There’s a small group of people advocating “tiny houses” for low impact living. There is even a TV show that
features these tiny houses which are a marvel of packaging and multi-use spaces. I never took them very
seriously because I couldn’t imagine living in that confinement or the prospect of divesting myself of my stuff.
Not that I’m that attached to it, but the work involved in re-homing it.
But my friend
NAG showed this picture of a tiny house owned by Asha Mevlana, who plays violin with the
Trans-Siberian Orchestra. I thought that doesn’t look tiny tiny, and it looks pretty cool. NAG gave a link
to
a site which gave some details and a couple pictures.
The house is different from most tiny houses in most of them are built on trailers, although some of them
are built on truck/school bus/motorhome chassis. This house has the living part on a foundation and the
smaller part which is a rehearsal space/recording studio/guest room on a trailer. The deck in between is
a performance space (stage).
The first site gave a link
to this site with a lot of pictures and the complete story of the build.
I was surprised how much the TV show was involved and of course it gave a deadline for added difficulty.
I’m aware of how hard it is to get suppliers to deliver the right stuff on time, but the red tape involved to
satisfy the City of Fayetteville, Arkansas, blows my mind.
The part of the trailer that looks like a giant amp, is an amp, which contains weatherproof speakers for
mobile or home entertainment.