Hey guys, Jenna here. Welcome back to my channel,
where I cover alternative lifestyles and creative spaces.
We've seen a surge in popularity in backyard,
tiny homes and tiny house villages, especially in Portland, Oregon,
but in today's episode,
I'm going to show you how one team took that to another level.
We're going to take a look at three teeny tiny homes that make up a tiny home
hotel, and they all share an itsy-bitsy backyard parking lot.
And if that's not tiny enough for you,
each of these modern tiny homes is under 200 square feet impactful of
every convenience.
All right guys, you know, what's next? Let's take a tour.
The original Slabtown village tiny home hotel is owned by two couples.
One day,
I'm walking to lunch with grant and he pitched this idea that he had about using
this awkward L-shaped parking lot to infill tiny homes.
It just kind of unfolded from there.
It's definitely a process to be a small business owner.
There were a lot of hoops to jump through as far as zoning permitting,
like making sure that you're dotting all of the I's and crossing all of the T's,
the actual build process. We had a pretty tight team,
and I think that was pretty seamless.
Slabtown village is made up of three tiny homes. The Henry tiny home,
which sleeps up to, to the wider, tiny home,
which we are in and sleeps up to three,
2 houses are 153 square feet,
and Fira is our slightly larger, tiny home.
And that's 170 square feet.
As far as the amenities that we provide each tiny home is equipped with a
full-sized beautiful shower,
in each kitchen is designed a little bit differently in each house.
Wi-Fi our TVs are equipped with Netflix and YouTube TV,
which offers local cable.
An additional perk to the tiny experience is our shared community deck.
Last summer, we hosted a couple of different wedding parties.
We had a family reunion made up of people from all over the country.
I think one of the things that I think is the sweetest is we've had a lot of
parents come stay with us. It's like their first tiny home experience.
And then it's just kind of a cool place for them to stay while they're visiting
their kids.
The main goal was trying to make the most of what we have here.
So being able to take a parking lot and turn it into a teeny
tiny hotel, you know,
we didn't use like a big name contractor and it's two couples and a team
built off of people who have not done anything like this before.
Like nobody had tiny home experience, did our best to source everything locally,
try to stay as eco-friendly as possible. So we just kind of,
it was like this little piecemeal team of like,
how do we make this little dream happen? And it's been really,
really cool to be a part of.
Each guest is greeted with a couple of local goodies from woodblock
chocolate and equal exchange coffee, which is over in Northeast Portland.
And a nice space to eat breakfast, lunch dinner.
We're surrounded by so many great places to eat and drink in Portland.
So we always encourage people to bring their food back here, got a comfy couch,
a TV with YouTube TV and free Netflix.
And then right here,
each unit has a built-in closet and cubby to
stash your belongings.
We've got an iron and adorable little ironing board
umbrella because we are in Portland and it rains a lot.
And then up above,
we've got a queen size bed up in our loft area.
And we made sure when we were building the loft area that even the tallest
member on our team can sit up in bed.
So it's very spacious cozy,
but definitely we hear a lot from people that they get a really good night's
sleep up here.
Yeah.
Last but not least. We've got our bathroom area has a full size shower,
toilet, little vanity,
as much as possible when we were building the units to get as many local goods
as we can so you'll notice throughout some little details from local makers.
All right. So this is the Weidler.
This is the second 153 square foot unit. Named after George Weidler,
who was a businessman in the neighborhood.
Slabtown.
Comes from the fact that people left slabs of what outside of their
homes, um, for people to take and heat their homes. And over here,
we've got a live edge drop leaf table from
a local maker, Northwest wood creations over this way,
we've got a bathroom, full shower,
vanity and toilet, tiny cozy,
but just the right amount of space. And then over here hidden by the door.
We have very mini closet space,
as well as storage below each of our homes was
specifically designed to fit all of the amenities.
And so here,
this stairway was designed specifically to fit or
TV.
Full size.
Bed over here in the loft. And then on the opposite side of her here,
we have a queen size bed.
So this unit is very popular for families or larger groups who
need a little more space to sleep
When the blackout curtains are down,
this space feels nice and cozy and quiet
Last. And certainly not least this is our Viera.
This is our largest tiny home. It's 170 square feet.
We've got a foldout bed here, twin size,
and then up in the loft area,
we have a queen size mattress here.
We have a swivel TV, so you can turn it around. Um,
depending on where you're at in the tiny home,
each of our units also has a remote control
to deal with the air conditioning and heating from your bed. We have
our bathroom here at the end, with a full-size shower,
toilet vanity and seat.
This unit has the biggest closet, which is probably important.
And then we've got linens up here for the day bed,
as well as blankets to keep you cozy in the winter time.
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