hey there welcome to my channel where I take you on tours of tiny and unique
homes in today's video we're traveling to Tennessee to meet one couple who downsized
into a tiny house after finding it for sale on Facebook Marketplace Sarah and Keenan are
going to talk about how they transform the space using their own personal touches and
how the tiny home has given them the opportunity and freedom to pursue their passions if you like
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hi I'm Sarah this is Otis and I'm Keenan and this is our tiny home the cosmic Moon house
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we've been talking about moving in together we looked at a couple of houses happen to just be
browsing Facebook one day and I think we were looking at airstreams and the tiny house [ __ ]
up maybe that this is like something worth looking into I think the open concept made
it feel less like we were truly downsizing and just moving into a different layout of a home
I'd never purchased anything from Facebook Marketplace and I figured
why the hell not let's buy a house off of it yeah I think we were just in such
high stress situations for so long and coming here and really just creating a
home and putting together all of these pieces we've found so much just peace and happiness
here we are checking out the outside of the cosmic Moon house she's a decent size
uh 8 by 32 the dimensions and about 10 and a half feet tall 364 square feet
this is a floating deck meaning it's sitting on the ground it's not cemented
into the ground sometimes we'll sit out here and have breakfast a cup of coffee
it was understanding that they used a spray foam insulation in the walls and I think that's
probably pretty common now with tiny homes in the Summers AC is trapped in pretty well and in the
winters we have no problem with heat it definitely hasn't had any issues so far I think as far as
metal roofs go I imagine that's used because it's harder to get holes put in it easier to maintain
each one of our garden beds has a cosmological theme to it lots of moons Stars things like that
because we're really into that stuff this is the half moon bed and I guess if you were to
see this from an aerial position you would see that it looks like a half moon Sarah did most of
the garden beds here by herself tons of gorgeous wildflowers all kinds of flowers in here [Music]
this I just call it the utility cabinet we have the tankless water heater because it doesn't
actually hold water in it it just passes water through it from our water line the propane tank
is a 9 gallon 40 pound tank it usually lasts us a good at least month and a half if not two months
we've actually made a stretch two and a half as far as tools and stuff the storage in this is
pretty great most of the tools that we need for either daily activities or like certain projects
so I like having certain things on hand just a good old hand saw at your disposal and power drill
all right so why don't we go to the back now and check out what we have back there
foreign to the back deck we have two Decks that was kind of the way we designed it when
we first had a tiny home in mind out here and the main thing about it was we wanted
an extension of kind of the living room knowing that that's often hard to ask for with a tiny
home it's wet and cold today but we've had many parties and Gatherings out here a lot
of the decorating back here was Sarah's doing she really wanted to have string lights kind
of all over the place and yeah just have that kind of cozy lounging kind of feel
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welcome to the cosmic Moon home the original listing had the home
completely clear we could pretty much just see that it was an open concept that it
had a full kitchen a lot of natural light a blank canvas for us to just really make our
own bring color and our personality and with like artwork and textiles
so the kitchen is probably my favorite area in the house I love that even in this tiny space we
have a full working kitchen we have this beautiful farmhouse sink so much counter space butcher block
countertops a full gas range it doesn't hurt that we have a full-size refrigerator so we can keep
everything we like we don't live very close to a grocery store the tiny home came with all of
these wonderful appliances which were fantastic however as the secondary owners of the tiny home
we weren't really familiar with the products while we used the stove for the first year So eventually
it developed an issue and other than taking it apart we realized it's glued to the countertop
so we have not been able to resolve that issue right now we're mostly using a toaster oven it
serves its purpose and it saves us on propane those appliances we've maintained keeping them
kind of hidden since they're not as aesthetically pleasing we store those under the countertop here
we like to purchase plants that are very low maintenance because it's kind of hard to determine
how much light they're going to get on any given day and also depending on who can reach it to
water it very easily so we have a few real plants a couple of dried florals I love foraging being
outside and bringing stuff in the original owners had a cat and when they designed this house they
basically built a cat door when we purchased it we kept it for a little while thinking Otis may
want to use it but he likes being right next to us so we quickly realized that we wanted to take
the door off and utilize the space for storage we have a lot of storage underneath the steps
which is pretty common in most tiny homes these days we also have like a giant storage system
under here which we've used as a pantry all right now let's go check out the bathroom when we first
purchased the house it came with a compostable toilet we were keen on keeping that but after
doing a little bit of research we realized that we didn't have the capabilities to dispose of
everything and while we live on a pretty expansive property we do get our water off of a spring box
we didn't want to risk any kind of contamination or issues with that so we replaced the compostable
toilet just with a regular toilet that's hooked up to septic but because we're on a spring box and
we do share water with another household on the property there are plenty of times where the water
pressure is as if you're showering in your sink so it's always interesting my mom has owned this
property out here in Primm Springs so I've had a long history with growing up on this property
where this home is sitting is exactly where in her last days my grandmother's trailer home was
parked the significance of that and the evolution of that it's so meaningful to me giving the space
new life we have power hookups we have everything we need so we were very fortunate to already have
land to put it on which helped tremendously so the shower is a full-size shower it's kind of all
that we have to say about the shower I think all right now let's go check out the office
foreign we converted this space right after we moved in and took it from just like an empty
shell and converted it into half office half closet the original owners had a young toddler
and they had used the space as a nursery and a washer and dryer unit we created this custom
closet that just is enough space for us to hang a few things seasonally and then store everything
else underneath so we have our shoes at the bottom the office space we kind of both work
in this area I'll spend a lot of time editing sometimes Keenan will come in to record music
in here it's a great Nook that we can close the door to keep ourselves from distractions
it basically just holds a lot of our favorite things more little prints that we love
so my great uncle was a photographer and one of my aunts gifted me a bunch of his
old film cameras so they're not necessarily all in great working order right now but I
love to have them around as decoration and just a little piece of where I come from and what I do
foreign this is the living room it's definitely the area that we spend the
majority of our time in we love decompressing after a long day we live in a Perpetual state
of coziness and this is the perfect area for it very peaceful little corner of the house
we became huge cinephiles during the pandemic Keenan actually started a virtual Movie Club and
so every single night we would watch a different movie with our friends and keep in touch that way
and we just fell in love with so much film and yeah so it's just become a fun little ritual for
us Cosmic Moon house kind of came about because the Moon is a very significant thing to Keenan and
myself we moved in on a blue moon we have a lot of significant memories that involve the moon and
something about it just kind of stuck and yeah we love it
this is another of one of our favorite areas in the house where we spend a lot of time
we've utilized this space by kind of creating like an extra area to just kind of sit and be
along with a place to sleep and rest The Loft itself is about 12 feet long which is perfect
for a full queen size bed a little spot to get ready and then just little things that
we enjoy I love to shoot film and that's one of my everyday cameras and so I found that if
I keep it nearby I'll actually use it more often this little shelf houses mainly a collection of
books most of them are keenans some of some of those are mine as well but a lot of his favorite
trinkets that he's collected over the years we're both very sentimental people and so we love to
hold on to just little things that that mean something to us like concert tickets and cards
so when we first moved in we actually had the bed positioned back in this corner horizontal
and we kept it that way for three or four months but then realized that we were struggling to sit
up in bed and so we finally switched the bed around and realized that opened up so much
space on each side so that we could each have like our own separate side filled with books journals
and other little things that just make us happy Otis sleeps with us and we basically start every
morning with just like a three deep cuddle where he is right in between us and there's just no
better way to start the day Tennessee doesn't know what to do with a loan as far as tiny homes go we
went to bank after bank trying to figure out how to get a loan and they just couldn't give us one
because they didn't understand what to process as far as the value my mom happened to sell her home
and it came down to if she would be willing to basically Finance this for us and allow us to pay
her it would truly give us this opportunity to build towards like Financial Freedom
it goes without saying but sometimes when people are able to minimize what they have in their lives
it brings about a sense of clarity I certainly have felt that here getting the time to put all
these pieces together and just create the kind of environment we want to be in it's been a
really beautiful thing and it's just given us so much peace and Rejuvenation of inspiration
thanks for watching this week's video I hope you guys enjoyed it please make
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