I got to spend the morning with Michele and Sue filming this video. It was lovely to get to know them and to see their beautiful tiny home. I’ve filmed many tiny homes but theirs was unique in how modern and spacious it felt.
This was such a great tour. I am traveling in my 25’ motorhome now with the plan to have a tiny home at Tiny Tranquility when the time comes. In addition to not wanting to make a bed on my knees I don’t want to have to think about going up and down the stairs when I am 85, at night to use the bathroom. This Tiny house is going into the saved folder for sure. Maybe one day these amazing women will be my neighbors!! 😊😊
I'm all about ground floor bedrooms and having a bench in the shower with the handheld showerhead. I'm a below knee amputee, and newly so in my mid-forties (crush injury, not diabetes-related) and that little staircase of theirs would certainly thwart me!
I'd love to see a tiny home that was fully accessible and could accommodate different types of physical disabilities; from someone who has trouble with stairs, an inability to crawl on the upper floor, to accommodations for an electric wheelchair. Low cost housing that is accessible is almost impossible to find, and you can't renovate a place unless you own it. Tiny homes are customizable, less expensive than house, and often there are ready made communities to live in. All are advantages for a disabled or aging person. I really hope they design something that can be customized for people with different types of disabilities. Baby boomers are aging, and people are living longer than they did before. People are surviving illness and accidents they hadn't before, because of medical advancements. We need solutions for both growing populations of disabled and aging people; low cost, accessible housing, different ways of using home care/caregivers, and innovations that aren't institutional care homes. This type of community could become one of those solutions.
@@Dain75 Amen So mote it be. Truer words couldn't have be spoken. And it's one of the reasons I'm so digging this build. I've literally seen hundreds of thousands of builds, from tiny homes, to tiny homes on wheels, most of which leave out the otherly-abled (hate the word dis-abled. They have "other" abilities even if one doesnt walk or is missing a hand etc). If they can't perform ALL of the tasks of daily living that, IMHO, is the population set that are truly disabled). That being said there is still a case where some truly disabled and "other-abled" wouldn't be forced into nursing/rehab home care, if there were more TH designers that were having good, inclusive designs for this segment of the population, as @dane75 so accurately pointed out. Being very open and accessible is part of the reasons this build went to the TOP of my folder for TH ideas I have to have to live my dream of TH living. Currently I'm working on standing, transfering at the least. But I have every intention to go as far as possible in my rehab and hope to walk again, at least a feet. But even if I can't, I have seen lifts (like hoyerlyfts) that can help transfer the person from the bed to the bath or from the bed to the wheelchair making them that much more independent. This TH build has the openness that a devise like this requires. The thing lacking is it being barrier-free, with wider doors, preferably sliding doors, so you don't lose any of the functionality of a space that is open like this one is. I love the no upper cabinets (although if desired there are some that drop down with hinges). And did I mention the openness? LoL That is one HUGE plus mark for this build, which is only lacking wider sliding doors for those that are wheelchair bound. Oh, and ramp(s) for exterior doors. And in their case, it would be very easy to include when they extend the deck and by making sure it's barrier-free to indoors. @dain75 ...Thanks for pointing out the desperate need for new builds especially, whether TH or more traditional, barrior-free is MORE than ever a need. That is if you want visitors (yourself incl. because you never know future needs). And it also makes it the more saleable because it is inclusive. Rant over LoL.
@@mmariemarkel7482 I really appreciate your post; I'm usually the one writing incredibly long rants like this about the need for housing for the disabled and elderly, as well as the assistive technology they will need. I've used hoyer lifts, but ceiling track are so much better. They don't take up any floor space, and you don't have to worry about the legs limiting where you can use it. A lot of care homes and hospitals have switched to ceiling track lifts. Plus, you can have a track in more than one place in the house, and they can be connected or not. Getting through doorways is much easier too. Unfortunately, they aren't covered like a hoyer where I live, but they should be! It would save so many people the trauma of living in a care home if they were able to be taken care of at home. I talk about the problem of the lack enough home care, proper/livable care homes, and the lack of caregivers and nurses for hospitals, care homes, and care at home all the time. Nobody wants to face it. The baby boomers are elderly now, and nobody has prepared for it. People are living longer due to better healthcare, and medical technology, and nobody has prepared for that either. Now the government is caught with its pants down and the solution they are touting in Canada is private, if you can believe it! Private is only for the rich, and they will take away staff from public health care, making it a two tier system, one for the rich and one for everyone else. It's crap, we can't have the rich taking away resources from public healthcare, but here we are. I'm so frustrated and sad, because it is always the most vulnerable, people with the least amount power who suffer the most, but those are the very people that shouldn't have to worry about who will take care of them or where they will live. We live in two of the richest countries in the world (Canada and the USA), and still we can't take care of people who need it. It's disgraceful.
This is probably the best designed Tiny House I've seen! Well done! Love the mudroom ( Also drives me crazy seeing clutter and coats/shoes/ hats are necessary. ) Separate toilet room. Brilliant! And well designed kitchen. ( I may look into that counter top!) Thanks for sharing your lovely home with us!
@heidicarter429 I have to agree with you. What I forgot to mention in my previous post was that it is so well designed and has so many features that are must-haves that I'm pinning it to the top of my ideas folder. Way to go.👍👍
Beautiful tour of your lovely, warm home. The staircase is a wonderful sculptural work of art. I love the color choices. It's bright and cheerful. Thanks for the tour! 💗
Lovely couple, beautiful spacious tiny home. It's great they were able to find their dream location and home that met their wish list. I liked their art works, my favorite was the stunning watercolor, it looked like a photograph.
Your pop of yellow is perfect, the bathroom is excellent. The only thing i would add is a good size /large rectangle fixed panel window above the lounge above the picture or even in the loft area above the 🛋. This gives you a view outside towards the sky, so the eye can travel and not just looking at the couch. Also great to have a few pothos plants in the loft super easy to grow and with the light coming thru will be amazing. Love that the sink is not at the kitchen window as the taps block most of the view. I can see you using the Murphy bedroom more eventually and the loft as a reading room. Great that you don’t have to much stuff. The outdoor section if enclosed with cafe blinds becomes a whole casual living area all year round.the patio will take away some of your light inside so even more reason to add windows in the bump out at both ends. Wishing you both many years of joy. 🖼
@jenniferbates7656 I love your reply and the ideas you posed. Definitely is going to be in the topped-pinned folder of this build. Great ideas. Edit: The blinds on an in closed porch wouldn't have to rob them of light if they used roof product I just saw a day or so ago. It was a clear, ribbed plastic product that doesn't yellow or break like most of the older corrugated roof products did. Will try to find the products name and post it, if not for them, for others who might be interested.
Love Love Love! Such a quiet location and a beautiful spacious feeling your home has! Not to mention being close to the water....all I can say is ahhh...
I filmed this so I saw them navigate the staircase to film the loft portion of this video. Sue navigated it fine as did I. I understand th concern but it easier than it may appear. Plus the loft is just a guest space so it doesn’t need to be accessed very often at all.
This is so open and spacious and so much storage! I really love how you have separate areas for the bathroom! Your kitchen storage is fantastic, as is the outside storage! I would have to do a downstairs bedroom also. Thank you for sharing your home with us!
Well done. I am so pleased for you both. I hope you are very happy there. I am from Brisbane Australia and I am gay. Married to my very accepting wife for 51 years and I cared for her with MS for 26 years. She passed in June 2022. So I live alone now in my large disabled home and plan to stay here near my family. Later this year I want to start to do some travel. All the best. Take care and enjoy your lovely home.
Thinscape countertop. Need! What a game changer in a kitchen. You landed in a dream space. I've seen other videos from Tiny Tranquility. Lovely, convenient, and what works for you! (That is a watercolour? - I can't believe it! Incredible!) I look forward to seeing what you do with the deck. Thank-you for sharing your home with us. Take care.
I love how they're still deciding and not rushing into all the things they "have" to have in a tiny. They both seem like a lovely couple who will continue to enjoy their space for many years to come. 🙏🏽👍🏽😊
Your tiny house is beautiful Michelle and Sue! ❤️❤️ it's a dream of mine that I hope to realise. Wishing you all the best and many happy memories in your Tiny🤗🤗🤗
What a beautiful couple you are. I love how in love you are. I can feel it through the screen. Your builder is awesome and gave you a beautiful home. I love that staircase and the pop of yellow in the mudroom.I hope that you live long , healthy and happy lives in your lovely home together.
Y'all are so awesome! Love your place, your vibe, your obvious love. My husband and I are in the midst of tiny home research for retirement. I hope we land in clover, as you have. Peace!
Those stairs are the only thing I don’t like. Looks really unsafe, more especially because there’s no guardrail. However if it’s intended for younger guests perhaps it will be ok. Love your home.
Both of you ladies are amazing, as you said to , I needed to see this video! Thank you so much I to am hoping to have a tiny home someday. You have a beautiful home Thank you for the amazing video! ❤️🙏😇
When You're ready to build Your covered patio be sure to check with Your insurance company. Depending on insurance rules in Your area You may need to design a free standing patio cover. In our area due to high (straight line) winds ours can't be attached to the home. ps, Your home is gorgeous.
That was the first thing I thought when I saw it, it needs a railing to be safe. They could be creative with it so it doesn't ruin the look they want, but better safe than sorry.
What a well planned, calm and comfortable home. A 2 bedroom home, including furnishings and appliances for 150k is very reasonable. One of the many things I like is not only where the bedroom is, but how the bed is placed. I cannot imagine the contortions necessary to make most tiny home beds, especially when they're in a loft. How the heck does one change the sheets when a bed is wall to wall, and there's only 3 ft of height?
I've been watching many THOW vidoes and not many discuss the set up process. My question to you ladies what type of structural support is been used to keep the home leveled and not feel like it's moving under foot when going from front to back of the home. Great job on your design and functionality uses of storage!
i love your tiny home!!! you both came up with some great ideas. I am currently full time RV in a 40 foot 5th wheel that is approx 415 square feet. just curious what the dimensions of your tiny home are and how many square feet it it. wishing you both many years of happiness and good health in your beautiful home... Lisa
My primary reason was I didn't realize how important holistic medicine is to me until I didn't have it. I did find one holistic doctor however, she was a three hour drive each way. There were no licensed chiropractors.
Sounds like you were watching the premiere. It does a countdown for when the video is going to start and then you watch it live. Now that the video has played all the way through you should be able to see the whole thing and skip around.
I don't think viewing their home I needed to be told about their sexuality. It's really of no interest to me. It would be like I was showing my house and saying I'm heterosexual just to let you know and now heres my house.
So you keep your wife a secret, and would hide her if you gave a tour of your home, so as to not trigger the heterophobes out there? How considerate of you.
@@williamjameslehy1341 Ridiculous ...this is a home showing. It has nothing to do with being a phobe. We just don't care about the home owners sexual preference when getting ideas on a house !
Stop the wokeness please. A man is a man period a woman is a woman period. She is not a wife. Your living in sin. And homosexuality is an abomination to GOD. The good news is you can except Jesus as Lord and turn away from sin..and you will be able to live in eternity with God and his people. It is a choice God gives us all. Hope you find it there. Merry Christmas 🌲
I would have put the kitchen where the couch is and then you could have had that whole area as a living room that would have made more sense the kitchen's too big the counters are too long they swallow up the center of the camper I just feel like everybody does that I don't know why I do like that you got a room in the back I just and I like the stairs but I would definitely put the kitchen right there right in that width of it not in the length of it
Such a lovely tiny home I agree a downstairs bedroom is a must especially when we're getting older...while I love your stairs they would be unusable for me...congratulations on your move to Tiny Tranquillity I've heard it's lovely there...enjoy life you two and yes covid was a time we all looked at how we could live our lives better...thankyou for sharing 💜
$650-$700/month! For one, never rent land, for two ~ that price, Mobile home spots in Portland are half that!. Let me translate. Live in a overpriced Tiny Home costing you way more per square ft that a mansion, and live in a overpriced trailer park, in a desolate part of the coast with no jobs.
@@Van-..-z._-_z.-._-._.-z. Some of what you say might be true, I haven't done the research to know. But the "no jobs" part obviously isn't true since one works in an office that pays their bills, since it didn't sound like the home based business was a full time gig. Just saying.
@@Van-..-z._-_z.-._-._.-z. where do you live in Portland? I can tell you from my (I was born in Oregon and I've lived in Portland for the past 60 years) experience the price you're quoting may be from10-15yrs ago but certainly not today. Also, perhaps you should think about researching your information PRIOR to posting. It'll make you seem less ill informed. There's no need to be caustic either!
Sold! Thanks for this tour, Sue, Michelle, and Jenna. Such an excellent floorplan, with a wealth of great functionality. So much to love here...the warm toned wood ceilings, the Murphy bed, the separated bathroom areas, and plenty more! A large covered deck will be a valuable addition to the ample list of custom features. A storage bench, or floral/herb planter box concealing those wheels would be sweet. And, I see the safety tread strips on the stairs @12:42 👍. My athletic days are long decades ago. So, I'd probably have some sort of handrail. Maybe a thick cotton rope, anchored vertically from ceiling to floor at the inner curve of the stairs (sorta, firehouse pole style--for grasping--not sliding, of course).
