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When does a tiny home begin?

4/24/2014

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Today I sent off the check that will allow the manufacturing of my custom tiny home trailer to begin, and I must say, it felt rather momentous. Is it the end of an old life? The beginning of a new one? Or is it just another passing landmark on a journey that started years ago?
In any case, it's so bittersweet, I can hardly stand it.
Five years ago I was reading Jay Shafer's story and  drooling over the Tumbleweed site with friends.

Three years ago I was watching a friend as he built his own tiny house and helped another friend with hers.
And today, after months and years of devouring tiny home websites and filling pads of graph paper with sketches and ideas, I've actually ordered the trailer that will be the foundation for my very own tiny home!
I'll have the building know how of friends,  the research of tiny home bloggers across the interwebs, and the support of relatives far and near. My sons want to help build, and I'm planning a guest bed so my kids can visit (though probably not all at the same time!). But there's no denying this home is being made for me, just me alone, according to my dreams and ideas, and there is something both heartbreakingly wonderful and vaguely terrifying about that.

Twenty foot trailer ordered today from Dan Louche at Tiny Home Builders.
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Mom link
7/6/2014 01:04:44 am

Quite magical. Thanks for letting us in on the step by step process. Sent you link to Shannon, the woman moving to Shasta. Love :-)

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Christina
7/6/2014 11:35:17 am

You're welcome. And thank YOU for giving me a place to stay while we build this thing!
xoxoxo

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