Interior Finishes

Starting to play around with interior finishes in Photoshop... wasn't sure about white windows, but they are much easier to find. Also wasn't sure about having all wood walls - thought it might be too much.  But so far I'm liking the look of this.

Roof Angle Change

After seeing another tiny home, and rethinking the site, I've decided to change the slope of the roof for the following reasons:

• it gives more useable space in the loft, with more headroom along the head of the bed, and allows for bigger windows facing the lake. 
• bigger windows upstairs allow safe egress from the loft to the porch roof, in case of fire.
• the slope now faces south if I ever want to add solar panels.
• if I ever haul it on the highway, it will be more aerodynamic.
• the short ends are now load bearing, freeing up the side walls to have more openings and bigger windows towards the lake without having to add thermal bridges in the form of double headers.
• I find it looks smaller when approaching it because we're now seeing an 8 foot wall instead of a 13 foot wall, which I find less intrusive on the site. 

I've also decided to have flush beams for the floor and use joist hangers, in order to facilitate rigid insulation wrapping the exterior from the walls to the floor with the fewest thermal bridges.

And I've made it a foot longer to allow room in the bathroom for a prefab shower stall.

Design is still evolving, but will have to be finalized soon... spring is almost here!