Creative Tiny Living

12 x 32 finally completed! 2 months and sure feel it! Love how it all came together with family and friends helping!

By: Terri Turner Vanderhei

Hi there! I’m Brooke, an independent parent to 3 kids (ages 12,10, 7) and I finished out my 17x24’ shed build last year. We live a mile walk from our lake and trails and basically live outside on the half acre “Mommune” I share with another single mom with her daughter. I’m “on the grid” with city power and water, and a septic system. I put in two bedrooms on the main level, with a bathroom and a kitchen with living area. My two younger kids split the loft for sleeping (we plan to decorate it more this summer).
I used an on-demand water heater that works perfectly, we can run a full bath and still get hot water for laundry and dishes. A mini-split keeps the main level cool and we have a window unit for the loft. The foam insulation works really well, but I do wish I had insulated the floor somehow. If anyone has tips for that I’d really appreciate it!
I did nearly all the work myself with reclaimed/free materials. I hired out the plumbing and electrical, but did the woodworking on my own after work. It took about 7 months start to finish, we moved in after 5. The walls are reclaimed fence pickets I grey washed, the flooring was overage from someone’s remodeling project, the wood paneling in the bedrooms were old oak flooring someone just planned to burn. Pretty much everything was found free or used from marketplace. We love our little home 🏡

By: Brooke Burnett

This is our 2 story, 16x20 Home Depot shed (640 sqft) we’ve converted into our home. We did all the interior work ourselves, and with the help of friends and family at times. In the past year, we’ve been able to complete our fenced in back yard for our pups and the upper deck and roof. I’ve also just finished painting the underpinning on our house and staining the bar our deck. We love seeing our visions become a reality, and we’re so excited to have more projects ticked off our list. Next we’ll be building a front/side wrap around porch, and staining the porch and deck.
I just wanted to share a little bit about our shed to home conversion.❤️

Credit: Brandy Lynn Stewart