Yet Another Shelf

Inspired by the folding desk design, we made a shelf in the same curvy image.  Perhaps this top shelf can be used for cereal boxes and dried lentils while the lower shelf is used to store camping mugs and small kitchen implements.

Not everyone knows this, but the Buddha sculpture is permanently attached to this shelf in order to bring maximum equanimity (which you can't buy at Target, despite popular belief) to the tiny house even while it is being moved down the freeway to top speed.  Built-in Buddha!

Is it sufficient to hang this whole shelf with just 12 wood screws into the loft joists?  Only time will tell.....

Kitchen Counter Revisited

Well, friends, we modified the kitchen counter design owing the fact that it would be a profligate use of steel to make such a large L-shaped thing out of one piece of sheet metal (lots o' waste) and, more to the point, highly pricey. 

Hence!  A new design was created -- the so-called "ultra great split-level two-piece design" which has a 1" step-down from the main counter top to the part that contains the stove.  This in fact mimics the original Weebee design.

First we framed it with 2x4s:

 (placed the fridge underneath just for a frame of reference and because there needed to be some creative thinking in order to enable the fridge door to open more than a few inches -- other tiny house builders have special-ordered ultra-narrow fridges but this fridge appeared spontaneously as a gift and is having its time in the sun right now).

Next, we put 1"-thick plywood over top of the whole thing and lined up the countertops.  We even dropped the sink and stove in place for a bit of a "staged" look at what the future kitchen will be like.  In the pile of tools in the corner of the Weebee there are all kinds of great things like webbing and duck tape and, apparently, a stainless steel pot to complete the staged effect.

One kitchen down, one bathroom to go!

Design for Kitchen Countertop

Worked on designing the kitchen countertop today and sent out to vendors for quotes.
The original Weebee design calls for a slightly different countertop.  Decided an "L"-shape could be more useful/robust/impervious to kitchen grime.  The stove won't be perfectly centered underneath the window but this is probably not a major aesthetic issue.  Might change the 86" length to slightly shorter.  Other than that, this is the sketch!  Stainless steel!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cutout A is for the sink, which will be this model:

http://www.us.kohler.com/webassets/kpna/catalog/pdf/en/116366_4.pdf

Cutout B is for the stove, which is a drop-in two burner stove by the brand Suburban.