[MUSIC PLAYING] Hi, I'm Dan Hedrick. And this is Wesley Hedrick. I'm Jennifer Hedrick. And this is our
Knot So Tiny house. [INAUDIBLE] We got the party started
in the fall of 2010. She is the only
customer I ever dated. Yeah, I ruined a streak. Yeah, you did. We actually met at some of
the people, whose property we live on at their barn,
where I board my horse. That's where we met. I was her farrier. And we kind of hit it off. And then, we started dating. And then, we got married. Yep, two years later. Then, eight years
after we were married, we had our first child. It's a neat story. Yeah, I mean, we got
to do a lot of things. And we're not in our 20s. We're not feeling like we're
missing out on anything. We're just starting the
second part of our family. And Stan already has
his son who's almost 19. So he was 18 when
Wesley was born. Yeah, I hit the reset button. Yeah, he's like,
oh, I'm almost done. Just kidding. Our house is 365 square feet. Actually, we built it. Mostly, he built it. Plus the laundry room,
mudroom space that we have. We're parked in the gorge on
some friend's property, which we absolutely love being here. We kind of started
this community garden with our neighbors. So I mostly manage the garden. And Sheryl comes and does some
weeding every now and again. And then, we have
access to a shop, which we're grateful
for, especially with building this house, as
well as we're working on an RV. And Dan's always got
projects and works on our vehicles and whatnot. Yeah. We arrived on this
property in 2016. We were looking to
purchase a home. But unfortunately, the market
just went out of control. And we can't live in town. We just aren't the type of
people that can live in town. So we bought a fifth wheel. And we moved out here. We lived in that
for three years. And then, we decided
to build a tiny house. After we got our tiny house
project done, my, at the time, 16-year-old son decided
to move back in with us. And so we ended up building
him his own little bunk house. It's 8-foot wide
and 20-foot long. It's got a little
loft bedroom in it and a nice little study
underneath his bedroom. And he's got a couch
for his friends to sit on, and hang out,
and do the things that they do in there. Would you guys like to come
on inside and take a look? Welcome. This is our laundry
room to the tiny house. It's a freestanding portion. We had this set up here when
we were staying in our RV. And it has worked out quite
handy as a mudroom, utility room. Keep our winter jackets in here. We've got a wood stove
for the cold winters. Lots of storage. Keep our toilet
paper, paper towels, all the excess
stuff that we need. We could definitely not do the
tiny house without this space. Considering our lifestyle,
we're outside all the time. We have horses. We've got mud boots, and
dirty gloves, and dirty shoes. And we have to have a full
sized washer and dryer. So between his job and
how dirty he gets and then this guy creating 10 pounds
of laundry a day, this room, we can live without it probably. Yeah, the additional space
is much, much needed here. All right, let's walk into
the main living space. Welcome to our tiny house. It is 10 wide by 36 long. We call it the Knot So Tiny
house because it's not really that tiny, Well, in comparison. And all of the pine that we
did with all the knots in it. That's kind of why
we named it that. All right, let's look
at the kitchen first. So the first thing I bought
was this huge faucet. I loved this thing until
we were about to put it in. And I kind of freaked out,
thinking it was too big. But I think it worked
out pretty perfectly. I had to have my
farm sink, of course. We did custom cabinets. We actually just bought
them from Lowe's. And then, painted them
this beautiful blue color that we love so much. We did some open shelving. So we had to buy nice dishes
that everybody could look at. And then, I had to have
the black stainless steel. I clean houses for a living. And I absolutely
hate stainless steel. Because every brand is different
and trying to get fingerprints and everything off of them. So this is pretty much perfect. We went with the
narrower microwave. So I had more space
for my cooking area. We had this island custom made,
specific measurements, depth of drawers in the cabinets. I wanted the butcher
block top unfinished, so I could actually
just cut food on it. Although, Dan, if we could
go back, he would have built it ourself. It's not really as well
built as we would have liked. A little bit of a
lump in the top of it. And the cabinets don't
close all the way. But it's still cute. We went with the-- I'd say it's an
apartment-sized fridge. So it works pretty good. This does kind of
inhibit some of the space because the handle is
on the outside instead of a handle on the bottom
portion of the door or something. We have quite a bit of storage
in the cabinet here for food. Obviously, the refrigerator. And then, some of the
dry goods on the top. We also have the lazy
Susan, which we joke is the tattletale lazy Susan. Because if you keep
snacks in there, everyone knows when
you're getting into it. This is a huge amount
of space in comparison to the fifth wheel. We actually had to put a cutting
board over half of the sink so that we had more
counter space to cook. There was pretty
awful cooking in that. Although, I did it often. It also didn't
have a dishwasher. Living in a tiny space has
saved us quite a bit of money. And we were able to do a
lot more travel experiences that we wouldn't
have been able to do if we had a conventional
home with a large mortgage. So that part's been really nice. The smaller space is
quick to clean up. So you don't have
a day of cleaning like you do if you have
a 3,000 square foot home, where you got to go from
top to bottom and all of that. So you just have
to keep it clean. Because there's no other choice. Yeah, no other choice. You do your dishes after every
meal and things like that. So it keeps you on your toes. The dishwasher does the
dishes after every meal. I just do know how
to wash a dish. He does. And occasionally, I do one. So she knows I do know how. We do pay rent staying
on our friend's property. It's reasonable though. And that also has helped
us with our lifestyle and being able to
go and do things because the house is paid for. And the rent payment
is not terrible. So it allows for a little
bit more fun activities. And also, we get to save
some money for the future. And that is very important. So that way, you have something
that you can fall back on. And we love being here. We do a lot of things with them. We do what we call Happy Hour,
probably like 3 or 4 times a week, where we just
go up there, and visit, and hang out, and talk
about the same things we did the day before. And it's fun. It's easy, it's simple
living, I guess. We pay 350. I think Dan upped it to 400. 400 bucks a month
is what we pay for. Well, we had to up it
because they never did. So Dan decided to up it. Their own power and
we split the water. We split the water
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and 3 surprise gifts. So this is our living area. And we went ahead and left
one of the trusses exposed. We made some brackets
out of steel. And stay in the woods,
so that way, it's kind of a little bit more
noticeable with the lighter ceiling. Kind of gave it a
little bit of flair pop or whatever you'd
like to call that. Over here, we've
got ample lighting that comes in with
the numerous windows that we put on the
side of the house. My wife did a really
great job of helping me decide how to trim it out. I really like the dark
wood above the windows. That does look kind
of like a beam. Not really a beam, but
it looks kind of like it. I call them faux beams. Over here, we have the wall
that separates the bathroom from the living area. And we decided to use the
knotty pine there as well. Brings out a lot
of the nice colors and get the different
textures of the wood. Yeah, I didn't know it was
going to look quite this rustic. Just from the other
woods that I've seen that were also
called blue buggy pine, they just didn't have as
much character as these do. So I was pretty surprised when
we started opening the bundles and just, wow, it was fantastic. The space has changed a
lot with having Wesley. We actually didn't have any
of this furniture before. We had a couch here. And that was pretty much it
that was in here and this cart. But it was a lot more spacious. Although, this
works pretty good. I am a little concerned. He's crawling and pulling
himself up on things. So I'm not exactly
sure how we're going to handle these being
so close to each other. And this couch being
up against the island. I joke that we're going to
have to get beanbags and live on beanbags. I made sure we got
a dresser that we could use as a changing table. Since, obviously, we
have limited space. We have some storage
under the crib. I got bins to store. And then, a little bit stored
under the dresser as well. And then, the rolling carts
help with other baby storage, and books, and all the other
things you need with the baby. We did splurge on the crib. This one was a bassinet
that was on wheels. So I could have it in
our bedroom or out here. And then, you just
add these long sides and then get the
mattress for the crib. And then, this comes off. And you just have a
little half wall type thing or half crib side, that
you put on for the toddler bed. So we get 3 in 1. All right, let's go down
the hall to the bathroom. So we decided to do a
barn door on the bathroom. We picked this door
in the bedroom door, as well as the transom window up
at a place called Aurora Mills. I actually started
stripping these. And it was such a pain. So I ended up doing
partial stripper on it. And then, sanding it. And this is actually
all original. I just clear-coated
the side of the door. The other side has some
other colors on it, which is kind of fun. We also have
storage space above, since we did a lower
ceiling in the bathroom. So we have quite
a bit of storage. We keep our suitcases, our
seasonal clothing, medicine, some of the extra stuff that we
need in the bathroom up there. So we did a larger shower. Dan needed the largest shower. We were going to do glass in it. But we just couldn't quite
find what we wanted to do. Plus after the fact, we
decided we would have rather had the shower
head on that side, so we could have
done just one piece of glass and a walk-through. But now, we're kind of
stuck with what we have. We have this really cool
mirror with the lighting in it. So it's kind of nice. It makes you look
really good when you get ready in the morning. I try not to look at
myself after that. And this is actually just IKEA. And I love it. It has two big drawers
and lots of storage. I can store items under it. Since it's a shower,
here's Wesley's bathtub, which he loves. Every night, when
we get ready, he crawls in here clothed
or not clothed, and he's ready to take his bath. It's really cute. Somehow, I got really lucky
and this window fit perfectly between the shower. So I don't know how
I got that lucky. But I did. We did a wall-mounted toilet. I have a friend who worked
for a plumbing company. So we actually were able
to get this on a deal. Basically, the same
price as a normal toilet. But again, I clean houses. And I really hate cleaning
the bottom parts of toilets. So this, all you
have to do is mop. So I love it. And also, this is how you flush
it, which is kind of funky. We also used that cedar
fencing on our ceiling. We just stained it a
little bit different color. And then, we did the trim in
the bathroom with cedar as well. We also put in the air vent. So it's a light. It's got the fan. And then, it also has heat,
which is really nice when it's cold, and we don't
have the fire going or we didn't have it
going most of the day, and you need to
take a hot shower. Well, it would have
cost us a lot more if we didn't have the network
of friends and customers that we do have. It would have been substantially
more money to build it. It would have taken more time
as well, because we did pay for it as we went. Kind of not a big
fan of being in debt. So that's part of why it took
a year and a month to build it. So we're very fortunate,
though, that we have a lot of great
people in our lives that were helpful in our
accomplishment of our dream. Yeah, it cost us
$37,000 approximately. But yeah, we got a lot of
things free through friends, and help through friends,
and discounted things through friends. So we were very, very lucky. Well, we are having
another baby. So the tiny house or
the Knot So Tiny house is getting tinier by the minute. Yes, it is. So sadly, we might
need to part our ways with our tiny house,
which really sucks because we do love it a lot. I mean, we put a lot into it. Every little piece of
it was one of our ideas. And actually, living
in the smaller space, it is very enjoyable once
you get accustomed to it. You don't have a lot of excess
things that you don't need. Things that you do
have around have to have more than one purpose. So that part of it,
once we adapted to it. I really like that. It doesn't take a
whole lot of space to actually be
comfortable and live. We're going to miss
that part of it. But at the same time, it would
be too much of a challenge to try to raise two children in
a 10 by 36 foot long building. Yeah, it's challenging now. I mean, it has perks. I mean, I just close
a couple of doors. You always know where he's at. You know where he's at always. And there's not a lot
of things to baby-proof. This is our bedroom. So we decided to do the doors
with the windows, kind of as our windows in the bedroom. And it's really nice
view every day outside. In the summer, often, I
like to leave it open. Gosh, there's so
many things in here. This light, I was
telling Alexis, this light took me forever. I ordered the actual
light fixture. And then, I probably
went to Lowe's 15 times changing out bulbs to figure
out which bulbs looked good. But I just had this vision
of this light fixture. And so it worked
out pretty well. Dan actually came up with
the idea for our headboard. And then, we did these, I guess,
freestanding nightstands with the baskets, so we can put
our books, and the remotes, and phone chargers, ,
and whatnot in there. We did a bed that has
storage underneath. So our drawers are underneath
the bed, which is really handy. Then, we have a really
great sized closet. We have a hidden compartment
that keeps our shoes. Mostly, the ones we never wear. I did have a curtain up here,
but that just didn't last long. It was kind of in the way. And I think it looks
great as long as you keep it somewhat organized. We also did this hat rack, where
I can keep our hats and purses, my purses. And all it is sealed
in and painted. And then, we added hooks. He welded some hooks on there. So this is really handy. It's one of my Pinterest finds. And I love it. There is some storage
above the closet as well. We keep our bags for taking
trips, and then, purses, whatever else up there. So yeah, that's the bedroom. As far as selling
the tiny house, we don't have a
timeline or a timeframe. But if someone is
interested, they can get a hold of Jen via
Instagram, or an email, or what have you. This is all so new. We just recently
found out a week ago that we were going to
have another child. So we're still letting it soak
in, what's really happening. So again, we're not
in a tremendous hurry. And if someone does have
an interest, though, please feel free to reach out. The thing about it for me is
just having a simpler life. I feel like our lives
are just so busy. There's so many
things to think about. And so many things to
pay for, and to do, and responsibilities. And it's just nice to
have a smaller space. It's simpler. We get to spend
more time outside. Especially in the summertime,
we're literally outside all the time. We cook in here. And we eat outside. Or we cook outside
and eat outside. We were renting a
four-bedroom home. And that's great. It was nice. And we had a shop. And it was nice, but it was
on this little tiny postage stamp of a piece of property. And it wasn't ours. And this is ours. And it's simple. And I love it. Nice thing about
a small space, you have to talk to each other a
lot because you're constantly passing by each other. So there's no getting
away from one another. And I'm kind of,
sometimes, reclusive. I like my alone time,
which I don't get anymore. But that's OK, it's
good to do new things. Love grows best
in little houses. It's quite nice. [MUSIC PLAYING] Thank you for watching our video
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