Tiny Living in a Big World

La Luna Llena

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For you non Spanish speaking followers, La Luna Llena translates to “The Full Moon”. That is what Pam, a retired art teacher living in south central Missouri named this beautiful 30′ long build that she now calls home! All we have for now are the unfurnished photos prior to the house’s delivery, but we can’t wait to see the pics once she gets fully settled in since Pam had quite the art collection that she plans on placing in the house. This was one of the more important aspects of this project, making sure we planned accordingly to accommodate these art pieces. 

To start things off, the exterior is a simple mix of galvanized corrugated wainscot, cedar lap in the middle, and cedar board and batt up top. A shallow 3/12 pitch travels the full length of the trailer maximizing interior volume. A fold down porch and and fold up awning frame the entry area but fold out of the way for travel. The arch top door was handmade by Greg using locally sourced rough cut ponderosa pine. Pam provided a small stain glass piece that we carefully inset into the door. 

After passing through the front door, one is surrounded by abundant hues of blue stain pain pine, red handscraped flooring, red oak built ins, black appliances, and a little bit of brown found in the reclaimed loft joists. Towards the front of the trailer is the living room, outfitted with an L shape couch with storage below, a large window, room to place an heirloom Indian cabinet with TV above, and to the side of this a Grizzly woodstove with the wall mount kit. 

 

Next to the couch is a tall mission style bookcase made from red oak, a small cabinet also made from red oak to house Pam’s sewing machine, and then a fold down table made from live edge beetle kill pine. After the table are alternating stairs up the to the guest/storage loft. The main risers are all made from oak plywood, but the boxes were hand made from solid oak using walnut keys to add a decorative yet functional touch. The tops are hinged for easy access inside the boxes. They can also be moved around to be used as step stools or other accessories. The stairs themselves are a combo of open cubbies, a small closet that houses a Dyson vacuum, and a pull out pantry. Adjacent the pantry is a 10 cu ft fridge.

Opposite all of this is the remainder of the kitchen featuring a 24″ range, over the range microwave/hood, large single bowl sink, combo washer dryer, and a large live edge beetle kill slab counter top. Pam provided us with several hand made Mexican tiles she had collected over the years to use as the backsplash. Above the counter are live edge pine open shelves supported with pipe fittings. Above these are two hand blown glass pendant shades with fantastic hues that Pam also provided us. The kitchen also some adjustable shelves built into the wall framing for spice storage.

Passing though a pocket door, you enter the downstairs bedroom. On the right is the bed platform  that has storage built in below. We installed a small authentic porthole window in this sleeping quarters. To the left is open space for Pam to place her heirloom cedar quilt cabinet with a large window above. A full height closet is next this space. Another pocket door takes you into the comfortably size bathroom. This space accommodates a regular flush toilet, utility space for the electric on demand water heater, a full height linen, 36×48 shower enclosure, and a gorgeous handmade glass vessel sink provided by Pam that we placed on a live edge slice of cherry. When the light comes through the bathroom window this sink absolutely glows! 

 

The upper loft in this house was designed for guests and overflow storage. Two notable features are the reclaimed floor joists with tons of character from circular saw marks, bark wane, insect holes, and old nail holes, and a built in cubby wall with a live edge pine top that provides a little bit of privacy and safety to the loft, but also lots of useful storage. One last special request that Pam had was for us to trim out all of the windows in live edge beetle kill. This resulted in some rather unique formations!

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A few other notes of interest on this tiny house- the walls and roof were constructed from Structural Insulated Panels. The Grizzly woodstove provides primary heat while a mini split adds backup heat as well as air conditioning for those warm humid Missouri summers. This build came in around 13,000 lbs dry and a final price of $82,500. 

Video tour:

https://youtu.be/jYtsH3onKZE 

 

A few more pics:

And finally, Here is one of the art pieces we had to plan around…

 

FLAGSTAFF 34′ GOOSENECK

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This is lovely 26+7′-6″ Gooseneck tiny house commissioned by a friendly couple down in Flagstaff, AZ. These customers had a beautiful lot abutting national forest that allowed for tiny houses. The were concerned about fire safety, so except for the vinyl windows and rubber tires, the entire exterior was clad in steel using a combination of light gray standing seam panels with a rib profiled charcoal panel. It’s a very modern yet playful feel. A simple shed roof simplifies construction and exemplifies the clean exterior lines even more. We missed the chance to photograph this house since Greg was out of town during its completion, but the owners were kind enough to provide a few shots upon delivery.

On the interior, a near complete juxtaposition of style with Beetle Kill Pine just about everywhere except for the flooring, appliances, and bathroom. The kitchen holds the rear of the house and features an electric range, 10 cu ft fridge, stainless steel apron sink with a tall spray faucet, live edge open shelving, live edge slab countertops, and hickory cabinets. 

From the kitchen, you move into the dining area which features a Hobbit woodstove and live edge folding table. Opposite these attractions are storage stairs that go up to a guest loft. 

Above the folding table is a large picture window carefully placed so they can enjoy the views of town and mountains.

This space meshes with the living area that is shown as a white wall in the picture below, but they placed a couch along this wall and not visible is a thick live edge pine shelf up above to display prized belongings. 

Flagstaff gooseneck tiny house living room

Beyond the living room is a short hallway that takes you into the bathroom, or up a few stairs with pull out drawers into the gooseneck. The bathroom is a wet bath design with a fully tiled floor, and three tiled walls forming a shower area, fed by an overhead rain shower head. There is a flush toilet and a large vessel sink placed on another slab of live edge beetle kill pine. Not completely visible is the sliding barn door and medicine cabinet above the vanity.

Walking up into the gooseneck brings one into the master bedroom. Here, you have standing height and room for a king size bed if desired. Envision now, that you are turning around and facing the rear of the house. On the opposite side from which you came up the stairs, there is one more step that takes you up on a platform that is above the bathroom below. This area is the closet space. It also houses a combo W/D for the few times a month laundry needs done.  It is kneeling room access, but makes for a lot more hanging clothes storage than most other tiny houses have. You will also notice the electric on demand water heater and two trap doors in the floor for additional storage. A similarly equipped house would run in the 80k range. 

 

 

 

 

 

The Rusted Mountain Roost

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Rusty Mountain Roost gooseneck tiny house exterior

A semi-retired real estate professional from the Fairplay area hired us to build her dream tiny house roost! Like several other customers this summer, she was interested in a gooseneck chassis, but what really makes this house stand out from the crowd is the amazing corten steel (aka rusty cold rolled) siding. She provided us with very nice scaled drawings, and making only minimal changes we refined her design to make sure everything worked out. This house was framed using structural insulated panels (SIP’s), perfect for keeping the house nice and toasty at 10,000 feet during the cold South Park winters. The house is heated and cooled via a ductless mini split system.

Rusty Mountain Roost gooseneck tiny house hallway

Rusty Mountain Roost gooseneck tiny house bathroom

The other feature most visitors notice when first seeing the house is how large the bathroom is! While the bathroom doesn’t consume a lot of floor space, it is very tall and airy since we took the walls all the way to the shed roof ceiling and included a clerestory window up high. It has a nice sized neo-angle shower, a normal flush toilet, and a vanity with medicine cabinet above. There is a hidden compartment behind the bathroom and between the neck of the trailer that houses an upgraded Navien tankless water heater and storage space for items that don’t get used very often since the space can only be accessed via trap doors in the bedroom closet on the gooseneck.

Rusty Mountain Roost gooseneck tiny house kitchen

The kitchen is outfitted with custom cabinets and includes a generous pantry, a 24″ propane range, microwave/vent combo, 10 cu ft fridge, large single bowl sink set in the corner with a nice view out of corner windows, open upper shelves, and room for a combo W/D under the counter. The kitchen opens into the living space with features a large fold down dining table and comfy L-shaped couch with some display shelves above. Clerestory windows up high bring in abundant light. All walls and ceiling were finished out with Colorado beetle kill pine.

Rusty Mountain Roost gooseneck tiny house living

Rusty Mountain Roost gooseneck tiny house bedroom

Rusty Mountain Roost gooseneck tiny house closet

The master bedroom is housed on the gooseneck with ample room for someone 6′ tall to stand up in. It is accessed via a few steps that have pull out drawers. This space is completely blocked off from the rest of the house via the bathroom partition and a barnwood saloon doors that can be left shut for full privacy. The closet is very large with an array of rods and shelving to house personal belongings. There is a a trap door under the closet that leads to additional storage and access to the utility space.

Rusty Mountain Roost gooseneck tiny house guest loft

On the opposite side of the house is a guest sleeping loft with a built in closet that helps block this space off from the rest of the house for a little privacy as well. This loft is accessed via a special ladder that stores vertical when not in use and allows access to storage shelves behind it. The ladder pulls out when needed for action so that it is more comfortable and safe to climb.

This tiny house weighed in at 13,200 lbs and final cost came in at $84k with all of the custom features you see included. Enjoy the video tour below!