I quit my cleaning job & bought an old tool shed to transform into a tiny home – I decked it out with charity shop buys
A WOMAN has revealed that she bought an old tool shed, and transformed it into her dream tiny home.
Jessica has decked her tiny house out with buys from the charity shop, and even uses an old flower pot as a makeshift sink.
She said that she has wanted to build a tiny home for years and loves that she can take her micro house with her if she wants to travel around the country.
The mum of one quit her job as a cleaner in 2021 after her daughter left home and decided that now was the perfect time to make her dream a reality.
Jessica said that she found the transition from her two-story 1800 square-foot home to 70-square-foot surprisingly easy.
“I always hated having so much room in a house that I never used”, she told the Tiny Home Tours YouTube channel.
“There’s only so much space you use in a house and that’s basically your bed and maybe your couch”, she said.
“My daughter has flown the coop so it was just me in this big old house so I said it’s time for me to fulfil my dreams.”
Jessica said she is never really inside the house except when she is cooking or sleeping, so isn’t fazed by the lack of space.
The tiny house is completely off-grid, and appliances such as her fridge are powered by a solar panel that Jessica attached to the roof of the shed.
To prevent her home from feeling cramped and claustrophobic, Jessica’s shed has large windows on both sides.
“These big picturesque windows are what sold me on the tool shed when I purchased it”, she said.
“I thought this would make a great tiny house, and what amazing views you could have in it.”
To make the most out of her space, Jessica has a sofa, which she can chill on in the daytime, and which transforms into a queen size bed, which takes up almost all of the shed’s space, at night.
She also has a compost toilet, a fire pit and even a secret garden.
In the garden, she has grown, beans tomatoes and carrots, helping her to become self-sufficient.
Jessica’s tiny home even has an outdoor shower, so she can stargaze whilst having a wash.
She added that she always feels safe in her shed, as it even has its own surveillance system, which sends alerts directly to her home.
“Right now I’m just living my best life”, she said.
“I’m not doing much of anything right now besides working on this tiny house and getting int finished.”
Jessica revealed that when she has finished working on her tiny home, she will turn it into an AirBnb and go and live in a bus she has converted.
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