Small home big life--The Beginning
Hello, my name is Ben, and I live in southeast Louisiana. In the past four years I have been on a journey to create an easier life for myself. From growing a garden, raising chickens, ducks, and...
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Started the trailer frame! It has begun!
Most people, when building their tiny house on wheels purchase a flatbed trailer and build the house on top of that. Well, I can't afford a $3000 trailer right now but luckily and thankfully my dad...
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Basic Interior Plans
Main Floor Sleeping LoftI stumbled upon a design website today so I thought I would give it a try and draw the basic layout of my tiny house.The...
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Any progress means one step closer!
Here is a pic of the frame jacked up and the tongue on the ground ready to be attached on the next time we get to work on it. Back to work on the trailer for my house! Any work being done on it is...
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Things Happen for a Reason
Yesterday, my landlord calls me to inform me that they are selling some of their rental properties and my house is one of the lucky ones! Great...so it looks like I could have as little as two months...
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Mardi Gras Tiny House Trailer* Madness! *Warning: Do not try this at home!
Well, a long story short I finished building the trailer. I spent about an entire week working like mad for twelve hours a day trying to complete this thing before my Mardi Gras break was over and I...
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Goin' With the Flo'
Now that the repaired trailer successfully made it back to my house. I can now start installing the frame for the floor and sub-floor. Before I left my parents house, over the Mardi Gras holidays, I...
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Pallets...The Building Blocks of Life?
In this past month I have gotten a lot done. I wanted to be further along but there is always something that is unforeseen. I got the trailer moved to its new building location(in my friend Keith's...
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Not by the Hair of my Chinny Chin Chin!!
No big bad wolf at work here but...I did promise at the beginning of this journey that I would post all issues related to building this house whether good or bad. Well, that being said we had a minor...
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Where There's a Will, There's a Way!
Besides this step in the process being tedious I would say that it went without anything major happening like last time. Basically, the house wrap was easy but it would have gone a lot faster with two...
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Back at it!
Sorry I haven't posted in awhile. It took me the whole month of May to get moved out of my house and settled at a friends temporarily for the summer. Plus I have been doing some extensive research and...
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Roof, Siding, and Other Fun Stuff!
I left off last time with finishing up the front porch. Now I got the roof and the siding on. It took almost the whole month of July to get that done. We have had so much rain that I couldn't catch a...
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Ultra Post: Help from Friends, Hurricane Issac, Electrical, Living on 15 Amps...
It has been awhile since my last post but a lot has happened and I have lots of pictures for you to enjoy. Since my last post I have gotten more done on the power closet, ran some plugs and switches,...
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One Day at a Time
It has been since the end of September since my last post and wanted to update my blog but things just get in the way sometimes...as does procrastination. On those days of procrastinating I try to...
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Painting My Canvas!
It has been a busy two months since my last post. I got a lot done and am nearing completion. Since I did not use plans to build my house I sometimes just sit back and look at what I have accomplished...
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Here is a video of what I have completed so far on the interior of the house. This is the first video uploaded for my house. I am about 85% complete and am taking my time, letting the ides flow, and...
View ArticleThe Things I Have Learned From my Father
The title should be what hasn't my father taught me! I have learned so much from him that I didn't even realize the amount and wealth of information and know how I have accumulated from him. That is...
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So Close!!
The house is very close to being finished. I am getting down to the fine detail point and also waiting for some things to come in the mail. My roll of wallpaper finally came in today! Turns out my...
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http://www.nola.com/homegarden/index.ssf/2013/10/living_large_in_a_small_space.htmlHere is an article about me and my tiny house. The photographer got some really good shots. Can't express enough how...
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