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"Be the Water"

8/27/2014

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Adventures in Wrapping and Flashing

TURN ON IMAGES to see friends helping with wrapping the tiny house
There's nothing like a steady string of summer storms to make me glad we're building under cover. The storms also made me obsess on wrapping and flashing. A friend came over to the build site to help us maneuver the 9 foot roll of house wrap around the house.  (Thank you, Brigitte!) Although I prefer the look of wood to house wrap, it was still pretty satisfying to see it go around the entire structure. 

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One Week, Two Landmarks

8/20/2014

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tiny house, walls, plywood sheathing, vardo, curved roof, gypsy caravan, shepherd's hut
Plywood sheathing pretty much complete!
Last week we reached two landmarks--
#1 - we got all the plywood sheathing on the house, and 
#2- we threw away our first garbage can full of waste.

(Before you get too impressed about there being only one can of waste so far, I should acknowledge that there are

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Where Curves and Lines Collide...

8/9/2014

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Building the Caravan End Walls

tiny house, caravan, vardo, curved roof, end wall, framing, curved window, homemade SIP
Well, we were off for a week while Mr. Builder went to see family and then, almost as soon as he returned, my back got tweaked and I had to take another two days off. Ugh! I was glad to be able to get a few non-building things done. (I finished the final project for my Permaculture Design Course--yay!)

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Just because you asked....

8/9/2014

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Because several people have asked, several times, if there is a place they can go to just see a collection of pictures of the house in progress, there is now a separate page just for those of you who don't feel like wading through the words to see how things are going. Click on "Photo Gallery" in the sidebar or under the "Tiny Home" tab up top to see the pictures, larger size, and in roughly chronological order.

More details coming soon, but meanwhile--enjoy the pictures!

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