Having lived aboard a boat for a lot of the last 15 years I knew I liked living in a small space. I once lived in a 26ft sailboat that I could not stand up in. It was all of 25 sq ft in the cabin, I loved it. When I came upon the community of folks that have embraced the Tiny House mantra I knew I had found kindred spirits. It has be a blast over the past 12 months as I have done a deep dive into the idea of building my own Mobile House. I was asked last week who was the person who has given you the most insight into this project. That was an easy question for me to answer, who is the brightest mind, and it is the collective mind of the community. The Tiny House Blog has been a great resource to me but there is no one source, there are hundreds and I have been able to embrace all this knowledge to find ideas, plans, and concepts and to mold an ideal of what I want in My Mini Mobile Cottage. My personal network has joined me in this venture which is a major reason I started my own blog – MyMiniMobileCottageBuildingJourney as a place to record my experience and add to the collective information on building these houses and to inform my friends and relatives of my progress.
I really liked the open floor plan of the Fencl by Tumbleweed Houses. I have attended Jay’s seminar and have his book. What did not fire me up about the Fencl was the way he treated the front of the house and the idea of taking my living space and making part of that a porch. While architecturally it looks cool, it did not meet my needs. I have chosen to make a detachable deck that attaches to the front of the house and using the entire trailer floor as living space. I have to have a U-haul to move the dang thing so I can put my deck structure in there and take advantage of the extra space.
