Small Scale Homes: October 2014

Oct 26, 2014

Tiny Heirloom Tiny Home

The greater Portland, Oregon area has produced yet another tiny home building company, Tiny Heirloom, builders of what they are calling luxury tiny homes.

Located near Portland in Oregon City, the company consists of three married couples, with about a decade's worth of tiny home experience between them.

The plans may not be unique, but the level of fit and finish is what sets this company apart. The home in these photos also contains a nice combination washer/dryer unit, something often skipped in tiny homes.

Another relative luxury found in this home is the stainless steel finished gas range, which includes four burners and an oven. Plus there's that lovely granite counter top.

Tiny Heirloom homes are approved travel trailers, and the company claims to have the highest standards going when it comes to details such as the quality of the trailer itself, construction and framing material and details.

The deep sink, substantial clearance between the sink and faucet, and integral spray, makes kitchen cleanup much easier than in the small bar sinks found in so many tiny homes.

There is a three fixture bath (marine flush toilet, sink, and shower). Composting toilets are an available option too.

There's a small storage loft above the living area.

There's space for a desk or other items of the homeowner's choosing...

A comfortable seating area featuring a tiny marine gas fireplace/heater...

And a sleeping loft with two shed dormers for increased volume and head room, not to mention plenty of ventilation.

Tiny luxury doesn't come cheap though. Tiny Heirloom tiny homes start at $65,000 USD. The price does include delivery though, something many tiny house builders don't even provide. You can see and learn more by accessing their website using the following link... Tiny Heirloom

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Oct 6, 2014

Wishbone Tiny Home

Here's a well crafted tiny home from Wishbone Tiny Homes, an Asheville, North Carolina based tiny home building company consisting of a father and son team, Gerry and Teal Brown.

In the interest of giving credit where credit is due, the photo credits in this post all go to Chris Tack. I understand they were taken at a tiny house conference. Learn more here... tinyhouseconference.com

If you're a tiny home fan, you'll recognize a lot of the vocabulary of this home as being derived from Four Lights Tiny Homes and Tumbleweed Tiny Homes, but Wishbone has put their own unique twist on it, and some of their contributions are noteworthy. For example, look at the door in the photo above. It appears significantly wider than the doors you'll find in end walls of most tiny homes. It's also handcrafted by the father in this father and son building team with a combined total of more than 40 years in the building business.

It's immediately obvious that the level of craftsmanship in this Wishbone tiny home is exceptional. One detail that quickly caught my attention is the type and installation of the water heater. It's a propane fired tankless heater, cleverly mounted in the wall that separates the kitchen from the bathroom.

Note the tankless hot water heater mounted in the wall to the left of the sink. Brilliant.

Tiny living requires some compromises, and one of those compromises typically is an RV water heater with a six gallon capacity. Tankless water heaters will provide endless hot water until the gas source runs out, so if you want to wash some dishes and enjoy an unhurried shower afterward you can, without fear that the hot water will run out before you get the shampoo out of your hair.

The kitchen has ample counter space. The wall cabinets provide lots of open storage, while the base cabinets provide all kinds of enclosed storage. The water heater in many tiny homes takes-up quite a bit of that under counter space, but not in this home.