The Little Shaver House | Tiny House Blog
We began researching the tiny house movement about four years ago. After also examining how we were living and the way we would prefer to live, we knew it was time to make a change. Some of those changes would be spending more time with family and friends, doing more charity work, and making better use of our resources. Building a tiny house was the natural next step toward having the freedom to live our lives the way we envisioned. We decided to put our house on the market and also began selling all of our possessions on craigslist and in a garage sale. What we couldn’t sell we donated to Goodwill.
Ron is an attorney and I’m a Montessori teacher who decided to stay home with my daughter. We’re still a little (okay I am, at least) nervous that Ron will have room to put all of his suits for work!
After purchasing our trailer, we began considering design concepts in order to maximize the space. Having a nine-month old little girl, we needed create extra room so that later she could have her own sleeping loft. We stumbled upon the design for Darren Macca and Ann Holley’s Protohaus and visited them over a weekend trip to Denver as they were wrapping up their build. Not only did we learn a lot about how to build a tiny house, but we also decided to incorporate dormer windows on both the front and back loft spaces of our tiny house.
With the help of family and friends, we decided to build our home ourselves. Progress has moved rather quickly on the house since construction began. We started with a building party in mid August to kick start our build. Friends and family joined us in building and we were able to raise all of the walls within the first two days and finished all of the framing and sheathing within 10 days. We hope to be moved into our tiny house in the next month!
