Petey Boy and his Family's journey to a simpler, healthier and more sustainable life.
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Alex Hummel and Doug Sundin did a great piece on our Tiny House. It appeared online at UW Oshkosh Today, a news outlet for Abby and my Alma Mater. If you have a moment, check out the article. Otherwise, scope out the video below. If you are new here, check out our Tiny House Journey to get see why we are doing what we are doing. If you’d like more...
Here are the pictures from the move we did about a month ago. Chris Kleman graciously helped us get the truck in working order and then helped hook the house up to it. The truck pulled it quite well. It was my first time driving anything with a trailer… and it is one heck of a trailer! Now it is sitting in our Driveway in the City. If you are...
Well, we finally got some time to work on the house this weekend… a few hours. So, Abby and I decided to get started on the siding. We installed Vinyl for about two hours. My camera wasn’t acting proper, but I got a few progress shots I was able to compile into a gif: We purchased the vinyl early on in the process. Ideally, we wanted barn boards to be...
Well, the building trades students are officially done working on the house. They did an excellent job and I’m forever grateful for the help everyone was able to give. It probably would have taken us all summer to do what they did in 6 weeks. A lot of the students mentioned that it feels good to be working on something they know folks will actually live in. Normally, their class...
Last Night we were on the 6 o’clock news in Milwaukee on TMJ4 for the Tiny House. Here is the story from their site. The video is below. I am currently building a Tiny House. I am updating the blog as the project moves along. Check out my post on Feb 24th to get the scoop. If you’d like more frequent updates, follow me on Twitter....
Lots of updated pictures to enjoy. If you are new here check out our Tiny House Journeyto get up to speed. I am currently building a Tiny House. I am updating the blog as the project moves along. Check out my post on Feb 24th to get the scoop. If you’d like more frequent updates, follow me on Twitter....
Yesterday, our Tiny house was the cover story for the local paper. I think my beard video made the front page back in August of a different paper, but this is the first time I’ve ever been the cover story for a paper. You can read the article here. You can also read more about our Tiny House Journey here....
The building trades students started working on this project last week and so much has happened so quickly. I have tons of pictures to share with ya’ll. If you are new here check out our Tiny House Journeyto get up to speed. I am currently building a Tiny House. I am updating the blog as the project moves along. Check out my post on Feb 24th to get the scoop. If...
Yesterday we bought a trailer! It is a 32′ gooseneck. The trailer is quite a bit longer than what we anticipated buying. It is also longer than 98% of the Tiny Homes we’ve seen on trailers. But with a family of three, I’m looking forward to the extra space. Check out the pics below. Also, I didn’t know where to mention this, but the Building Trades Instructor at the Tech...
*08/25/2012 UPDATE: The actual plans/layout we are using can be found here.* We are still looking for the perfect trailer. We’ve scoured craigslist and have found trailers, but nothing with everything we need. We are looking for 22 – 26 feet long, double axles, with a towing capacity above 8000 lbs. We prefer a traditional hitch as opposed to a gooseneck. We also prefer it to be low like a...