She and her dad built a cabin in the woods 🌲


🌲 She and Her Dad Built a Cabin in the Woods​
Working 90-hour weeks, Deanna teamed up with her retired father to build a tiny cabin on her Colorado mountain land, with exposed beams and a loft.

πŸ–€ A 330 Sq Ft Tiny House With a Covered Deck​
Tru Form Tiny’s single-level Urban Gable Park has drywall, maple cabinets, an induction cooktop, and a 6x10 deck built right into the trailer.

πŸ”οΈ Her Debt-Free 500 Sq Ft Home in Alaska​
Kristen traded a city apartment for a cottage near Palmer with real stairs to the loft, a shower she tiled herself, and a stream she can hear from bed.

β˜€οΈ A Two-Bedroom Modular With 8.5 kW of Solar​
Craft House’s flagship Jake has a double-height glass gable, a sage-green island kitchen, a ground-floor bedroom, and a heat pump as standard.

πŸ”¨ They Turned a Shed Into a $15K Farmhouse​
Katy and Michael spent nine months of weekends turning a family shed in Texas into a 280 sq ft home with a downstairs bedroom and a covered porch.

πŸͺ΅ A 420 Sq Ft Cabin Built From Its Own Pines​
On an old saltwater farm in Sedgwick, Maine, this boat-inspired studio cabin was built with pine milled on the property and heated by one wood stove.

🌊 Their 875 Sq Ft Lakefront Retirement Cottage​
Maria and her husband bought a Connecticut lake cottage as a pandemic getaway, then left Jersey City to live there full time, with loft bedrooms for visiting kids.

πŸ—ΊοΈ Going Tiny, Part 9: Where Can I Put It?​
Today’s free chapter walks through finding out, step by step, what’s actually allowed where you want to live, including which county office to call.

"Home is a shelter from storms, all sorts of storms."
~ William J. Bennett

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​ Alex

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