Missouri Days and later

So to continue with a look at my growth as a do it your-selfer We moved to Missouri in the early 1980s and boy was that  a culture shock! We bought a house and I began tearing down hideous old wallpaper and linoleum on the floor, again I have no idea where I learned how to move along in such an endeavor!!! I wanted to put sheet rock up. I came across this picture the other day, demolition in process!!!

I also remember that our toilet all but fell through the floor and I had my first experience with replacing a toilet and bad flooring. I was never in a position to pay someone to do things and perhaps more so, loved learning and doing construction. I know I learned a lot about doing plumbing, and living with a woodstove as well.

Flash forward many years, ok decades, and I now live in NM about 8,000 ft elevation. In 2000 I bought an acre and a half with a trailer as old as me on it. I moved here with my kids (ok 5 of them now...husband long gone). This trailer was perhaps 800 sq feet or less. Some friends added on 2 bedrooms on the porch and my construction on changing things soon began.

I reduced the size of my bedroom so I could put in a very large soaking tub, with tile structure, and a separate shower that was completely tiled with a concrete floor. I have built 2 porches, added a pantry onto the porch, torn down walls, built an attached greenhouse and made many mistakes along the way!!!!

In addition, though not tiny house related, but very much reduced footprint related, I had goats, a cow, and chickens. The goats and cow are gone only because of moving forward with this tiny exodus. I made cheeses for years. I do most of my cooking on a woodstove in the winter. And right now cooking is done in toaster oven or 2 burner electric hot plate. We have a composting toilet. I have struggled to garden here as well!! I can food as well. My mother in law goes to Colorado every year to bring back tons of tomatoes!!

Meanwhile at one point I was making a living through making dollhouse miniatures. One of my designs, which I also did classes on, was miniature gypsy wagons. Clearly I made tiny homes into tiny homes!! Ha ha!! Will have to find some pics and post. Also, I will be building a miniature version of my tiny home soon and will share that here. (I do not expect to have the money to really get going on the tiny home for awhile, unless someone buys my coffee truck :o)

Enough for today. Tomorrow I will share my first real tiny kind of life size build...a coffee truck!!!