These shots of The Matriarchs Coupe were taken to send to the man who we hope will plaster our dry wall. This is a very specialised job, not for the faint of heart. I thought you may be interested in the rough shots as well. They are boney and raw. And I hope you can ignore the bad mannered advertising on the builders paper.
You are entering from the corridor. Lets walk down there. Look past the window. Around to your right is the door that leads into the cloakroom of the main house. So walk to the end of this corridor and turn completely around, putting your back to that wall.
Now look back towards the goldilocks windows facing the sunrise.
On your right will be a door to the South Patio. And on your left is the bathroom. Keep walking. Your eye is better than my camera at wide angle but once you get to the middle of the room look straight up to the beautiful ceiling.
If you run your eye down the right of the tallest of the goldilocks windows to the floor – that is where the first tall barn beam pole will be. (I know this is hard to visualise).
Eyes up still and look across to the South and see those windows right across the top, they will catch all of the winter sun and only a whisper of the high summer heat. They will open in the summer to let heat out of the building.
Now keep looking up and turn to your right 190 degrees and lets see the mezzanine.
That open area on the right is waiting for coloured glass. It will be back lit by windows (see above far right) to the South leading in much needed winter colour and the bathroom lights.
Even though this house is a tiny house I do not think Tiny!
Now look down and back to the south, see that join in the green timber along the mezzanine, that is where the second of the barn beams will go, it will reach straight to the ceiling. And running south of this barn pole will be the free standing double sided shelves with more coloured glass. See that window to your right, it faces the sunset, and the light will come through there then through the interior stained glass window and straight across the foot of the bed which will be situated to the left of that ladder.
Behind you are the open french doors to the North verandah, but we will look out that way another day. Yesterday was gray and cold, snowy and rainy and windy. A breathtakingly dreadful day.
Good morning. The windows and doors come at the end of this month, yes they open outwards and yes the doors are baked-on RED (of course).
So, soon the changes will be fast and brilliant.
You all have a lovely day, we have another windy and cold one. (sigh)
celi
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65 responses to “A Tiny Tour through the Tiny House”
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I so love imagining what will be! When we were house-hunting years ago, I was ready to buy every one we visited, much to my husband’s befuddlement, because I immediately decorated or redecorated them in my head.
ah, you and I are very similar! Thank goodness i am not alone in this affliction! c
How very amazing…I do love seeing the bones of a house. Thanks for the tour!
And i have to pop over and see you again soon and look up the secret to your dads rice, was it a teaspoon of olive oil? I have forgotton.. life is like that at the moment!.. c
Tablespoon of oil, two cups water, teaspoon salt…bring to a boil, add rice, cook away water, cover and cook on low for 20 minutes! There! As much as I love my visits, I’ve saved you a trip!
From the time I was 5 I was drawing houseplans on every piece of scrap paper I could find [somehow found out about the ‘look-down’ approach!] and SO wanted to be an architect. Not practical enough said post-war emigree parent! Doctor or dentist! Could not bear to look into people’s mouths, so medicine, always ‘second-best’ in my mind!! But what joy to picture this kind of enterprise to the nth degree. You and your Kiwi builder have done well: it’ll be a delightful jewel box – thank you for ‘visiting rights’!!
This is going to be a wonderful place! 😀
I loved the tour but no matter how hard I looked, I couldn’t see one farmy resident in the photos… not a cat, a chicken, a peahen or even a Ton 😉 Has this ever happened before, I wonder.
Oh No! you are right.. funny.. c
Oh how positively lovely C! I had to quickly pop in and see how things are coming along – very exciting!
I do hope that you weather starts improving soon, cold weather is horrid.
🙂 Mandy xo
Celi, it looks small, yet cosy and spacious at the same time!
It’s coming along beautifully and doesn’t look that tiny to me!
Thank you for the lovely tour. I will look again when I am home. Do you have enough insulation? If we need 10″ thick in Europe, however much will keep out Illinois extremes?
Have a lovely day.
ViVx
Years ago we were doing extensive work on our house and we had a large tree at the front of the property and people walking past would hide behind the tree to watch what we were doing thinking we couldn’t see them! So thank you for letting me see inside from the comfort of my home! I admit I have no shame I am nosey but would draw the line at hiding behind a tree.
it may be tiny but the height, the windows and all the love make it feel very spacious.
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