Shed-Boy Mini-Home
Shed-Boy Demonstration Building
Shed-Boy a company located in Port Townsend, WA, build small buildings for which can be used for almost any function you can imagine. Shed-Boy’s focus is as an efficiency dwelling unit, fully self-contained, so they can function as..
- Accessory Dwelling Unit (mother-in-law suite)
- cottage or cabin
- guest house
- art studio
- rental
Each plan series comes in lengths from 16’ to 28’ and are 14’ deep. Shed-Boy also has the Outlaw model, a 10 x12 unit which gives you a 120 s.f. unit with a full kitchen, bath and laundry, and enough room for a fold-away bed!
Sustainability is deeper than “green” products and finishes. Shed-Boy wants to go beyond LEED platinum. Shed-Boy’s goal is to provide quality buildings that utilize resources to strengthen our communities. Zero-impact is no longer enough- we need to have a positive impact
with what is available now!
- Designed to be modular, panelized, or constructed on-site with optimum efficiency.
- In our base model, finishes are minimal creating the lowest cost product with the highest utility.
- Small spaces are efficient to heat, and light. Less surface area, fewer corners, and building envelope penetrations result in tighter more efficient buildings.
Check out the Shed-Boy site to learn more.
Update: This is a 12 x 16,- it is the Jake floor plan- this one is constructed with SIPs and was completed in about 7.5 hours. – more photo’s are available under the slides button at at the bottom of our web page www.shed-boy.com
Photo Credit: Shed-Boy
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It’s a good concept, but the interior design is awful. C’mon, you guys! Everything came from Home D***t, right? Cheap Chinese-made Whirlpool appliances?! You can do way better than that.
And you need more windows.
what kinda appliances would you recommend?
http://www.compactappliance.com/
I agree – the interior looks cheap and poorly planned.
How are you going to access the cupboard on top of the refrigerator?
Oven & microwave but no counter space?
Why waste the good front window by making it part of the “hall” to the bathroom?
Looks like an extremely well-built and highly-insulated unit to me. Why quibble about interior layout and appliances? Those can be done any way you want.
I really like the idea, but the layout leaves me wanting something a lil better. More windows give the illusion of more space, i realize they are expensive though. I like the idea of modular though. If you could have a options for a blank box, insulated wall, subfloor and a roof, then you could let people do their own work, design the inside on their own, and make it more flexible.
PS: your branding is great
love the website
I have an idea for a better layout. Have the entry French doors centered on the living area and not half way into the bathroom. Put the kitchen on the back wall opposite the entry with a window over the sink and the refrigerator door opening towards the sink. In the house featured the refrigerator opens away from the sink, making it hard to access. Use small-scale appliances to make enough room for drawers and base cabinets. Try Summit at http://www.summitappliance.com/
The bathroom doorway is adjacent to the kitchen counter with a closet on the back wall next to the kitchen counter. Have a shower with a curtain but no stall, as the Japanese do. Put a window in the bathroom for light and ventilation. And there may be enough room to put a stackable washer/dryer either in the closet or in the bath.
Great idea, but I’d make a few changes. I agree with Carol’s suggestion about the shower, except I’d also suggest making the bathroom a wetroom.
I’d also make big changes in the kitchen. Instead of a full-size fridge, I’d get an apartment-size one. Put a countertop oven (like a Cuisinart brick oven, which has 0.9 cubic feet capacity) on top of the fridge and install built-in double burners, in place of that enormous stove and that’ll free up about three feet counter space. I would keep the microwave as-is, because I suspect it has a built-in fan and that’s handy.
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this would be an easy design to loft. maybe place a smaller sleeping are on top and use the current roof as a bedroom patio. earlier poster is correct. the floor plan is up to you but for me more open would be better.
I love the website, and I applaud your efforts to develop sustainable, small sized, reasonable houses.
with all the great design, could at least manage to change the swing on the fridge doors . for more efficiency