Hello folks.... yes I know it has been a while since my last post. I have to say though, it has been a lively 4 weeks!

First of all I did finally get my walls up but disaster struck........ wait let me back track a bit.

The interior of my almost free house has been somewhat of a challenge material wise. It's hard to find discarded free material of a certain quality that I could use for the inside. So after much searching I settled on a 1/8 riveted mahogany. Yes I know what your thinking thats awfully thin but that's what I could afford.

Installing this very thin wood was not an easy task but it was up in an afternoon and I was pleased to move on to the flooring.

The next day I had planned to go to the Interior West Design Show. My girlfriend picked me up in the morning and we had a quick peek inside the tiny house. Something strange happened the moment we both stepped in, our eyes started to burn..... strange. I didn't put much thought into it at that moment but as the day went on I thought I need to go back in before the end of the day. So after attending my sons boxing match that night.... yes my son is a boxer.... my daughter and I went in to investigate and sure enough our eyes started burning again but then our noses stared burning as well.
I had my neighbor come over and take a whiff but he whiffed to close to the wall and started chocking. The conclusion was formaldehyde.

It turns out this is off shore crap that doesn't have the same standards as we do in Canada. Because the wood is so thin and sprayed by who knows what % of formaldehyde and then all stacked together it becomes like a big sponge and the formaldehyde intensifies. I do understand that almost all wood is sprayed with formaldehyde to stop mold from growing and needs some time to off gas but this was way way over the top. It had to go! So the next day it was all ripped out and returned to the store. There wasn't to much of an argument getting a refund maybe they've had a few people complain.

So back to the drawing board.... I ended up getting 1/4" MDF board. Again not the best scenario but it seems more enviro friendly and in my price range. To date two walls are done and just waiting on 4 more sheets from the supplier. It's not that great dealing with MDF in the rainy season but once inside it will be fine.

In the mean time I made inside battens from pallet material and finally put on the door knob. I also have a side job doing some personal organizing for a friend as well as trying to put new things in my etsy shop.

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-first two photos are the bad wood.

-third photo was a beautiful hand built chair made in Sweden that I fell in love with at the design show.... cost 3,900.... maybe furniture making will be my next endeavour!

-fourth photo my son boxing, yes he won.

It’s been a few days since I have worked on the tiny house and I miss it.
My crafting business has taken a front seat with orders to fill and that’s a good thing as it gets me in the zone of what is to come once the tiny house is finished.

I was hoping to come up with a good find for the inside walls but was not able to locate free material that would be suitable for the finished interior. Well, like I have said before not everything is going to be free so I’ve decided on the wainscoting paneling from Home Depot.

This order came in at the right time as it will help pay for the walls. Thanks Stacy for choosing me… I hope all your little children in after care will love their presents.

But first is to finish off the taping and put in the bamboo flooring that my neighbor found in our lane way, still new in their boxes. What a great find… I guess someone had changed their minds and could not take it back. Should cover the whole tiny house and then some.

Yesterday was spent insulating and putting up the vapor barrier.

I was so excited to get this job out of the way as my only experience with insulation was when I was 10. My friend and I played in bales of the pink fluffy stuff..... my god my skin itched it seemed for weeks.
Well insulation has come a long way and I was pleasantly surprised how easy it is to work with.

So now that I'm finished that job it's time to think about how I'm going to do the walls. I was thinking wainscoting but not sure now and seeing I could not find suitable material that was free I guess I have a lot of options. Home depot here I come!

I even went out to Ikea to look at lighting but they are in the middle of reno's and it was hard to find what I was looking for but for the time being I picked out two pendent lights that will go over my desk under the big window.

I can see it all finished now.....

Today was a great day with lots of business going on meeting customers wanting dolls and so forth. Driving my kids to where they need to go or pick them up and finally wiring the tiny house.

I must say electrical is a lot easier then I thought. The hard part was drilling the holes and yes Rick was here to help me as some of the holes were a challenge to get through with that big drill bit. Also closed up the air vents with screen so no buggies can make a home in the insulation.

The evening has been spent on the phone with a customer, guiding her along with making a doll, drawing patterns, crocheting a purse and making more dolls.

I just want to go to bed.... but..... my daughter is working on set and pick up is sometime around midnight.

Oh well I'll just keep crocheting!

P.S. One of my snowboards sold today. Time to make more.

I just realized tomorrow is the first day of fall and how fitting that I have finally finished the siding. Only the soffits are left to do and prime the rest of the siding but I'm rather anxious to getting moving inside so that can wait.

I have been looking on you tube for tutorials on wiring and have found quite a few helpful ones, but I also have my neighbor to show me the way too. Wish me luck!

The weather here has been quite inconsistent lately and is a little frustrating when building a house, but I seemed to be ready when there is a break in the sky.

Yesterday I finished another side of the house with the battens and hopefully in the next few days I will be all done and then move on to the soffits.

Battens take a lot of nails and hammering and boy did I hammer a nail... my thumb nail! I guess I'm pretty lucky thats the first time it's happened and hopefully I won't lose it.

P.S. Thought I would add this beautiful picture of my daughter on her fall trip with her Waldorf High School.

It has been 4 days straight working on the tiny house and it was another busy one today ripping battens. A bit of multi tasking too with laundry day, sewing and prepping my daughters room for her return home from a high school wilderness trip. I think she's going to enjoy a nice clean bed tonight!

All the battens are ready to go and two more windows need to be framed, but sadly the rain has come.... I could just keep going and going. Must get it ready before winter!