Sunday, June 4, 2017

Dollhouse Miniature model of my Tiny home design

I finally got some thin plywood to make my tiny house. Hubby got me the wrong kind...sigh, but I worked with it. And I did not have the right nails so a bit of a bother nailing together.
First though, let me show you the only picture I can find of one of my gypsy wagons, dollhoue (1:12th scale) gypsy wagons.
I have a CD I made with instructions on how to make these, but my computer will not open it so I can get more pictures. The point, however, is that I have envisioned, in one way or another, how to set up and live within a tiny space! Every time I made a gypsy wagon I really put myself in there thinking of where things should go and how I would live! LOL yep

So back to the model I am working on. 
First of all I searched online to see if I could understand wheel wells better and the options that come with building between wheel wells or on top of wheel wells. I have read that building inside wheel wells makes for a narrower house (not what I want). And building on top of wheel wells means less head room (don't want that either). I have read that you need to be careful when building down below wheel wells and then up onto wheel wells, which results in a sort of floor bulkhead in the trailer. There are issues with moisture and also the integrity of the metal that makes up those wheel wells. I will do more research before actually building but figured I can make it work. 

I also read about drop axles that can give you a few more inches of headroom in the house. AND I had to research what the measurements may be, in terms of where the wheel wells would be! The formula people seemed to discuss the most was a 60/40 thing, meaning that (in my case a double axle I think) that 60% of the trailer would be from between the front tires and 40% behind. I guess the point being you do not want the wheels/tires dead center of your trailer. There is also the 10% of the weight that will be on the tongue. I have yet to delve into that!

With this knowledge in hand I realized one potential plan, to build out the kitchen a bit onto the tongue, which would give me maybe 2 extra feet, utilizing that space for a sink, would not work! Ugh, liked that idea!!! The reason being that I could not put a back bedroom and bathroom because of wheel well. So my design is reversed. I now have my kitchen at the back of the trailer and bedroom/bathroom in the front by tongue. It will not matter front or back when I plant it down on some land, but for trailer building purposes it will! 

I am going to give you one picture for today and then do more next time. This is the view from the front door. I have just randomly placed windows, knowing that with wall studs etc they will need to be more accurately measured, but for now it is a general idea, helping me figure things out. This is a 1:12th scale mini mini home and if I finish it really nice it will likely find a spot in my tiny home!! Measurements are roughly 26 inches by 7 3/4 inches interior...and approx 11 1/2 inches tall. Kitchen will be on the left and bedroom bathroom on the right.....2 lofts
And, while I would love character roof lines, I know I do not have the skills for that and figure this design will provide me with the most space inside. I will "character" it up with window trims, etc. 



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