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#11 Getting rid of old wood, Building outdoor shower

We have compile a huge mountain of old wood that we cannot reuse due to pests, old varnish and oils added onto this wood. Most of it was very crumbly as well. We seized the a window between rainy days to burn it all. We also build an sheltered, simple outdoor shower.

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#9 Starting the cabin foundations

We have started to building our own roof on top of our tiny house;. We want to renovate our property ourselves, so this will serve up as a great learning curve and prepare us for the bigger tasks coming up next.

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#8 Installing pine tongue and groove wood on the ceiling

We finished our tiny house ceiling! Omar sorts out the electricity, installs spotlights on the ceiling, bedside lights to maximise space and lastly, panel the ceiling with beautiful varnished pine! It looks amazing and we are very happy with the result!

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#7 Insulating our cabin in the woods

The summer months are approaching and with that, the hot weather. We start phase 1 of our insulation process of our container home which, it's the ceiling of the container. Unfortunately, it doesn't go to plan.

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#5 Working with unseasoned wood / building a compost toilet

We finally moved our tiny house to the land and are ready to start our simple rural life. Here we take you through our not so lengthily list of things to do before we can get a good level of comfort. Sometimes you need to live with just the basics in order to really appreciate the luxuries later such as hot water and a working shower.

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#4 Getting the bare necessities ready in our tiny house

We finally moved our tiny house to the land and are ready to start our simple rural life. Here we take you through our not so lengthily list of things to do before we can get a good level of comfort. Sometimes you need to live with just the basics in order to really appreciate the luxuries later such as hot water and a working shower.

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