Create Space Creatively

Not one to hesitate when presented with exciting life changing choices
 I jumped at the opportunity of being reunited with my long lost love

Be he in -4° and me chock full of aloha from the middle of the Pacific... I dove in... right into one of the craziest winters in over 20 years and tiny home livin

So this is where it begins
 As I recount to the best of my ability the many challenges met & how we overcame debilitating effects like running out of space

I kicked off the start of my new life in the last week of 2015... I know... middle of winter... but the heart doesn't know the difference between 32° and 80°

So there I am... walking in almost 3 ft of snow up to my new front door...

 • Tiny Home Living Tip (a.k.a Tiny Tip) #1: When leaving your home in cold weather be sure to leave an oil heater on low else pipes will freeze/burst and you swear it feels warmer outside
   *for extended trips blow out water system including h20 pump, h2o heater & h2o faucets

...Mind you I left my luggage in the back of the car
 Not knowing yet how much room I'd have to work with

Turns out I'd end up living out of a trunk once again
 Most of my clothes... being meant for warmer weather... were not essential and placed in a storage unit
  While only necessary items to keep me from freezing were brought in

What did make it inside occupied totes
 Each a specific style/item intended

Where once upon a time was a bunk bed above the Queen bed... which had replaced a couch/pullout space... became an unconventional closet

One tote for socks and undies... one for shirts... one for pants... one for leggings and one for long sleeves/thermals

In turn the lack of closet space required some ingenuity

Once a new shower curtain had been aquired... the old shower curtain was strung upon the shower wall with paracord... six command hooks set in very strategic places allowed for at least 12 items to be hung

So along with all my man's shirts and sweaters I hung a few dresses in the tiny closet by the front door
 My select few sweaters/flannels I hung by two's in the shower... behind its protective wall

The munchkins clothes being stored in a drawer under one of the benches... that served as both seat and bed end

The other bench being more a cupboard... storing miscellaneous items... jenga, grocery bags, waffle maker, potatoes, rubber gloves etc.

Under the queen bed we stored things like excess t.p and cleaners, sewing box, a sleeping bag and eventually a crate full of shoes

 • Tiny Tip #2: If you think there's no place... create space... if it hasn't seen the light of day in over a month... reconsider if it is a need or a want