The Floor Plan

Getting this plan done was actually a task that took several months and involved a great deal of research into the appliances and fittings that I wanted to include so that I would have a reasonably exact idea of the cut-out size of each one. A tiny house requires everything to have a place and every inch counts. I'll talk more about the appliances later.

I started with the floor plan that came with the plans I bought from Tumbleweed Homes. However, my house was quickly becoming completely different than the plans and so I needed some new ideas.
I started by drawing my own rendition of a floor plan. However, to my great good fortune, my aunt is a very accomplished interior designer with a knack for many things, including finding great ways of using small spaces. With the help of my uncle, who converted her sketches to the diagrams you see here, she helped me to find some great ways to utilize the space to best advantage. This was such a vast improvement over my initial drawing that I haven't included my first try.

Huge thank you's to Barbara and Caryll Goetze for all of their work and expertise in getting the design imagined and drawn out!

This is more or less the final plan. Measurements are not included, but the scale of the original drawing was 1/4 inch = 1 foot. An elevation of the walls is included adjacent to each side. Starting from the top left and going clockwise there is a closet (also containing water tank, electrical panels and possibly batteries for a solar system), chest of drawers, shower, bathroom sink, once piece front load washer/dryer, hot water tank (not pictured) and toilet.

The toilet is sided by a short wall, and across from this is a pantry, then a fridge and a built-in desk. I plan to make a roll top so the back half can be covered, leaving half of the desk space as extra kitchen space if needed.
The kitchen is fairly self evident. I will probably add a swing-up extension for the end of the counter. The dotted lines on the counter show where a raised set of cupboards was planned. I think I will keep this space open, however. I may drop the counter edge at the dotted line and make it a swing up extension as well. This will serve as a breakfast bar, and will be easier to build as I'm planning to make the counter tops by laminating fir 1 x 4's and I only have a 12 inch planer.

The dotted lines in the middle of the floor are for an Asian style low table that I started to build a few years ago. It will slide into a niche under the kitchen counter. The bench along the side will open for storage and will also have a swing up extension so that it can double as an extra bed.

I decided to join the big windows on the right so that they are one larger window. Some of the other windows have also been extended as I want to have lots of light to help the space feel larger by opening it to the outside as much as possible. The trailer will be parked so that the large windows face to the south.