A few years after our cabin burned in a wildfire Molly and I were inspired to build another where it stood. Just for funsies. This one would be much more humble. Less a tiny house and more a modern take on your basic alpine hut that stocks the essentials. 200 square feet, saltbox roof, unconventional and exposed framing, a simple kitchen. Room to comfortably sleep three.
All the wood--other than the floor joists and plywood--was either chainsaw milled by us on site, or is salvage from a farm about 20 miles down the coast. It's all redwood, except the doug fir floor.
The trees we milled were all killed in the wildfire, then either fell in winter storms, or were felled by us. That wood was dried for about a year and the build took over a following five months.
Materials cost was $17,400. The bulk of that was in the salvaged old growth redwood ($7100) and the French doors and two sliding windows that we purchased ($5400). Of course this doesn't include the tools, the workshop, the land, the lessons along the way, or the 40 years of food, shelter, and genetic success required to bring all of us to this moment.
Helping hands, in order of appearance: Molly, Joey, Jake, Ben C, Jason, Emily, Ian, Jon, Ben S, Kate, Darren, Chris, Leah, Maxson, Simone, Gabriel, Allie, Pedro, Selen, Rachel, John, Andrew, Lumen, Rob, Parker, Linda, and Carey.
Woodstove is a 3kw model from Tiny Woodstove, futon mattresses is a J-life shikifuton, toilet is Throne Composting Toilets, cooktop is a Flame King, lights are solar shed lights, chainsaw mill is a Granberg. Curtain fabric from Handa Textiles. Cordless tools are Milwaukee but I wouldn't read too much into that... all pro-grade tools are fairly comparable and brand allegiance is largely a testament to battery investment.
