The Coffee Pod

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Guest Post by Michael Chandler of North Carolina

I thought you might enjoy these images of my little curved wall tiny house my daughter and I built in our back yard here in North Carolina.

Given the romantic setting and excessive glazing I figured a loud door bell might be appropriate… the door post makes a good place to lean my kayak paddle on my way back from the river.

First morning in the new pod. Hot coffee, river below,
A squirrel observes the observer.
We call it the coffee pod because it's a place for morning coffee and meditation. No w-fi though...
the interior ready for the day, the bed folds up in a frame that has storage behind for a couple of backpacks and the necessary bedding.
The door, made of steel and copper supports a porthole window salvaged by a friend

The chimney vent has a crushed brass mesh core that includes a short section of rope light connected to a touch dimmer remote wired to a copper tray next to the door. Touch the tray once and the light comes on dim, three taps sets it to bright and one more turns it off. A wall switch just wouldn’t have fit the vibe. All wiring is concealed, the chimney just magically glows when you touch the tray.

The big window is gasketed and set in a rain gutter eyebrow formed in the stucco. It's lashed in with rope, simple, but it works. Next spring I'll plant it up with vines.


This chair draws me after work or after a run on the creek. it’s nice to just sit and look down from the edge of the rocks.No Facebook. Turtles, heron, young fox cub, the call of the kingfisher, cicadas and bull frogs. a copper tray keeps my beverage upright on the rocks.

A row of mint lines the path to the kayaks. Thinking about what to plant on the roof, moon flowers? fire pinks? ferns? all of the above?
The pod, as seen from the water, fades into the bluff

11 thoughts on “The Coffee Pod”

  4. Now THIS is the kinda stuff I love- weird, funky, outlandish- and well, just bad-ass! Would love to interview them….heck, would love to film this thing sometime…

    I assume the large window is a recycled glass-outdoor table top?

    -Deek
    Relaxshacks.com

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  5. This is a neat and natural little hidey-hole in the woods, NICE BIG viewing port (ok, a window) I totally like the chimney technology! annnd near the river to kayak…wow!Good bonding with your daughter too, NO down side here!

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  6. Very cool. Love the chimney vent/light idea. Please share when the vines have grown. As to the roof… 1 vote for ‘all of the above’ 😉

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  10. AH Moon flower they smell so sweet they would look really nice cascading down the bean.Nice little hole to hit in to when it starts to down pour. Looks like its made from fiberglass type o f material… I would of made the door go under the lip though to keep the rain from being able to get in.

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