The day we moved the Tiny House was a crazy, sleepless day. And everyone helped! Ryan’s parents and my parents took shifts (they live little over an hour away) and new neighbors kept popping in to offer a hand, advise, and tools.
It was a blessing of a day.
It started with hitching up the Tiny House to the truck at 3am. You can check out that post by clicking here.
I’ll tell you the rest in pictures. (Some are blurry! I was tired!)
First Grandpa Jack took us to breakfast at People’s Organic.
The following is a very bland, boring video of tired people rehashing a stressful night towing a Tiny House. Recorded by 6 year old Sully. I don’t recommend this video. Warning: boring. Don’t watch this video and then me ask for two minutes and 35 seconds of your life back.
It was a lot of work but check out the reward!!!
My Mom set up a sewing station and made curtains for the kids’ loft windows. This kids love them!
Ryan, my Dad, and Sully jacked up and leveled the house. (Apparently super important. Working in the house when it was all crooked made me nauseous.)
Neighbors gave input, parts were purchased, hoses and wires were connected.
Skirting was skirted.
We live in Minnesota and winter is ready to hit so the guys jumped on the skirting immediately. It will shield the wind from reaching the trailer/floor and thieving away our heat! We’re saving the Duraskirt for a more permanent location. Because the ground situation will be slightly different at each location, the skirting will need to be customized each time. The cement Duraskirt will likely be a one time use kind of deal. Whatever this stuff is, it’s definitely not as pretty. But, MAN, Ryan and Dad worked really hard and spent a lot of hours on it!
If you want details on Ryan and Dad leveling, hooking up, or skirting the Tiny House just scream and yell in the comment section; Ryan might be persuaded to do a guest blog post. 🙂 They worked really late into the night. Headlamps and everything.
The skirting was actually two days of work. My parents came back the next day to finish the job. And we’re so thankful for all the help and support! We didn’t even ask, they just showed up with tools and mega gumption.
The kids spent the day making friends. They LOVE the Tiny House! Serious. No exaggeration at all. I try to go to the “big house” to finish cleaning up or do a load of laundry but they won’t even get out of the truck. They wait. They want to get back home to the Tiny House as quick as they can! I was never worried but goodness, if I was looking for a big, giant sign that they survived the transition, there it is.
Here’s the view outside our front door.
Moving in has had it’s challenges and it’s been so worth it.
We love it. Love it.
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This post made me smile! Everything looks great…the skirting included!��
Thaaaank you msfullroller! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Uh-oh, those are supposed to be smily faces at the end of my comment. lol 🙂
I was guessing that 🙂