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Mouse House

We're building a tiny house!

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In October 2016 we began building the Mouse House, our 232-square-foot tiny house, up in Maine. We’re documenting it here for our family and friends– enjoy!

We stumbled across the #MassTinyHouseFestival yest We stumbled across the #MassTinyHouseFestival yesterday and got to enjoy the sun with other tiny-minded peeps while learning about how #MassGoesTiny. Awesome way to spend a Saturday away from the #MouseHouse !
Tiny house. Huge accomplishment. 🎉 3 years and Tiny house. Huge accomplishment. 🎉  3 years and 1866 📸 later, the #MouseHouse is DONE! 👷‍♀️👷🔨🐁🏠🍾 On this day in 2016, we finished our first week of building (complete with a celebratory 🍦 enjoyed in the temporary loft); this past weekend some friends joined us in a bottle of champagne we had been saving for the end of our #TinyHouseBuild! We're still trying to decide what's next for the #TinyHouse -- for the immediate future we'll be focusing on getting through the Maine winter ❄️ as a family 👶!
**The Final Details** Here are the finished produc **The Final Details**
Here are the finished products of our #wip projects from the past few weeks: curtains for the loft and bathroom, map lampshades, frosted vinyl for the closet door, and paper flowers just for fun! 
#TinyHouseBuild #MouseHouse #marimekko
Today's #naptimeproject is recovering the lampshad Today's #naptimeproject is recovering the lampshades for the loft sconces!
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No idea how these will look once they're lit up💡but I have bought and returned waaaaay too many simple white shades that ended up not fitting 😠 so I just decide to recover the ones we had with some old maps 🗺️ and hope 🤞 the colors work!

#MouseHouse #TinyHouseBuild #diy #reuse
Izzy (⛑️🐶) may be our supervisor on the far Izzy (⛑️🐶) may be our supervisor on the farm, but Penny keeps us on track when we're at home (👑🐱)... Tonight we added the blueberry pattern to the closet door windowpanes. We had planned on putting this pattern (which we created for our wedding invitations) on the bathroom ceiling, but the logistics were too complicated, so it's going to be here instead!

#MouseHouse #TinyHouseBuild #silhouetteportrait
Not the best photo, but here's the conclusion of o Not the best photo, but here's the conclusion of our cabinet door! (➡️ for #wip). When Queen P comes to visit, it will hide her litter box, but for now it's our wine rack.

#MouseHouse #TinyHouseBuild #lasercutter #k40laser
Sunday morning vibes in the #MouseHouse ! #FarmFr Sunday morning vibes in the #MouseHouse !

#FarmFresh #TinyHouseLiving #SundayFunday
Sooo... New idea. 🌿🌿🌿 Last week we were s Sooo... New idea. 🌿🌿🌿 Last week we were so excited to have a home for our paper garland, but then while researching ideas for above the loft (since the garland didn't reach), we came up with hanging fresh #eucalyptus branches instead. This was great because it brings back the natural element the #birch trunk had and hopefully will smell great while it dries 🤞👃😁 #TryingAgain #TakeThree #MouseHouse #TinyHouseBuild
🤫👶💤 Recently, we've needed to reconsider 🤫👶💤
Recently, we've needed to reconsider some especially noisy parts of the #MouseHouse, like our "library ladder" system. We ended up with this ingenious plan 🔩 compliments of @julian._.wood 🔩 after failing to find actual hardware that fit our house and our budget, but it would clang around every time we used it. Now, after some summer-camp-inspired knotting 🧵it's quiet enough for a sleeping baby🤱 !

#BuiltForTwo #ButWillFitThree #TinyHuman #TinyHouseBuild
About a year ago, our awesome friends helped us pu About a year ago, our awesome friends helped us put a birch tree  along the ridge of the #MouseHouse (swipe ➡️). We thought we could rush things and use a freshly cut tree... But it was still very much alive (🍄 & 🦟). So, while it seasons for another year or two, we've replaced it with a beautiful paper garland! 🏵️🌿🌸🌿🌺🌿🌼 #TinyHouseBuild
@julian._.wood arrived and really ramped up our pr @julian._.wood arrived and really ramped up our productivity! Lotsa hanging and other details today... #ItsTheSmallThings #MouseHouse #TinyHouseBuild 🔨🗄️🔪🍳🧻🚽
Changing table or design studio? Rainy day here, s Changing table or design studio? Rainy day here, so still no progress on the #MouseHouse, but we're using it for other projects! #ActualTinyDeskNotTheNPRKind #BabyShusherBackgroundNoise #freelancer #TinyHouse
A napping baby makes it hard to be productive on t A napping baby makes it hard to be productive on the #MouseHouse but at least I'm producing something else... #pumppumppump
When the sleeping infant blocks the dog food, Izzy When the sleeping infant blocks the dog food, Izzy gets bread for dinner. #TinyHuman #TinyProblems #TinyHouse #MouseHouse
Doing some #MouseHouse work away from the farm! We Doing some #MouseHouse work away from the farm! We got our #lasercutter up & running ➡️ our #wip  cabinet door !

#TinyHouseBuild #k40laser
☕☕ First *not-just-a-granola-bar* breakfast in ☕☕ First *not-just-a-granola-bar* breakfast in the #MouseHouse, on dishes & everything!

#SundayMornings #TinyHouseBuild
Another corner of the #MouseHouse ! #TinyHouseBui Another corner of the #MouseHouse !

#TinyHouseBuild #gettingclose #almostdone
We're back in the #MouseHouse this weekend, puttin We're back in the #MouseHouse this weekend, putting in some finishing touches... The details are my favorite part and they're especially fun when we have surprise wildflowers waiting for us (thank you, @victoriablaine!)
🌸🌼🏵️🌸 #TinyHouseBuild #gettingclose
Another successful weekend in the #MouseHouse ! We Another successful weekend in the #MouseHouse ! We mainly spent time decorating and figuring out how to sleep our family of three in the loft (but we managed it in the end!). #TinyHouse #nofilter #almostdone
Apologies for the radio silence for the past few m Apologies for the radio silence for the past few months, but we were working on building our #TinyHuman instead of our #TinyHouse. But our inaugural weekend as a family of three was a success and we hope to be spending a lot of time this summer in the #MouseHouse! 👷👩‍🔧👶🔨🐁🏠 #TinyHouseBuild #BuildTogether
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