Feeling Like a House

March 18th


As each day passes the Tiny House is feeling more and more like a home. Prior to leaving for Cleveland to surprise my Dad for his 70th birthday, Roby and I worked endlessly on the wood flooring in the downstairs "great room" and kitchen. We initially were going to put it in horizontally but decided we would have less waste if we did it vertically. Offsetting the pieces prevented the seam from lining up and made for a cool pattern. Unfortunately the pieces were not quite long enough for this to continue in the kitchen but we made it look presentable. Again it took much longer than anticipated and after working for 6 hours we only had half the floor done. This sounds good but remember the space was only about 20 square feet. It is amazing when you are working in a small area how much more precise and more cuts need to be made to complete the project.

I left for Cleveland on Thursday so Roby had to complete the project by himself. He was left with the difficult part of trying to inlay the flooring under the kitchen cabinet and closet spacing. Another 6 hours were needed but he got it done before I came home. It looked beautiful. The first sign of a real home!!