Just when you think the design is pretty much finished… your interior designer comes swooping in and drops a little design bomb, which turns everything upside down. Honestly, he did! But in a very good way. I asked Dennis Belle to help me shape the interior of my new house, especially the use of colors […]
On my way to Olst
Today the application for the environmental permit for my new Tiny House is done. Woohoo! Let me tell you, it took quite some work. Especially getting a correct BENG and MPG. But we did it, and today Woonpionier Menno is going to submit the application for me. With a bit of luck, I will have […]
1001 choices
Having a Tiny House built may be a lot more manageable than a villa, but you still have to make a lot of choices. About anything and everything. 1001 choices from the smallest part (where in your loft do you want an outlet?) to the big choices (do you want to go off-grid or not?). […]
The kitchen: the heart of my new home
Every house has a heart. A place where people are seemingly automatically drawn towards. Where it feels good; where life is present. Which place that is depends on the residents, although I think that some houses have such a center, such a heart themselves. For me, the kitchen is one of the most important places […]
The big impact of light on small spaces
I have been living for a week and a half in a temporary house — an apartment next to my parental home. The place is a bit of a ‘pipe drawer’, with few windows and therefore, fairly dark. What a difference with my light Tiny House! It makes me realize how important light is for […]
Tiny House interior: the dining table
In my current Tiny House, I have chosen not to have a dining table in the house. Well, I do have one, but it’s hidden in the sitting area. I can conjure it up when I need it, but it doesn’t bother me when I don’t need it. That way it doesn’t take up unnecessary […]
A glorious new design
After my first design session with Menno, he started working on my wish list and suggestions for the layout of my new Tiny House. On May 31st we discussed three possible designs and I made my choice for one of them. Last week I received the first design drawings from Menno. Fantastic! What an incredibly […]
Here I go, again on a Tiny House adventure
As of yesterday, I have lived in my Tiny House for exactly five years. It seems so much longer since my little house arrived in Alkmaar and I started living in it! It seems like a lifetime ago, and I seem a different person. I have never regretted my decision to build and live in […]
Sun protection in a Tiny House
When designing a Tiny House, a lot of thought is given to the heating of the house. It is sometimes forgotten how the house can be kept cool. This is at least as important. Especially now that our planet is warming up. The prediction is that we will have a dry and hot summer again […]
Tiny House offers a view of nature
One of the things that makes living in my Tiny House so pleasant is that I have many windows in it that allow me to look at the surrounding greenery. That makes it no problem at all to live small; many windows gives a spacious feeling to the house. You bring the outside inside to […]