She's here! The Tiny House Has Arrived

Yesterday was exhausting! I spent most of the day waiting on the Tiny House to arrive and boy did she do it in a grand way! So basically she was 4 hours late.

They were supposed to arrive between the hours of 2pm and 3pm, but she didn't make it 6:30pm. Apparently on the way from the manufacturer their truck blew a turbo or something of that nature and was only going about 10 miles per hour. They parked her on the side of the road and waited for another truck to arrive to bring her here.

There was a slight problem with the delivery fee which I will discuss later. They pulled up our small road she was HUGE, way bigger than I thought. I was told she was 14x40 but she feels wider than that, I will probably be out there taking measurements later. It took them almost 2 hours to get her level (we did take out a level and she IS level!)



The little porch is huge. I really want to put a porch swing on her but I'm not sure if I can hit a stud when screwing it in so we will have to see about that. I may have to just get a rocking chair. The key they gave me did not fit the lock but luckily they didn't lock the door, so I'm going to have to buy a new doorknob. I also realized that when I bought the blinds last week, I only bought 5 when I needed 6. I had forgotten the door has a 9 paned window in it.

The two men that set her up seemed pleasant enough, but the neighbor's little dog who likes to bite delivery people kept going at them. Brownie (the dog, not the men) was just running around and I was scared they were going to drop the house on her little body! She's not a bad dog, just protective of...air? I'm not sure, she has never once tried to bite me or anyone here. Well, I take that back she went at Tristan once, but he pulled her tail and that's just her instinct to protect herself and it's not like she was trying to bite him just warn him. But she GOES after other people. The mailmen have pepper sprayed her.

During the entire waiting period for her to be delivered the Breaker Box I purchased arrived, but I wasn't able to take it back so that will happen this morning. I will swap it out for the cheaper one and the breaker I need to get it set up. I don't have enough money this week to purchase the 220 wire to so that will have to wait for a bit. But that is my next big purchase.

So today will be eventful. We have to take all the wood out of the Uhaul and get that stacked up in the tiny house. I also will be going to Lowe's this morning. I was hoping I could stop in at a few yard sales because I'm looking for a cheap food dehydrator but I don't think I will be able to. I'm going to take more photos today, it was pretty dark in there last evening so the videos I shot weren't that great.

So I've been suffering from Allergies all "spring" and I don't have an inhaler like I should. A few years back I had a severe bout with pneumonia and pneumonia won, damaging my lungs. So I am so sorry for the heavy, wheezy breathing. I didn't know it was that bad until I watched the next video.




The Bad

So they get her set up, they use 57 bricks which I have to pay $2 each for. I had expected and budgeted for that. Here is where they angered me. I was told a delivery fee of about $18 would apply because I have to pay so much per mile over 50 miles, and I'm like okay I get that, it makes sense. And when the men arrived, Tim confirmed the delivery fee of what they told HIM was $60, I hadn't known about the $60, but the younger of the two said, yes that's right, plus $2 per brick used. Then Tim tipped them (I didn't budget for a tip, didn't even know you could) and that's when they told him there was a "mistake" with the delivery fee price. Because she was 14 ft wide they had to take her down specific roads and that caused them to have to use more mileage and actually my total price due was $250. Wait...what? You confirmed when you got here that it was $60, and I budgeted for $160 and now you want $250? $%#$$^%$. I had no choice but to pay it. Well, Reagan and Tim paid it and I have to pay it back because my check was only for one week and I work part-time. So now I owe them $90 which sucks.

It's okay though, just sets a few things back that I was going to do. That's all for the moment, but I will probably post another blog later this evening to update you and show you the things I've gotten, especially the free kitchen cabinet and sink I got as well as my Lowe's spoils. :D

Have a beautiful day!!

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Tiny House Project: Today is the Day! Delivery Day!

Today is DELIVERY DAY!! (Imagine that in Oprah's voice!) She should arrive between 2pm and 3pm (the guy said they may arrive sooner or later, I swear these delivery people do not have a concept of time). I am anxiously waiting therefore I am up very early when I wish I were asleep. I watered the plants and snapped a few photos of the wood flooring I got!

So yesterday we picked up all the items the nice man from Craigslist gave us, and get this...he is a Preacher. He talked about how God speaks to him and guides him to help and do the things that he does. He is pretty amazing and I would love to visit his church.

I was expecting around 400sq ft hardwood flooring but he gave me way more than that. I have small and large pieces of Oak, Cherry Wood, and Pine. All different colors and sizes. What I'm going to do is puzzle them all together and then stain them. This will look amazing because each piece will stain a different color because of the wood types they are. I plan to get started on this right away.

I also have a new sink base and sink, the counter is going to be replaced because of 1. He used a TON of adhesive and 2. I am going to buy an 8ft white countertop from Ikea so it will all look seamless. There is so much wood, more than enough to do what I want with it and get a few nice pieces of furniture made out of it as well. :) (Headboard, End Tables, etc.) I know the flooring looks odd in the photos but trust me, it will be amazing. The pieces that have the visible knots is going to be used as an accent wall either in my living room or my bedroom. I haven't decided yet, but it's beautiful.

My Lowe's Breaker Box will be delivered today and will be immediately taken to Lowe's for an exchange. lol. I found out yesterday that the smaller cheaper breaker box would actually work and I didn't need this giant behemoth of a breaker box. So It will be exchanged for the smaller one as well as a breaker that will fit into my sister's breaker box to give me electricity. So if I play my cards right I can get all the regular house wiring done and would just need to hold off on the 220 wires (Fridge, Stove, Washer/Dryer, Heat/Air).

I plan to live stream Sophie's arrival (Sophie is my Tiny House!) so be sure to watch for that, I'm going to try to do it from my little Tiny House page! Until later.

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Tiny House Electrical

Good morning everyone! It's a sunny Thursday and today is going to be busy! I wanted to write just a blog about the electrical because in my research I found a few things out. Such as: If you plan on installing a breaker box in your Tiny House you better make sure it's the main breaker box!

NOTE: So the ORIGINAL Breaker Box I wanted to purchase was actually the one I should have gotten. What I failed to realize was that the breaker I need to put in my sister's breaker box to run electricity out to my house IS my main breaker so I didn't need the more expensive one. The good thing is that the one I purchased is to be delivered tomorrow and I can return it to the local Lowe's and switch it out for the cheaper breaker box and the 100amp breaker for my sister's breaker box. This will run electric out to my Tiny House. 

There are so many different ones on Lowes.com and I was nervous about purchasing one because they all have different amps and slot holes and all kinds of stuff. So basically what I did was watch a thousand youtube videos and I immediately saw what was wrong with the cheaper $35 breaker box I was going to purchase. It was not a main. I didn't have a switch that cut power off to the whole house. I think that's important right?

So I chose a $70 breaker box. It comes with some breakers, not many but that's okay. But let me tell you something amazing...

A beautiful friend of mine who I've known for many years decided to send me a housewarming gift pre-house. She sent me $100 Amazon gift card which I immediately used to purchase a $100 Lowe's gift card! I was super stoked and so very grateful, without that lovely gift I wouldn't have been able to purchase my breaker box for a few weeks.

I made a $99.26 purchase last night and was able to utilize a $20/$100 purchase coupon code I had to purchase my Breaker Box AND a 250ft spool of house wire. I need one more bundle of house wire for 220 stuff like the Stove and Fridge but the two Items I bought are necessities and help me push my tiny house forward even faster. Thank you so much, Claire, you are amazing and I love you!

My local Lowe's didn't have a breaker box in stock under $100 so I had to order it and have it delivered and thankfully the delivery was free. The wire is already ready to be picked up along with all my little receptacle boxes. So the next purchase I make will be a 250ft spool of the 220 wire (it's Yellow) and all the wiring tacks and the little nodes you need to come OUT of the box without starting a fire.I will also be purchasing some 20amp breakers and some 15 amp breakers.  I added all those little things to the wishlist.

Honestly, I love this wishlist, not so much as hoping people will give me stuff, but it allows me to add things I will need to a running list and check them off when they've been bought. This way I'm not forgetting stuff and if I find I need some little piece I didn't know existed I just add it there.

So for wiring, I've watched a few videos and the one I like the most is from a channel called Tiny Nest. Here is the video I will be trying to follow.

This looks complicated...

Stay tuned for all the mayhem that will happen when that breaker box arrives!



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