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Tiny House Neighborhood

Tiny House Neighborhood

The Hendersonville Lightning, one of our local papers, had an article on the Village at Flat Rock, a tiny house community near us on Thursday. So Saturday we took a drive by to see it. Tiny homes selling big on Orchard Road, Hendersonville Lightning > 

Fantasy Tiny Coffee Shop in Asheville

Fantasy Tiny Coffee Shop in Asheville

We saw this Tiny Coffee Shop in Asheville. On the way back the rain had let up, so Cliff stopped so I could take some photos. It is in front of Sweeten Creek Antiques. It reminds me of an imaginary Gypsy Caravan. Doesn’t it look 

Documents that Came with the Trusses

Documents that Came with the Trusses

The roof trusses came with a lot of documents. Here they are, if you are interested. General Notes: Trusses are not marked in any way to identify the frequency or location of temporary later restraint and diagonal bracing. Follow the recommendations for handling, installing and 

We’ve Got Trusses!

We’ve Got Trusses!

How Just One Guy Got All the Trusses off a Truck Someone had put up a sign marking where the trusses go. Nailed it. First he took off the flasher and put it away. Then he had to move the wood for the porch out 

Shipping Container Tiny House or Workshop

Shipping Container Tiny House or Workshop

This guy showed up in my Facebook MarketPlace feed this morning. He sells shipping containers out of Lyman, South Carolina. He sells them “as is” or he paints them and puts in doors and windows. I’ve seen a lot of shipping container homes on Pinterest. 

Wrapping the House

Wrapping the House

They have finished putting up the cladding and have cut open some of the windows. They delivered rolls of green wrap with the rest of the materials and I wanted to see how they put it up. When we got there, they had put the 

Garage is Framed, Sheathing Begins

Garage is Framed, Sheathing Begins

It was beautiful over the weekend. Cliff got the field mowed and started clearing some of the brush. He treats the mower like it is a bush hog. We found more golf balls. Someone used to use this field as a driving range. I think 

New Small Houses in Asheville

New Small Houses in Asheville

It’s raining pretty hard today. I doubt they are going to get anything done at our house today, so I am going to share a house we just looked at. On the way back from Bone Fish Grill last night we stopped to see some 

Glass Door Knobs

Glass Door Knobs

The new house comes with satin nickel door knobs. I’m not a fan. They have some very nice options you can choose instead, but I really love the rose gold door knobs on the log cabin. I decided I would move the satin nickel ones 

Framing the Walls

Framing the Walls

They next time we dropped by the site, they already had walls up! They held the walls in place temporarily with 2 x 4s propping them in place. Fewer guys came today, but they are moving right along! Next: Garage is Framed, Sheathing Begins >