Plans for days!

A few quick updates:

• I’m back in Phoenix (have been since wrapping up at Yestermorrow)

• I’ve been refining my plans and got initial approval from NOAH for my build plans

• I’m building the plans into SketchUp, which is it’s own adventure for another post

So, about those plans!

Here was my final presentation:

The top row is the program, laying out at a high level what I was designing and why. Then there are plans, sections, and elevations.

• Sections: Wait, weren’t those second? Hang in there. A section is like taking a knife and slicing it through your structure. When labeled as a Section it’s a vertical interior cut, but…

• Plans: …are a section, too! They’re a top-down view of the building’s floor plan, traditionally “sliced” 4 feet off the ground. On the main floor plan, you’ll also see labels showing where the Sections are taken and the arrow pointing in the direction you’re facing when looking at them.

• Elevations: These are views of the structure from the outside, plain and simple.

Here is what I had when I finished at Yestermorrow, a little closer, with a few notes about them in the captions!

Both plans have the tongue of the trailer, and the gooseneck loft, on the left side of the image. In the plan at 5 feet, you have the sleeping loft on the left, with the bed folded down, then a few stairs down into the living room area, through the kitchen, the utility area, and into the bathroom. The plan at 7 feet is primarily to show "The Litter Loft." Yup. A whole loft dedicated to the cats and their litter boxes. They will use the wall-mounted shelves on the back wall of the house (bottom wall in this view) to get up and down from the loft.

The sections show all four main walls of the home, mapped out as shown on the main floor plan. Looking in the sleeping loft, you can see the bed in the folded-up position in Sections 1 & 3. Sections 2 & 3 show the living room sofa, which will slide out into a queen-size guest bed. In Section 4, you can see two star-shaped blobs near the top of the wall - those will be holes cut through the plywood for the cats to rub on, peer through, and move through the house.

And finally, the front door! The details of the elevation feel so far off that they’re almost imaginary, so this will DEFINITELY change between now and when I actually finish the trailer. The siding will be a mix of standing seam metal roofing material at the bottom, and cedar shiplap for texture and color options above so it doesn’t just feel like a shipping container.

So that’s the plans in pictures. Fun story - as I was preparing things for NOAH, and putting the detailed dimensions on the main floor plan? I discovered that every single one of these drawings… was 1 foot too short!

When you’re hand drafting on trace paper, you just trace your previous drawing elements that you need in the new drawing and go from there. Fortunately, discovering I had 12 extra inches to work with was like winning the jackpot in tiny home planning. I didn’t redo these drawings because they were a LOT of work. If you’re curious, I added 9 inches in the kitchen, and 3 inches between the door and the stairs.

Last little update? The trailer is done! It’s still in Olathe, Colorado… but it’s complete! We have to work out the details of delivery, but… squeee!!!