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We're Starting to Use the Space in Our Tiny House—Yay!
Debra Redalia
Our first boxes moved into our motorhome from storage, so we can continue reducing unnecessary belonging and see what fits before we begin to build. We're actually using the space now for a life activity even though we have only done demolition of the old interior.
Today was a big day for us because after all the delay, we finally started actually using the space in our tiny house!
We’re not in a big hurry because we have a place to live, but we also have a lot more process to do before we can completely move into this small space.
Our big step this week is to move all my things that are still in storage into the tiny house so I can go through another round of elimination while actually in the space. This will give us a sense of what actually fits in the space that we haven’t had before. I also will now have access to things (especially books) that have been in storage for almost 2 1/2 years. I’ll just be able to go into the tiny house and get something I need instead of having it miles away in storage.
We actually moved a table in today and about a dozen boxes, so our tiny house is now officially being used as living space! Yay! It’s happening!
Since blogs typically give most recent posts first, it can be difficult to read a chronological story from the beginning on a blog. So here is a list of the blog posts starting with the first post and moving forward in time:
Love the tiny house idea but have not really looked into it. I have a real big house and I wish I could get a tiny house but I do not know the first thing about living in it or even getting one. I am trying to follow your story and I do. I think your tiny house looks big in the picture. But of cause that spice rack is pretty big. Larry is doing good job though. Good luck.
Just follow along and you’ll see as we go. It will all unfold. 🙂
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Plus, looks so spacious in there.
And everything strategically arranged.
Looking forward to more of your journey together!
Congrats Debra and Larry! It’s becoming a real home.
This article caught my eye, that mentions storage issues with tiny houses. And what to do if you potentially want to sell in the future. https://getpocket.com/explore/item/tiny-houses-look-marvellous-but-have-a-dark-side-three-things-they-don-t-tell-you-on-marketing-blurb?utm_source=pocket-newtab
In any case we’ll likely go with a tiny house at some point too. As least-toxic as it can go.
Thanks for sharing your journey– awesome team!
This article brings up some good points but seems to me to be focusing on the problems rather than the benefits.
A tiny house is perfect for us because we want to reduce our consumption, it’s not a stepping stone to be biegger house (but even if it was, there is nothing wrong with that.} I lived in several studio apartments in my younger years and moved my housing up in size slowly. Tiny houses could certainly be used for the same purpose.
But where tiny houses work best, I think, it when one embraces the tiny house philopshy, as Larry and I are doing.
We may one day have a bigger house, but I see our tiny hourse staying with us forever as extra livving space, a rental unit, or a motorhome for travel.
Healthy thinking, Debra! OK I’ll try and follow in your footsteps on this one.