She never has to worry about money again! Tiny Container Home

hey there welcome to my channel where  I take you on tours of tiny and unique   homes in today's episode we're traveling back  to incredible tiny homes Community to take a   tour of Michelle's beautiful tiny container  home Michelle will explain why she decided to   downsize to a container home and you will hear  how this lifestyle has provided her a new sense   of comfort I've been a single parent most of  my life it's been a a struggle you know with   money and worrying about money all the time  and knowing that I have this place that's   my own it means everything to me cuz it's  a big stress off of me and I love my home   and I would not change anything about it but  before we get started if you like videos like   this one please make sure to subscribe and  hit that notification Bell so that you know   every single time we publish a new tour will  you join there will you go make this house a tiny hi my name is Michelle  welcome to my container [Music] [Applause] home before I moved into the tiny house I was  living in Indiana and my youngest son was living   with me and we lived in a three-bedroom Ranch  stop home I paid about $1,200 mortgage and then   all the utilities living in that home by myself  after after my son moved out why am I living in   a three-bedroom ranch when I could be not paying  all the bills that I paid so I decided why not   go tiny I was interested in the 8X 24 tiny  home but when I went in it just didn't feel   like me so my son pointed to a container home  we went over and looked at it and I was sold   as soon as I walked in I loved the space that  is in a container home and I love that the the   bedroom is on the ground floor so Randy Jones  at incredible tiny homes here in East Tennessee   built a container it took about a year to build I  paid $55,000 for the container and that included   everything you know in it the cabinets and the  sink and the plumbing and everything like that   I pay a $200 lot fee and it's $25 for water and  my electric bill runs about anywhere from $40 to   50 that's basically my bills I've been a single  parent most of my life and I've raised two kids   it's been a a struggle you know with money  and worrying about money all the time and   knowing that I have this place that's my own  and that I don't have to worry about money is   everything to me it means everything to me  cuz it's a it's a big stress off of me and   absolutely am blessed to be here and I love  my home and I would not change anything about [Music] it so welcome to the outside of my shipping  container home I live here with my two cats   Silo and Sky who are in the window visiting  right now they love to stay here and look out   the window and look at birds so the house is 40  ft by 7 1/2 ft it's a high Cube and I wanted part   of it metal and then the other part is wood with  sicken stain on it which I love it gives it more   of that homey feel it has a metal roof it's  slanted so that the rain can drain off it has   gutters also so the rain drains on either side  of the house instead of coming in front of the   house and flooding I had this porch built and a  love hanging out here and sipping my coffee in   the morning I didn't really know what I wanted to  do when I first moved in as far as the front goes   but I looked on Pinterest and got some ideas and  I came up with a dry riverbed which I absolutely   love it took a lot of hard work it looks really  beautiful in the summer because I have a lot of   flowers so I have a 10g propane tank which just  Heats my water only and I have to re fill it   probably about maybe three times a year so I went  with the wood skirting and it ties in well with   the porch that I just finished staining so now let  me show you the inside of the [Music] house come   on in so welcome to the inside of my house when  you come in the door you will be in the living   room which is probably one of my favorite spots  of the house because it's so cozy the house is   only 7 and 1/2 ft wide but with the furniture  and everything in here it really doesn't feel   that that small at all and I think one of the  big reasons is I chose to go with part drywall   and then the rest wood because with all wood it  really narrowed the space so this really opens   it up plus there's a light color on the wall I  love that I have ample wall space to be able to   put all my knickknacks on I had the options of  choosing where I wanted to put my window and I   wanted a small window up here originally for the  cats to jump up and be able to look out here's   Sky my cat we love to snuggle on the couch in  the evenings so that's another favorite thing   we love to do so this is basically holds all my  shoes in winter coats some of my shoes are in my   bedroom girl can never have too many shoes and  then this hold they're all stuffed in here but   it holds my most of my winter jackets it doesn't  get too cold here so I love this fireplace here   you can either just put it on the fire flame and  not have heat but in the winter it really puts   off a lot of heat this container really holds the  heat so even in the winter time I only put it on   68 with my mini split that I have that provides  me air condition and heat and I don't really need   much sometimes I have to turn it off because  it gets so so warm in here but this works very   well in the summer it does not take much to cool  it either the mini split works very very well I   love the space because I'm able to sit and watch  TV visit with friends I even eat here most of the   time I love to look out the window and I'm glad  I chose that I have this sliding glass door here   because it even opens up the space more welcome  to my back patio I love this space because I get   to come out here in the morning and sit in my  hammock and drink coffee and in the evening I   can look at the fire pit and my chimia I love to  entertain out here and have friends over I love   the space because I love to Garden in the summer  I have a lot of flowers around the backyard and I   have a nice vegetable garden the doors are fixed  open so that I can have the space otherwise they   would be closed but I wanted them open so that I  could have a nice little patio to sit and enjoy welcome to my kitchen this is probably my favorite  spot of the house when I designed the house I   wanted ample counter space which I have I wanted  the butcher block countertops and I just finish   staining them again to make them shiny I think  it looks very nice I have a dish rack and I love   this because when I do my dishes I can put them  right up here and it has a tray to hold the water   so that is a plus over here I have my table that  serves as my workspot I work from home so I just   put my computer here in the morning and take it  down in the evening actually really this is my   cat's table they love to hang out here I can flip  this side up over here if I want to seat I can   seat about six people it has drawers on either  side which I hold a lot of things in there cat   snacks that's why he's looking in the drawer  and over here is my pantry which I absolutely   love I covered the doors in like a peeling stick  that I got off Amazon to hide all of my food in   there so I have a lot of things in there since  I love to cook I wanted a good siiz refrigerator   it's actually a normal size refrigerator it just  looks huge because it's on this drawer here which   holds my pots and pans I had an apartment siiz  refrigerator when I first moved in and it just   wasn't big enough enough to hold all my ve fresh  vegetables and meats and stuff like that so I   purchased this and I'm very happy with it if you  come down this way I have a two burner stove top   which works very well it's electric of course  and when I have to cook with another burner I   have another burner down here in this drawer that  I can just put up here and use that I also have a   microwave and I have a black and& Decker oven  that toasts broils and bakes and I just bring   that out and put it on top of the counter when  I need to use it the only thing I would change   if I could would be I would want a bigger sink  the sink is kind of small but it does the job   come on back with me and we'll go to the bathroom  I really love this bathroom because I designed   it to make it big enough to fit everything that I  need like my washer and dryer I have a Magic Chef   washing machine which is small But Mighty it can  really do a good load of laundry and then I have   a an also a um Magic Chef dryer and it dries very  well the shower is a 36 in shower it's plenty big   for me I also hold the litter box in here and I  just covered it with a piece of wood to kind of   hide it and then their food is in here as well the  toilet is a regular flushable toilet and then here   I did change out the sink when I moved because it  was very small and I couldn't even you know wash   my face but I got this from Lowe's and it even has  a cabinet here underneath that I can hold litter   and cleaning supplies and I did decide actually  it was the Builder's decision um and it was a   good decision to kind of break up the space from  the living room and kitchen and then the bathroom   be all wood which I really like and then you know  onto the bedroom to match the kitchen and living   space so now we're in the bedroom this is a 7 1/2  by 9 it's perfect for me because I wanted it to   be a little bit smaller so it would feel Cozier  I went from a queen bed down to a full which is   perfect for me and the cats this one sky he's my  snuggler on the couch and then Silo the other cat   he sleeps with me right about here at my my head  so he takes up half the bed basically because he   sleeps right here so I can't really roll over when  I designed the room I wanted to be able to fit a   closet in here it was important to me to be able  to hang my clothes up my offseason clothes I store   under my bed in some containers since this is the  end of the house the tongue is on the other side   of the wall I wanted a small window to be able to  leave open at night to let the fresh air in only   thing I I would change about this room is I would  have gotten a air exchanger put in because it has   a lot of condensation against this wall only so I  just you know that's what I would do differently   in here and since the mini split is basically  in the living room kitchen area I chose to get   a window unit here um for the summertime and it  works very well it is a challenge to get air flow   to come back here so that's why I wanted to get  an air condition unit so with the fan on and the   air condition and then the mini split going air  circulates very well through here I bought this   picture probably 4 years ago I've been here almost  3 years and that's been my inspiration because I   knew that I wanted to live tiny so I hung it  right where I would see it when I wake up every morning when people say you know you have  less stuff I still have plenty of things   in here it's not that I am missing out on  anything but just knowing that I have the   financial freedom is everything to me I want  people to know that you can do anything you   set your mind to and if you want to go time  tiny and you're afraid put that fear aside   and just take that leap of faith because  it is so worth it follow your heart and   you won't be sorry I hope you guys enjoyed  this week's video please make sure to like   share and subscribe and if you'd like to  see more home tours that are located in   incredible tiny homes Community make sure you  check out the links in the [Music] description

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Length: 14min 0sec (840 seconds)

Published: Fri Jan 12 2024