So in my last post I talked about my tiny house ideas and since then, I have been watching a lot more video's, looking at more web sites, and getting more ideas. One thing that occurred to me is that while I don't think many standard homeowner's name their homes, many tiny house owners do, and I like that. I wanted a name for my tiny house. I was thinking of what living tiny feels like to me vs. living in a larger space and the thing I came up with is that it feels like a nest. A pocket like, protected place that has everything I need close at hand. A snug retreat, A place where everything fits together. The Nest is a perfect name for that! So The Nest it is. Next I pondered, is there a way to have the siding reflect the name? I could nail sticks to the side, but that would easily put me over the width limit. What about an enlarged photo close up of a nest kind of like this? Wow, that could be really cool, but I couldn't think of any buildings I had ever seen that had enlarged photo exteriors, so I was wondering if it was practical. Then it hit me, this isn't a regular building, this is built on a trailer chassis, and trailers have metal siding, not only that but many semi truck trailers have photo images on the side like this example: Man, my imagination went wild, I could do about anything a nest or daisies in a field. Grass, Although maybe not, I'm allergic. LOL. Puffy clouds, An Indian Silk Pattern, I really could do most anything I imagine creating an even more unique and personal space. But here is my clear favorite so far, a forest scene with the Doug from the Cascadia Flag imposed over it, a nest could easily be added to the Doug and this shows what I love the most about my Cascadia homeland. I do not yet know what the life expectancy or cost of such siding would be, but I love the concept and think it is worth exploring. In addition it is likely to be thinner than more traditional siding perhaps giving me just a bit more width inside. One of my challenges now is how to do this, as I want this in Cascadia, and I am living tiny now in Florida and I have come to enjoy living tiny so much that I don't want to go a lot bigger (even a 500 sq ft studio apt. would be a lot bigger to me!) evet to transition from here to there!
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