Monthly Archives: August 2013

TOO MUCH STUFF!

Posted on August 15, 2013 by Laura

On the eve of writing an article for Tiny House Listings on the topic of being happy with less I thought I would show you what it looks like when you have too much stuff in a tiny house.

I am preparing for the Women’s Art Festival which is happening in Kingston Ontario on Sunday in City Park so I have a lot of work on the go!  My car is full to the roof too…

It is AWFUL to have so much stuff in this tiny space!!

My kitchen is filled and three of the paintings are wet so you can’t even move!  It is an obstacle course.  Hopefully I won’t need to eat between now and Sunday!

Paints and supplies on the window shelf Tiny Table with painting drying Hidden kitchen

Categories: Art, Ontario, Open your eyes, Original Art work of Laura Moreland, Tiny House Ontario | 12 Comments

Joining forces

Posted on August 14, 2013 by Laura

The joining of the stoneA quick update before I run for a live music event tonight.  I did another stone run today.  I got enough stone to join the patio with the path.  It is set in but clearly, I have not levelled it.

524 square feet of stone is 100% in place. Roughly 200 of this still is not set to level. It took me a lot of my spare time over 6 weeks to get to this point on it. The job cost me $530 dollars including stone, truck insurance and gas. Still way less than ******* quoted me for the delivery for only 144 square foot of stone. I got nearly four times the stone for $460 less than this company quoted!

I am glad I shopped around and I am grateful to brother-in-law B and sister C for allowing me the use of their truck.

Thanks too, goes out to Mulrooney Trucking where I got the stone from one of their quarries.  Specifically a big thanks to Dan who has been an awesome person to deal with.  Your customer service is excellent and I have recommended you to many people who live in the Kingston area.

An end is in sight and my arms are still not toned… oh well, you can’t have everything…

 

Categories: Forest, Off Grid, Simple living, Tiny House Ontario | 13 Comments

Again with the stone…

Posted on August 13, 2013 by Laura

I laid out the stone to measure it for the garden path.  It turns out that I have enough stone to take care of the plan.  It is not good to walk on.  This is actually a job for next spring so I did not yet prepare the job properly, I just wanted to measure before the truck dissolves.  The stone dust I laid will have to settle then every stone will have to be removed and levelled to its neighbour.  Because it is away from the house, I am not too worried about the drainage.  Basically it is just a footpath to the vegetable garden.

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This said, I decided that I need a little more stone anyway.  I want to join the patio with the path so I need a few more square feet.  I guess one or one and a half truckloads will do it.  I guess I need about 40 square feet of stone.  Fortunately this part is already compressed so I can finish the joining section as I have the patio.  Only the path must wait for 2014.

FYI: So far, I have made 13 trips to the quarry for stone at $20/trip.  Why not expand?

Categories: Forest, Ontario, Tiny House Ontario | 11 Comments

Sanford and Sons

Posted on August 7, 2013 by Laura

S&S Rock version

Yesterday I hauled in a couple of loads of rocks.  I think I have all that is required to finish the job.  It does however look a little like Sanford and Sons… the quarry version.  There is so much work to this job!  I have a new found respect for the persons who do this work for a living.

I imagine I still have about four more days of work to do just to get the rest of the patio level.  One of these will be unhooking the solar connection to the house at the battery, laying the stone and then hooking it all up again.

It is a lot of work, but it is worth it.  I think it gives THO a very enchanting appearance despite the mess of extra stones.

Categories: Off Grid, Ontario, Tiny House Ontario, View | 9 Comments

T-rex and the YaYa Sisterhood

Posted on August 4, 2013 by Laura

My sister T-rex just sent me a photo of her in her new digs in Saskatoon with the caption “Tinier House Saskatchewan… in your face Laura!”

I laughed so hard I bet she heard me in Saskatoon.

I wonder where she is going to put her six and a half foot tall sweetheart?

Tinier House SaskatchewanShe and her  YaYa sister staged this photo up really well eh?

Thanks so much for the giggles girls!

Categories: Family, Friendship | 4 Comments