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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 5, 2016, 7:46:58 AM

Tiny home... mostly
I'm sure many of you have seen the phenomena of the Tiny Home craze. Well, I like the idea of it, but not quite the execution. I'm sure making them portable and not as tall as a regular 2-story home are good ideas, but what if you don't want it to be portable? Or what if you want more head room on the top floor? Well, here's my idea.

There are a good number of pictures in this one posting; since it is really a tiny project I figured I could get the whole thing done in a day (since I'd already started it about a year and half ago when I first started with this software - and I believe I mentioned it on one of my previous threads). Also, for some reason the pictures, when rendered by the software, came out rather grainy and I'm not sure why.

As you can see, there is lots of storage, including a rather large storage area on Level 1 (second floor - the last two pictures); it could maybe be a craft room, sewing room or office too. The stairs to Level 1 (second floor) are retractable and wouldn't always be in the way. It's kind of hard to see, but there is a mirrored medicine cabinet in the bathroom, as well as a really rather compact toilet which is too short to have made it onto the pictures. I've shown a sleeping area on the main floor, but it could be an office, or a nursery, or whatever the resident would want it to be.

Level 1 (Second floor) actually isn't the full 8 feet - even in the center - as a regular floor. I could have, but I feel that it would look really quite awkward, possibly not that stable (although as it is I'm not sure how stable this is biggrin

).

I thought maybe a huge lot could be used to put as many of these as possible on - permanently - with their own small plot for growing a few vegetables/fruits of the residents' choice. Also (although I'm still working it out in my head) I'd like to see this Tiny home community situated near a multi-story Community Center, where they can exchange their goods with each other, sell their goods if they wish, have parties in, a place to watch either plays or TV together, laundromat, maybe have some offices for working out of (like a doctor's office, etc.), that sort of thing. Something permanent. smile

...As I'm looking at keep looking at these pictures, I think I might have made that post near the entrance a little to wide... And I just realized that I hadn't included a dishwasher or even a space to put it...
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 5, 2016, 8:04:25 AM

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I was just about to shut down when I realized there were a few other things I might have forgotten to include... water heater, HVAC... I think I'm going to have to maybe try and do a little remodeling?
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 5, 2016, 10:05:27 AM

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It's now 2:05 am (PST), and I just finished adding some of the things that I'd forgotten before (as well as fixed the front post).

Terrible camera angle, I know, but if I didn't do it this way the appliances wouldn't have been visible.

I've added a wall mounted HVAC unit, although I don't know if this is a good place for it.
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Posted by MartinSK at Jul 5, 2016, 10:57:26 AM

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Aeowyn...how many pixels you use for your pics?

Posted by bdfd at Jul 5, 2016, 3:06:29 PM

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oh my god !
These houses are not for fat people ! sad

Too narrow... just for hobbits laughing

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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 5, 2016, 6:44:31 PM

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MartinSK, I made them 700 x 350 pixels. I don't know if this is a good setting for decent pictures though.

bdfd, I realize that this seems narrow, especially for larger people (I am one of these) but when I'd started this I was going with the largest measurement for a Tiny home that I could find. I did try and make it so that there was actually quite a bit of clearance for the Virtual Visitor to move around - although the second floor people would have to stoop a bit.
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 5, 2016, 6:47:21 PM

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Oh, as for the width of the doors (2'4"), they're actually about two inches WIDER than my real life bathroom door and I have no problems getting through it. biggrin

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Posted by bdfd at Jul 5, 2016, 7:26:17 PM

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It does not detract from this excellent achievement. applause

(i hope that my English is correct)...
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 5, 2016, 7:58:48 PM

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Thank you.

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Posted by MartinSK at Jul 5, 2016, 8:05:16 PM

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thanx Aeowyn for your answer. I asked only for my information not to judge you... not sure which one is the best size of pics

Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 5, 2016, 8:24:09 PM

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I found this website that has something along the lines of what I was imagining.

Tiny House Village

Although it doesn't go as far as I would have the community center, but it's roughly the same idea.
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 7, 2016, 3:28:13 AM

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I've made some changes to the design. I had also posted the other pictures to Facebook, and a friend had mentioned that it would be better if it had more square footage so that it might pass building code - to avoid fees or something like that. I've got it up to about 406 square feet; I don't know if this would meet minimum square footage in those places that require it, but I don't care anymore at this point. wink

So, here goes.

Side front.

Front - I just realized the house is almost shaped like an Old West chapel...

Side front.

Side back.

Just standing inside at the front door. I've got a wall-mounted AC/heater on the left, and some of the changes to the kitchen area (including the door to the pantry) can be seen.

Standing in front of the door to the dining room, showing the rest of the changes to the kitchen area. The door to the pantry can be seen in this picture as well.

Taken from in front of the pantry door. A better view of the AC/heater unit, the change in the storage (instead of a small table for 2 with two rows of storage above, it's a small counter with drawers with one row of storage above). The door to the dining room is in this picture.

Standing just past the kitchen area, looking toward the bathroom door; the door to the mudroom/sunroom visible.

Standing in front of the mudroom/sunroom door, looking into the one "bedroom"; visible is the changes made to this area - took the window out and added more storage.

One of the additional rooms - Pantry with a large freezer, dishwasher and more storage.

Another of the additional rooms - Laundry room with washing machine, dryer, water heater and more storage.

Another of the additional rooms - Dining room for 4 and a corner display cabinet.

Final additional room - mudroom/sunroom.

Outside the house looking into the mudroom/sunroom.

Outside the house looking into the dining room.

I realize that I'd already taken two pictures of the bathroom but since I'd changed the pixel size (400 x 400) more of the room is visible - including the toilet (it's the white mass at the very bottom center of both pictures biggrin

) !

I realize that I'd already taken two pictures of the upper bedroom as well but since I'd changed the pixel size more of the room is visible.

Level 0 (first floor) showing the changes made.

Level 1 (second floor) showing the changes (the walls added to hold up the additions' roofings).
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 8, 2016, 12:33:34 AM

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Here's a more "whimsical" picture I took: the Virtual Visitor sitting down on the bench seat to watch some TV. biggrin

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Posted by bdfd at Jul 8, 2016, 6:30:12 AM

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Nice ! smile

It looks like the 'little house on the prairie' with Laura Ingalls...
wink

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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 8, 2016, 7:24:20 AM

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But with some modern amenities I should think... microwave, TV, DVD player... electric lights... electric powered stove... wait, did I put in a gas stove?
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Posted by bdfd at Jul 8, 2016, 9:10:14 AM

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wait, did I put in a gas stove?

gas stove made by cows ! laughing

Thank you Earth...
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 9, 2016, 4:03:02 AM

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I've changed the (methane wink

) gas cooker with a convection one. And when I did, I realize just how claustrophobic I'd made the kitchen area with making the walls around the entertainment center out of wood so painted that to match the rest of the walls. I also felt that wall was just so PLAIN and added a hanging calendar.

So I thought to take another picture with the Virtual Visitor sitting down to watch the TV to show the change in wall color...

... And realized that I really, really, REALLY didn't like the retractable stairs in this house. But I still needed a way to the next level. So, I thought the only room that I could change would be the mudroom/sunroom - since that was a room that I just designated as such because I couldn't think what else to make it into.

I've changed it to now be a room with a set of curving stairs - changing the door to an open doorway - and in doing so had to change the roofing (otherwise there was NO headroom left by the time someone went up the stairs). In adding the stairs, the top floor bedroom just wasn't working - with the stairs ending at the bed platform there was even less ways to get in. I ended up making the "Storage" room into the top floor bedroom, and what had been the top floor bedroom is now an office/sewing room. biggrin

I've taken pictures of the changes wrought to the bottom floor "bedroom" and am in the process taking the pictures of the new stairs as well as the changes to the top floor.

As soon as I get the final pictures taken I'll post them here too. Disclaimer: The top floor is still a little low (the center point is 7 feet) so a little bit of stooping I think is still necessary at this moment. If I were to change it at this point would be a huge amount of calculation and hard work. sad

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Posted by Miker777 at Jul 9, 2016, 7:20:26 PM

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Great work again mate. Keep it up.

Posted by HawkDawg at Jul 10, 2016, 5:09:16 AM

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My wife and I like to watch the Tiny House shows on HGTV. That show should take your design into consideration. smile

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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 11, 2016, 6:58:42 AM

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I have a few more pictures of the changes I've made.

As you can see, I took out the door to that room; I thought it no longer was needed. The stairs are partially visible, and you can see the cabinet I put under them.

This is inside the room. I realize that the beginning of the handrail looks almost like it's at an odd angle to the rest of it but it's actually at a 90 degree angle - it just drops down quite a bit at that spot. You can see it in the following screenshot of the floor plan of this room.

If you're wondering, yes that is a chandelier that I have hanging from the ceiling. I'll have more pictures taken of this shortly as I have been working on yet another house (greatly inspired by this one... wink

)
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Posted by okh at Jul 11, 2016, 9:30:45 AM

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Very nice design! Just one thought, will you need all the walls?

When redecorating a small house many years ago, an architect proposed several walls and different rooms. After a lot of thought, I ended up doing the opposite: removing walls instead, so it is now basically one large room, but with two levels. Which means there is a natural divide between house functions, but lots of air and feeling of space. So even if the house is small, the inside feels big. BTW, these two staircase models are both made for tiny houses (future project, same house):
Staircase ladder and
Staircase samba

Both based on actual, off the shelf products.

Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 11, 2016, 9:32:35 AM

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I've got revised pictures of the outside.

I'll try and get the final picture of the stairway and the changes made to the top floor tomorrow.
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 11, 2016, 9:36:06 AM

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Thank you, okh; I've added both of those staircases to my library for future reference.
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Posted by okh at Jul 11, 2016, 10:22:48 AM

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Forgot to say that the Staircase ladder is basically a loft hatch where the ladder/staircase (they come in different shapes and sizes) fold or slide from the top of the hatch. Some clever ones have discreet pneumatic systems making them very easy to operate.

Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 12, 2016, 7:59:37 AM

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Here are the pictures of the rest of the house.

The Virtual visitor is standing on the stairs (with the window at its back) looking up to the top floor. Unfortunately I had the light level a little too bright and the chandelier has all but disappeared. I think I might need to rethink the ceiling light used in this area; I had the light level higher when I took the picture from below and had to to lower it to even see this much of it. sad

This is taken from next to the stairs (they're on the right just out of shot) against the back wall (in front of the window), looking to the door to what is now the master bedroom. As you can see I made this space into my sewing room with storage for fabric and sewing notions (in the shortened wardrobes), sewing patterns (in the 5-drawer dresser). and sewing books (in the bookcase of course wink

). I think that there are some who are looking at this and wondering "Why in the world would someone need that much storage space for just some sewing stuff?" I have a simple answer - I personally have a rather extensive collection of vintage, old and modern sewing patterns (currently at a count of about 700) as well as a not-very-small fabric stash. biggrin

This is taken from the door visible in the previous picture. The place where the stairs begin is visible in this picture, just past the sewing machine.

This is taken just inside the master bedroom. Yes, that is a Queen sized bed, with all that storage around it; I'd used the same model as the bed below but just made it bigger. Those pointy wooden objects just visible bottom right and bottom left are a pair of matching 5-drawer dressers (same model as in the sewing room just size made narrower).

This is taken while on the bed, looking to the door. The matching dressers are visible, although the one on the right didn't render right. And as I'm looking at this I think I might have the headroom to make the door higher...
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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 12, 2016, 8:14:24 AM

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I just realized that I hadn't taken screenshots of the floors after this change.

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Posted by MartinSK at Jul 12, 2016, 8:43:25 AM

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nice....tiny houses are a little brainteasers for architects sometimes

Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 13, 2016, 9:19:59 AM

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They're kind of like you're playing a game of Tetris, trying to find just where to fit something in before it fills up. biggrin

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Posted by Miker777 at Jul 14, 2016, 9:17:10 PM

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Looks like there is more work involved in a tiny house than in a "normal" one, good job m8, i am confused by the time line for this project though as the clock always says the same. shhh

Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 17, 2016, 3:51:00 AM

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LOL. That's one thing I wish that could be changed, having the clock always at the same time (not to mention the wall calendar I used always saying it's August laughing

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Posted by TommoLeo at Jul 17, 2016, 7:11:07 PM

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It's absolutely amazing, you arranged the furniture in a very funcional way, I loved the shelves and nightstands in the triangular roof. Quite Nice!

Posted by okh at Jul 18, 2016, 11:50:31 AM

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Here is really tiny smile

: thread 6956 / 3D view.

ok

Posted by bdfd at Jul 18, 2016, 1:12:12 PM

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Cool, for holydays !!! smile

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Posted by AeowynFraser at Jun 30, 2018, 1:16:41 AM

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I am so devastated at the moment; my computer crashed on me yesterday without warning, and I lost a good number of the house designs I've been working on (not to mention other things I'd saved on it). The ones that I didn't lose were ones that I downloaded to MediaFire, but some of those aren't quite updated (I posted those there then made modifications, but didn't save the modifications). crying

So, it looks like some of them I'm going to have to start from scratch, and some I'll have to update, hopefully with the help of the pictures I've posted here and on Facebook as references. That'll take some time though.
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Posted by bdfd at Jun 30, 2018, 6:17:11 AM

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I am so devastated at the moment; my computer crashed on me yesterday without warning, and I lost a good number of the house designs I've been working on (not to mention other things I'd saved on it). The ones that I didn't lose were ones that I downloaded to MediaFire, ...

Hi Aeowyn,

Oh my god ! sad

The most important is the sh3d files not the pictures.

The same thing happened to me on my laptop in start of may.
The repairer was able to recover most of the data (99%).
Consult in one (if hard disk is OK) !

Since 3 years, I had two external hard drives for backups on my main PC.
The first for odd months and the second for even months.
Backups made every 1st of every month.

Not you ?

Good luck.

smile

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Posted by Puybaret at Jun 30, 2018, 10:05:57 AM

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Adrienne, I feel so sorry for you sad

I hope youâ€™ll find a way to recover some big parts of your data. Do you know if itâ€™s a hard disk issue or something else?
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Posted by UbuntuBirdy at Jun 30, 2018, 11:35:12 AM

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I backup my shd3 files in a cloud with a desktop app, e.g. dropbox or mega. So everytime I save my file, it is instantly synchronised to the cloud. I have not to care about the backup, it's all automatic.
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SH3D 6.6 / Ubuntu 22.04 (Mainline-Kernel) / Radeon RX580 / Ryzen 7 5800x

Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 1, 2018, 1:27:09 AM

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I wish that I'd thought of that before the crash... Oh well, I can't change that now ("no point crying over spilled milk" as the saying goes); what's lost is lost, and I'll just have to start again on some of them (this one included).
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Posted by dorin at Jul 1, 2018, 1:26:49 PM

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I think all Your files are still on HD, unless the HD are physically toasted.
Boot with an linux live CD and (probably) You will find them.
If not You need other free methods.
Usually I've recovered files even after 3 formatted HD.
In most cases I've recover deleted files which don't want to be recovered from the owners.
Unfortunately I can't help You from distance because every recovery need some specific task.
Good luck!
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When all else fails, read the instructions. Murphy's Law
If you don't like "AS IS", DIY. Dorin's law

Posted by AeowynFraser at Jul 2, 2018, 7:11:18 PM

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Thank you all for the support and sugg. The thing is that I was using a refurbished Mac and the poor hard drive died. My roommate tried to see if he could get it to start but it didnâ€™t even recognize that there was one.

I did have some of my shd3 files on MediaFire, some not as up to date as what Iâ€™d posted on them. There were a few that I hadnâ€™t so I would likely have to use the pictures that Iâ€™d posted on this site to recreate them.
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