Changing things up

When you live in a Tiny House and your bedroom is a loft...changing up bedroom colors is as easy as buying a different colored sheet set!  I've had purple since we moved in but I decided we needed a little spring time blue (the color is brighter than in the picture).

Actually you can see the color a little bit better in the bottom corner of this next picture.  

I took this picture because I haven't posted pictures of our loft areas in a while.  This is looking from the storage stairs across our loft and into my sons loft area.  His clothes and extra blankets are stored in that hamper (no, I don't fold clothes).  My son loves to dress up like a cowboy and check out that nice hat we were given!  My husband objected, "Our tiny house is not big enough for a 10-gallon hat!" but of course it is still here :)

We changed up a couple other things over the last couple weeks as well.

This is the new, possibly temporary but a hundred times better than what we had, counter top.  Our original plan was to have wood counter tops.  Then we decided to go with stainless steel counters and tile backsplash.  In the meantime we needed something and my husband was able to put this Fir wood counter up in a weekend.  He's coating it with Cutting Board Oil so it will be food safe and water resistant.  Will we ever do stainless steel and tile???  We just never know...

I'm still working on the area under this counter.  I originally did not want cupboard doors.  Then, when I saw how cluttered it looked before the middle shelf was in, I wanted cupboard doors to make it look neater.  Now, I don't want to lose the space or convenience that cupboard doors will take away.  

I have considered curtains but I'm not a big fan of curtains yet.  I took these pictures last night and I've spent some of my morning re-organizing the area to hopefully make it look less cluttered.  It IS really nice to just be able to reach over and grab whatever I need and have the space to move things around without working around cupboard doors.

Last, but not least, WE FINALLY HAVE CUSHIONS FOR OUR SEATING AREA!!!!!!!!!!!

We opted for outdoor cushions from Ikea which fit almost perfect AND they are heavy duty!  Which we knew we needed with all the kids coming in and out, all the mud, mud, mud outside and because we eat in this area.

Unfortunately, only hours after we put the cushions in we were proven correct in our processing when  a neighbor boy sat down to put his very muddy shoes on and, for some reason, put his shoes on the cushions before he put them on his feet!!  

He's just visiting the area so we smiled, waved good-bye, reminded ourselves we are happy the neighbor kids have a safe place to come, went inside and groaned.  Thankfully, I've had A LOT of practice cleaning up mud lately!

That, my friends, is life and lovin'.

Staying-at-home in my Tiny House

I haven't been working at my "out-of-the-home" job the last couple weeks.

This creates several different situations in our Tiny House.

1). My son has to do a lot more of his homeschool work.  For some reason he's been begging me to go back to work.

2). I have been able to focus on my animals: 3 goats, 2 new kids, 6 chicks, 2 ducklings, a rabbit and a  hen.

3). I have time to go on walks and enjoy the sun, rain, sun, rain, sun, rain weather pattern we have been experiencing lately.

4). All the bedding in the house is getting washed thoroughly (I tend to focus on washing the essentials and other things don't get washed quite as often when I'm working).

5). Food calls out to me ALL DAY LONG and I am rarely able to resist...which of course means I need to go clothes shopping.

6). We eat healthier because I actually have time and brain capacity to think of a recipe, plan for the recipe, buy the ingredients and make the recipe...whew!  Wears me out just thinking about doing that and working my "out-of-the-home" job!  Full-time working momma's are my heroes!

7). I enjoy my tiny house more because, guess what?  It's CLEAN and ORGANIZED!  A tiny house is SO MUCH more enjoyable when it is clean and organized.  I know almost every house is more enjoyable when it is in this state however in larger houses the mess can be less noticeable and a lot of things can be swept under the proverbial rug.  I know.  I had a 1700 sq. ft house.  First, it was VERY hard to keep clean (even when I wasn't working) and second, one pile of papers, a couple blankets left out (even folded), a duffle bag left by the front door, etc. was not even HALF as noticeable in a 1700 sq. foot house as it is in a Tiny House!

When you leave a pile of papers out in a tiny house, you don't have anywhere to bake food.
When you leave a couple blankets out in a tiny house, you don't have anywhere to sit.
When you leave a duffel bag by the door, you can't get out the door!

Easy clean and (fairly) easy organizing is one of my absolute favorite things about living in a tiny house.  Not only is my house staying cleaner than it probably ever has, I have more time to do the things I enjoy...like making my son do his school work...he might not like it but I'm super excited that we'll be done with school in time for summer break!

Oh and because they're just too cute ;)