of living tiny! We’ve survived! I remember while we were waiting for the house to be built, I would try to think what it would be like, but it’s just not something you can imagine until you do it. The time has gone by so quickly, probably because it was the summer months. I’m thinking the upcoming winter months might drag a bit.

First Freeze

So I had said at the beginning of this blog that I would be open and honest about tiny house living. Well, we just had our worst week in the house and had many challenges as we have just experienced the official start of Canadian winter. It all started when I decided to reheat some pie last Wednesday night. Who doesn’t like warm pie? Tim says I started the chaos but it would have all happened either way, and sadly the pie was more tepid than warm. Pretty big disappointment for all that trouble for an un-warm pie. 

Living/Dining/Learning Room Tour

I am never sure what to call this room. It serves so many purposes, such as living room, dining room and learning room. We really wanted it to be functional for a few different needs and I think it’s done a great job. The worst part of this room is that we still don’t have cushions for the bench seats so it’s not super comfy for long periods of time, but that is fixable, and hopefully will be soon. Our builder just finished this table for us, it is a fabulous coffee table and then it lifts up and expands into a large rectangle table. It does pose some space challenges when it is all the way open so I think we’re going to have to do some problem solving, but I love how it goes down into a coffee table and it’s so easy to transition it that it’s not a hassle at all.

My Bed-Nook

Today I am going to feature our main sleeping loft, which I have named my bed-nook, because that name just sounds cozy, doesn’t it? Cozy is definitely the right word for this space, I absolutely love it.

Being Thankful

I haven’t posted much lately. I have some ideas for posts and I have some new features of the house to share with you. The finishing of the house is still in progress, so I will feature rooms as they’re done. But today in honor of Thanksgiving this weekend (in Canada anyway) I wanted to share what I am thankful for this season.