April showers are upon us!

April is halfway gone! How can it be? This means school for the kids will be over in just a handful of weeks! I'm not ready!!! We have one that will be graduating from High School and off to college. The last few months have been bitter sweet thinking about this new adventure for her. However, it is exciting and will be a new exciting adventure for her.

We have completed some more trim work and shelves behind our master shower/tub. It has been a task! Once we moved into our tiny house and the weather soon changed... our daily lives got busy with other tasks.. the barn, the yard, the garden, the kids, our new puppy that isn't a puppy anymore, and more that I cannot even think of! Completely a certain room started to feel impossible because we were already moved in and living in the room. It was hard. But..... we did it!!!

 Master bathtub/shower we placed it in the corner so that we could use the hidden space behind it for storage and shelves.












I found an old wash tub that would be perfect size for our bathroom sink. Bought the drain assembly and drilled the hole. Works perfect and SAVED us money!!

               

 We also need some storage by our sink for simple things like deo, makeup, lotion, etc....

We cut the top off of this old tool box and cleaned it up a bit. The drawers are small but perfect for holding our stuff.... we do live in a tiny house so I can't have a ton of makeup. :)

 After our sink and counter is finished! Looks amazing and is perfect for us. We also used an old oil can to hide the "ugly" plumbing under the sink!




TJ built shelves behind our corner shower/tub! The shelves are perfect for storing extra shampoo, toilet paper, travel bag, and linen. Also the bottom shelf comes out completely to store away items that I do not need on a regular basis.

I hope you all have enjoyed! It has been a journey within itself but I love the ride. The best ideas do not come over night. Also, when you are hunting and re-purposing items.... it takes awhile to find the perfect piece! So remember... take your time and don't rush the beauty!!!!

Our Journey

We want to share our adventure! :) We are sure you have heard of the tiny house movement and the mass movement of fine folks wanting to share their stories of how they are becoming one with nature and simplifying their lifestyle…. but please listen to ours. We do not fit in this category.

We are in our mid 30’s and have been faced with a lot of negativity but we are taking it all positive!!! I will start with this: We are a family of 7!! :) We have 5 children from the ages 10 to 16. (4 girls and 1 boy) With saying that… we are DOWN SIZING to a TINY HOUSE ;) A tiny house that we can afford and make sure everyone is happy. For us to make certain everyone has their own space is going to be a 16x40. We are selling everything that we own to gather enough money to purchase this building. The barn/cabin that we have looked at has two lofts. The two lofts will be what the kids will occupy…. all 5 of them. :)
We have talked to all the children about the journey and how this may or may not be for each of them but for our family…. this is the best decision. As I had mentioned, we are in our 30’s and we have been faced with a lot of stress. My husband, TJ, 3 years ago had back surgery. This set us back quite a bit and put a strain on our family as he was our main bread winner. He has been slowly recovering from the surgery.  I was working 2 jobs and going to school full time as well as taking care of all of the kids while he was recovering. However, 7 months ago in October I turned 31. I turn 31 on the 25th of October and we discovered I had a Brain Tumor in my 4th Ventricle on the 28th of October. :( I had emergency Brain Surgery on November 4th to remove the Tumor. I have been off of work since and I am still having complications with balance and vision. We have always been able to provide for our children with a fairly large home with plenty of space to call their own……. but now… we are down to one income and the stress is not worth it!

TJ and I are too young to be too stressed and too worried about the future and our health.

It is impossible to improve if we continue to dwell on the negative. We have to look at the positive side and with saying that….we are very blessed that this has happened to us at such a young age and we have realized what we want in life before it is too late to change it!!!

We are on one income right now and have sold everything in our current home (rental) to save up enough for the down payment and first month’s rent on the 16x40 barn/cabin. Our children are taking everything very well and have been open to the change. We are currently using camping chairs in our living room as furniture and boxes for our dressers. We are scared! We are happy! This is one adventure that is bitter sweet!!
Overall, we just wanted to share with you that this “building” is going to be our family’s home! Some may call it a shed, a barn, a building, a small cabin….. But for us this will be our home. The one place we call home.




Thanks for following our blog!
-Stephanie