by Susan Stacy
I love the Tiny House Blog. I came across it a few years ago when I was looking to downsize and I fell in love with the “Tiny Texas Houses.” I dreamed of having one on my five acres one day here in Texas. I was looking through Craigslist one Saturday about two years ago and came across a small house to be moved.
I decided the idea was crazy at first, but kept going back to look at the picture house so I called to go see it. It is 400 sqare feet and sat in a pasture about a mile from where I grew up. I never noticed it although I passed it each day on the bus. I bought it and had it moved to where I live about 15 miles away.
I put a tin roof on, a porch, and painted barn red over the pepto bismal pink. I tore out a lot of stuff in the kitchen and bathroom, but left the upper kitchen cabinets, painted them, and removed the doors. The exterior doors were in bad shape so they had to go. I love living in my little “Bear Cabin” as I call it now since I have it decorated with bears inside!
Keep up with Susan’s house on her blog: http://susansimplified.blogspot.com/
Awesome!!!
Absolutely perfect! So glad you gave in to your urge to celebrate life and just get this little house. Wish there were a few more pics of how you finished it all out, but the cabinets look great! Nice touch with the “star” stained glass door. Enjoy! 🙂
Good for you!!! It will be adorable – more photos, more photos!!!
I love what you have done – – and would really like to see more pics. . . like the porch and just more interior too. Last year I bought a 600sf cabin in the woods in western WA state. It is now gutted and awaiting a little better weather before we get going on the remodel. Sometimes I get a little overwhelmed at the enormity of the project – – but seeing that others have done similar projects . . and frankly, watching the “flip” shows on HGTV help to keep my anxiety levels from peeking. Congratulations on following your dream.
Clearly a lot of work was done after looking at the ‘before’ photos. Where are the ‘after’ photos of the interior? I see one small area for the washer/dryer combo with a ‘fish’ hiding behind the coat. This photo shows a nice door on the end(?) and not the original door on the side.
Glad you are happy with restoration. Showing more completed photos will me share that enjoyment.
It’s lovely!! How lucky you are to have the land to put it on!! Are you near San Antonio? I’d love to see your house if you didn’t mind. It’s my dream to have a tiny house too, just haven’t figured out how to go about it yet.
Helen
So cute! I would love to see more pictures of the inside when it is finished. Congrats on following your dream! I have had my eye on an ancient stone shell of a house probably dating back from the late 1700s sitting in a busy metro area just rotting in a field. I know someday they will tear it down and put a store there (as they have everywhere else). I long to have it moved and make it into at least one part of a small house. My husband thinks I’m nuts. I think it would be beautiful and I bet the county would be happy to get it out of the way and off their hands.
Great job! More people should be able to do this, but we have too much government controlling us!
Very nice remodel
I love your house…
Congratulations on a tiny home rescue! Looks like you did a lovely job with it. Would love to see more photos if you’re so inclined. Enjoy your lovely home in what looks like a pretty setting.
How much did you pay for it. Sometimes those old houses cost more to fix then to build brand new,old rotted wood. Old wiring, plumbing,etc. That is a very simple structure to build.
I love what I see! Would also love to see more of the interior, I am always especially interested to see how bathrooms and sleeping areas are handled.
I home you enjoy your cabin for many years.
Delightful! A dreamy place- perfect size and a magnificent example of recycling. Tell us more when you can- more pix!
Love the “repurposed” home. Great save and love your cabin. I’d also like to see more interior photos. Decorated with bears? I have a very good friend who decorates with bears.
Hope you add tornado tie downs – that foundation looks a little vulnerable. 🙂
Ya, let’s see more pics of the inside. What we saw was great, and I love the colour you decided to paint the outside, but more pics of the inside:)
Heck yeah! Very nice job!
Love what you’re doing! More pics, please.
Why would you waste money on a shingled roof with all those trees around. Why not go for a metal roof? They make much more sense! I have a metal roof and am so glad that I got it rather than any other roof material.
It says right in the article that she put a tin roof on, not a shingled one!
Nice job, great color!
I am in love with everything about tiny houses, I am trying to cull stuff and start this downsizing process now for if I decided to live in another country in 4 years time. I need help and support, so if there is anyone in Australia let me know. Cheers.
I am in love with everything about tiny houses, I am trying to cull stuff and start this downsizing process now for if I decide to live in another country in 4 years time. I need help and support, so if there is anyone in Australia let me know. Cheers.
Hi Melissa here are a few websites in Australia you might like to read.http://tinyhousesaustralia.com/
http://www.tinyhouseliving.com/tag/australia/
http://tinyhouseblog.com/stick-built/a-tiny-house-in-australia/
Love your house – Love your story! And your washer/dryer looks like it’s smiling!! 😀
You did such a lovely job with this place. Great work! Would love to see more pictures of the inside too.
Would love to see the interior!
It’s wonderful. We once bought a house for $1 that was scheduled to be torn down. It was a cosmetic fixer-upper but a little investigation revealed that it was a solid redwood lath and plaster bungalow from 1908. We restored it and lived in it for 11 years.
There is something very rewarding about rescuing an old house. You did a great job- like everyone else, I would love to see how the interior turned out. So maybe you could do an update sometime?
I have more photos at http://susansimplified.blogspot.com/
if you would like to see finish out.
What a great story and a great re-build! No doubt you learned a lot along the way (like jumping off cliffs can be fun sometimes). Well done, congratulations on following your instincts.
Someday…I want to have something like this. Thanks for the inspiration. Love your house. : )
Namaste
Frank Lloyd Wright stated
“Limitations are the best friends of Architecture”
I bought a building block for 95000.00 facing north which receives all day sun even in winter.
And built a 45 square metre cabin for 89000.00
184,000.00 in total.
A bedroom study and a living kitchen.
And I am happy.
It gave me satisfaction to be involved in the design compliance and construction.
We must I believe think outside the square and save ourselves alot of money in the process.
Good Luck,
Big Dreams can come in small dimensions !
It’s so nice! I like forests and want to live in near mountains in the future. I think it is very lucky of you to live this wonderful house.
Very nice house. I understand trying to find small scale housemovers. My grandfather in Katy, TX moved houses in size from yours to three story Victorian homes from 1949 to 1982, Still love driving by houses he moved years ago.
I am in the planning stages of building a cabin on my 11 ac in Wimberly, Texas. Yours is perfect. What part of TX are you located in?
Good Luck,
Charlie B