/ tiny_cabin_adventure This is a tuff shed I have slowly made into a pretty functional getaway. It is totally off the grid. In this video, I give a tour of a few of the projects I have worked on.
I absolutely love this video! You're out there doing SOMETHING, even if you don't know-how instead of sitting at home and watching the world go by. This is one of the secrets to life and how we learn. By doing things we don't know how to do and figuring things out! Think of all the things people miss out on because they are afraid to fail, so they just don't try anything.
It's great to see a non carpenter make such a great set up, always got discouraged with these videos of people building these gorgeous little cabins that I don't have or really want the skill to do.
My childhood memories revolve around my dad taking us on camping trips on the east coast. There used to be one specific place that I loved camping at, Ramblin Pines. I looked the place up a couple of years ago and found out that the new owners have let the place slowly fall apart, and there's leaves everywhere. I remember going and making friends there with the other kids. I remember the one kid, said his name was Dusty. He rattled off his phone number but by the time we got back home I had already forgotten what it was. Anyway, yea, good memories! And that's awesome about your childhood memories Tiny Cabin Adventure Jason J.
@@Tinycabin You are most welcome. You're an inspiration, Jason. Only The LORD knows the impact you are having on those young lives. You are giving of yourself to bless others. Those blessings will be multiplied and brought back to you. 😊❤🙏
You walked up to a spot to set up a video so that you can walk back to where you started to video yourself walking back up to the spot where you put the camera......that’s dedication
Now that’s cool, I had a friend that was shall we say, in need of a domicile, I always wondered how one of these would work. It beats the crap out of being in the weather
I love that you're doing what it takes to make a cool space for camping with the kids. I was super frustrated at first with the car park and dragging the sled in (get a truck ;) but the video, shed and tour were great. Really functional space. Oh yeah, and if you can build that Murphy bed, you can cut in a window... Good job!
Such a cool cabin, you can fit alot if stuff in there lol. I really miss camping in winter and this would be ideal. Love that the kids will continue to adventure out there like you did as a kid, makes it extra special. Thank you for showing us around, you've done a great job so far. I subscribed and can't wait to see all the modifications 👍🏼🇳🇿👋
It's called learn as you go! Blessings on your place. I live in a shed, but now it's a cabin. I have a lean-to for my bedroom, and just put on a deck out the back for shower. Life is good in a shed.Lol maybe I'll use it as a slogan. HappyBuilding.
@@Tinycabin You will. I'm a 63 retired truck driver, living off-grid although I have water and phone/ internet. Learned how to fell tree and cut wood for my stove. Tried to make a Murphy bed but counter was in the way so I niltched that for now.lol moved things around again. That's what I do! Learning is part of the adventure. Built a wood shed from pallets. And have my humancomposting also. Didn't get my garden in this year but looking forward to that. It good for your children to learn this stuff too. If it does work one way try another. MY MOTO: Do something right, wrong or indifferent. Do something, who judging. If one doesn't like it, you come and do it! Hey Many Blessings on your journey. Enjoy the ride!
Very cool little place. Just subscribed and totally enjoyed watching that. Learned something new with the folding shelves, can use a few for sure at my place.
Do you enjoy 'ice fishing'? Cut four round holes. One in each corner. You now have a huge fish house. CooL! But then you can use it the way it is and this is pretty neat too. Nice job.
Maybe add a collapsible table top under the bed so you have a table when the bed is up... it’s going to add some weight, but might be worth it. Just a thought. Keep up the good work and keep making those memories with friends and family being outdoors
Ross Oehrlein that is exactly what me and my buddy were thinking. The bed is just so heavy already for anyone who might use it. I need to figure out a little help with hydraulics to lighten the load
Not sure if your bed is flush to the back wall but maybe the table folds down (or up) from there? Also, you can do pretty easy pully systems for a floating table. Or just for floating storage. Dont forget about the rafters is all im saying. Like those floating porch hammock chairs you can hang, etc.
Tiny Cabin Adventures Jason J I just did a little google search on how Murphy beds work and looks to me like you could rig up some springs to help with the load just like a Murphy bed. Attach a spring, of some sort, to the floor and the other end to the top of the frame of your bed. The more springs you have, the more lift assist you would have. Not sure if it’s even possible in your situation, but just thought I’d throw it out there.
@@Tinycabin get a hand cranking 2 way winch. there is one for $20 on amazon. then put a pulley on the wall next to it. it would be way easier for that heavy thing
Buddy, I would really like to visit your site one day. Never been to that part of the country. By the way, I have a wood stove just like the one you have. Nice and lite and does put out the heat. I used mine in a canvass tent. Look into a Colorado stove they work much better and there is no smoke blowback around the doors at all. You are really kicking it out. You are out there and getting it done!
Looks great! I am very interested in your Murphy bed. I plan to do something similar at my cabin. I already bought the chair swivel hinges. I plan to use an old full size mattress that we have at home. I planned to use four 1x3 to reinforce the plywood bottom, but from looking at your bed, I may need to add some more 1x3 closer together. Thanks for the inspiration. - Dave
the 1x3's that I put in our more than enough support. So you may be alright with the plywood and whatever you were thinking on 1x3's. My frame wasn't as sturdy as I was hoping. I'm heading up there this sunday and I will have a new video uploaded. I will show what I did to finish up the bottom which really helped all the stability of it.
Im also making a 10x12 outdoor "bedroom". Gambrel roof as well. Don't need whole "house" as I can share big house on property. Cement pad extended as porch, offset door with window, huge window opposite door. Door opens out to save floor space. YES it is very do-able!!
Brent Carrington I have been debating what to do with a porch for sometime now. I really want a rock porch. Its very low maintenance, but just want it to look decent. I do think my next bigger project is the door with window. If you have or put that in video i would love to see how you approach it. Does your building have a loft?
@@Tinycabin The gambrel is rather high but no plan for a loft. My big dog and I will live in it. I want it to seem somewhat roomie. Shelving. Hanging lamp. Wall unit heater/AC. Already has outlets and overhead center light and a outdoor flood light. It was a goat barn for a year! Little did I know then I would live in it!
Nice! I put a 12X20 Tuff Shed in my backyard and converted it into an office + a spare room. I put up a dividing wall, now I have two 10X12 rooms, one of which is my office (where I am right now). It was about $3,500 for just the install of the shell. For an additional $1,500 I did the floor, insulated, drywall, electric, lighting, heating/AC, paint etc. It was basically $5K in total for two completely functional new rooms added onto my house. I love it. For a little more I could have made it the barn-style roof, but with my building codes where I live Ii couldn't do it. If I could have, that would have essentially doubled my floor space.
ZombieTex mine was about 4200-4500 total. So thats a heck of a deal. I have put more into since with insulation and panels and such. Do you have a kitchen?
linda fox i agree. But mg wife really likes a good soft bed. Futons just never seem to be that comfortable. When we put the bed upstairs later when kids are grown a futon down there will be perfect
@@mrbr549 Hello Fellow Air Force Veteran . After basic training I went direct to Lowry AFB in DEnver for 6 weeks of Tech School for Inventory Mgt Specialist then to McConnell AFB , Wichita , Kansas for 14 months then to Zweibrucken AB , Zweibrucken , Germany then to McGuire for discharge a few days later on 25 May ' 75 . ' 76 - ' ' 97 I worked at Castle Point VA Hospital . How about you ?
@@bobshaw4063 Hi Bob, thanks! After basic in San Antonio I went to Keesler in Biloxi, MS tech school for AC&W Radar. It was supposed to take 4 months, but I got to self pace through it and finished after 7 weeks. From there I was shipped to Hof, Germany, then to Calumet, MI where I was discharged. I have worked various jobs, but mostly electronics, computers, and carpentry. Take care!
I've got a 10'× 12' Tuffshed, but only with a normal gable roof, and not the barn style roof like yours. P.s. you CAN build and you CAN add on. Draw your ideas out on paper. If you make mistakes and you will, don't sweat it. Self experience is the greatest instructor. Your Murphy bed is sweet.🇨🇦😊🥋😎
Cool little shed house! Check out some videos on installing a small window. It's not that hard in a shed and would easily give you a cross breeze up there in summer. You are doing a good job so far!
Vintage 1957 Ha. I know. When i was a kid we always brought the oven but never used it. I got it out last year and it works great!! Love it. Hard to find too.
Cool place you got there. May I suggest things? I would keep the door whole and use it to mount things on for the inside. Hang all your clothes on it. It might give you more wall space. You could even hang up some smaller baskets onto it for miscellaneous items. Or hang tools there for now. Love the kids loft. I don't know kids ages but in a small space you are bound to shue them out during the days to do things. I would suggest if they are young to require them to wear a whistle on a necklace. That was if they have a problem away from home they can blow it and alert you. Enjoy fixing it up. Just take necessities. Use multi use items. Find creative ways to reuse items around the place. Good Luck
Old Bat yes. Great idea about baskets! I actually did the tools on the door and it works pretty well. It is in one of my last videos. Thanks for the great suggestions and thanks for watching!
I would suggest considering spraying some black, or dark red stove paint on the metal heat shield around the stove just for a better cosmetic. The bright shiny tin look is not very cozy and a darker color will warm things up visually. That's just me though, would be simple to do.
RodneyLee thats a good idea. I will also build a small “fence” around it as well. So no one can touch it or fall down the whole. But good idea. I may do that
Hey I love this shed I hope you guys still are using it .I was wondering how did you make that second floor the shed I’m looking into had two lofts across from one another thst just barely touch what can I use to make it a whole second floor ??
I'm looking at doing something similar down near Hartsel. I have a couple questions for you. Did you get the camping permit from Park county? If so what was your sanitation plan? Do you plan to build an outhouse? Do you have a campfire permit and call it in when you have fires? I know that in the more populated areas of Park county this is an issue. Thanks
I have never gotten a camping permit. Not even sure how. It’s my own property. No sanitation no out house. We use the trees mostly and a porta potty. If I had gotten a bigger structure then I would have to have a well dug, propane, electricity to the place and septic. I don’t stay in the structure for more than a month so it’s looked at like a tent or a shed. I am thankful for the fact that the rules don’t get more strict and more strict. All it does is discourage any use and drives down the property value.
@@Tinycabin It is a full size door that is cut horizontally in the middle so that the top or bottom can be closed independently of the other 1/2. Great for keeping small critters out while still being able to see the view, etc. Probably need two hinges for top 1/2 and two for bottom 1/2 so that it will operate properly. Can be latched together on inside when desired for locking up, etc.
Peter Hoffman okay yeah. Have seen those before. Thanks for the idea. I would still like to look out when its too cold to keep the door open. Still contemplating that project
Huh. You built the bed, put up paneling. But you can't put a window in? Interesting. Well hopefully you'll clean up things imma make things like meter in there. Lots of info out there tell utilize space and stuff. But nice start
I was thinking the same thing as well as escaping the loft should the stove or stove pipe start a fire. The most likely source of fire is right next to the only possible exits (window & ladder). As someone who has lost their home to a fire likely caused by something building a nest of some sort in the stove pipe, escape routes & fire extinguishers are my top priority especially for my kids. My small house was completely gone before a fire crew could get to it (under 12 minutes). If we had been sleeping we would not have been able to escape fast enough because of where the stove was in relation to the sleeping area. Fire started in ceiling & poof everything was gone. Stay safe!
Random question but do you think you could comfortably fit a drum kit in there if you took everything out? I’m planning on building one almost identical in size and it seems like you have a good amount of space (amazing job btw)
