Not-So-Tiny Washer/Dryer Combo

A washer/dryer combo machine was/is my first choice for doing laundry while living in a tiny house. These machines wash the clothes and then dry the clothes in the same machine: put them in dirty and they come out clean and dry!  These machines tend to run about $1500 brand new for a good quality one.  This is a lot of money in our books.  

I tried looking on craigslist but only saw a cheap brand in a city about 3 hours away.  Every couple weeks I would look again and finally I found one not far away for only $500.  I didn't stop to ask dimensions.  We just drove down, picked it up and brought it "home".  I didn't have our tiny house yet so we put it in the storage shed.  I started looking at it more closely and thinking, "hmmm...it's kind of big" then, "uh oh, I think its going to be to big" and, "what on earth did I do by buying this without measuring first??".  

Then we got the tiny house and I really thought, "What did I do?!".  

I started looking for smaller units on CL but they just aren't there.  This means in order to get a smaller machine we would be forking out over $1000.  My husband convinced me that "a bird in hand is better than 2 in the bush" and since we have it we might as well use it.  We figured and figured about where to place it and I think we've come up with a spot. One of the young men at church helped Chris move the washer/dryer into the tiny house and it's actually not so bad.  It's going to double as kitchen counter but I think its going to work. 

Then there's this amazing space under the hot water heater and next to the shower.  So much space!! :)

And then there's this complicated mess of wires that I have no clue about and yet we are waiting on the completion of the electrical to move forward with insulation, walls, and living in the tiny house!  

I am thankful for my hard working husband who is at the end of a 40 hour week, still facing a day of work and coaching tomorrow, but still working on electrical wiring at 8:30pm on a Friday.