Welcome to our new TinyByDesign blog. It has been a long time since we’ve put anything up but now things are happening in a rush. We have set time aside to bring the Tiny to completion and hope to have it ready for sale in the next few weeks.
We first became interested in Tiny Houses over ten years ago when it wasn’t mainstream and definitely not cool. Most people would look at us blankly when we described what we wanted to do and then later, what we were doing. I guess the advantage of us taking so long to build is that all the advertising and explaining has been done for us!
We have noticed, though, that the emphasis has gone from affordable housing for those who are locked out of the housing market to high end, modular and massive. We hope to continue to build Tiny houses which will be unique, incorporate both new and recycled materials and help those who are needing alternative housing. We try to be responsible and creative in the use of materials which means I doubt there will be a standard list of models to choose from.
So this was Tiny Mark 1 at the beginning of 2018.
We decided to stain the cedar as a lot of people didn’t like the natural weathering of the boards. Steve, being Canadian, didn’t mind but I was happy to go for a more New England look. So here it is with the staining in progress; the windows are still being re puttied and painted.
Inside we have gone from just the loft being habitable to the bathroom and kitchen being identifiable rooms. We decided to use aluminium checker plate for the shower area with channel groove in the rest of the room; the kitchen/ living area is tongue and groove. The kitchen counter is made of blackbutt and iron bark offcuts laminated together and the timber detail is repeated on the stair treads.
Everything is half finished and open at the moment.We are waiting for the electrician to come on Wednesday to do second fix (240v) and the plumber to come and plumb in the shower, kitchen sink and gas cooktop. Next time I’ll talk about where we up to now.
Steve Lick Timberworks 