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It's been a while since I posted any progress on Borealis House, and people often ask me if I'm living in it yet. The short answer?...

Greetings, all! Time for an update regarding my snailesque progress on wee Borealis House. In terms of actual structure, I finished the...

I first drew up plans for Borealis House close to two years ago, in the autumn and winter of 2014. After the initial basic design...

To the untrained eye, my house hasn't reeeally changed since December. Little Borealis is still waiting for the rest of her trim and...

This day last week, I headed out to my work site to make sure wee Borealis House was doing okay in the snow. In other words, I was...

Well, Christmas came and went and little Borealis' exterior still isn't finished. I mean, technically my goal was to be dried in by...

Well, my roof is finally done. I can now make the informed decision to never, EVER become a roofer. The entire process, while not...

The tiny house grew up in a big way recently! This month, about a dozen of my incredibly helpful friends and family came together to help...

After a lot of obstacles and distractions, and only being able to get out to my build site about half as much as I'd hoped, the subfloor...

Last time, I mentioned that replacements for the rods that came welded onto the wrong part of my trailer have arrived. So yesterday I...

Well. Last time I posted I was all full of excitement to show off pictures of my new trailer. By Monday I realized something is very,...

Today is the day! I mentioned in April that I ordered a 20 foot trailer from Tumbleweed Tiny Houses, and after what seems somehow both...

Last weekend, I did an unlikely thing- I had a terrific vacation right next to LaGuardia airport. In the basement of Marriott, to boot....

A little over a year ago I wrote a Wishlist Wednesday post in which I listed my wistful desires to live in an adorably tiny house,...