Kent, here is a photo of the cottage that I lived in during college. Later, my family of four lived here for a summer. The house sits in the backyard of my parents home, and they currently use it for morning prayer, coffee, and breakfast on the porch, and as a guest room when family comes to visit.
The majority of it was built in 1998 out of two dilapidated tool sheds. It is on a pillar foundation and is about 25 x 12 with two main rooms and a storage loft. The loft is easily large enough for a queen sized bed, but not quite tall enough to stand up in. It is the maximum size allowed for a backyard “shed” without having to apply for a building permit. It also is without running water, but it does have electricity. It is a very comfy, cozy cottage with a beautiful porch area. This picture was taken the morning after Christmas, after a blizzard.
Jesse – Searcy, AR
Blizzard? That looks like a light snow fall to me, Grin. cute house.
Believe it or not, there’s about 6-9″ of snow there. It may not sound like blizzard levels of snowfall, but there’s a few definitions of blizzard and the other conditions met those. One of the scariest nights of my life with the trees falling everywhere. I lost power and cable for a week. Driving up to Hot Springs looked liked Big Foot came through and knocked down trees like they were little sticks. Craziest thing I’ve ever seen.
I think the cottage is darling. Isn’t that a lot of snow for Arkansas? I was raised in Lawrence County, AR and it hardly ever had snow. I am related to 90 percent of everyone in Arkansas (maybe a tad of an exaggeration but not much) and I notice they talk about cold weather more than they used to.
So cute!!! It sounds like a good way to build a tiny house.
Beautiful! I would love to live here, although it might be hard to fit my family of nine! Our house is 740 sq. ft. plus a low-ceiling sleeping loft, a tiny house if you account for square feet per person.
Love the ideas..would love a tiny home of my own.
My mom lived in Harrison and Yellville, AR for 5 years. One winter, the snow and freezing rain knocked out power to them for 9 days. Luckily, she was a Missouri girl and had wood heat, lots of supplies, etc.
I love the house. And I have seen it hail in Tucson so weather “ain’t what it used to be”.
Very cool. Thanks for posting. : )
Very nice and it looks bigger in the photo than I was expecting. A loft you “almost” can stand up in –that’s a luxury in tiny homes.
Cute! I’d love to see the inside!
Very profesional presentation and display. Thanks for sharing.
Really cute house. From the outside it looks like there’s a lot of space in it, would love to see what the inside looks like.
Looks like something out of Norman Rockwell. the simplicity is wonderful. Just curious, how did you handle no running water?