Comments on: One Piece Kitchen

By: Morgan Driskell

Morgan Driskell — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 00:26:11 +0000

I too am working on a tiny house. I am building mine on a 8X18 foot flat bed trailer. The head and galley are the hardest parts. I want something that works is comfortable but not too big. I like the idea of a modular kitchen. I have a 4X5 foot area designated, but the functional planning is tough. I hope all is working well with your little house. Morgan

By: Kevin Scott

Kevin Scott — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:59:47 +0000

Price:

You can get a general idea of price using materials. The $20K is a pretty rough estimate. We are just beginning to design, though, since we want to be as passive solar as possible. I’ll have a better idea on price when we finalize a plan.

I suspect one major change in the initial plan I have now will be a 1 or 2 story greenhouse along with a masonry heat sink. That would allow for pretty easy solar heating in winter, though I am still looking at dehumidification and cooling for summer–which is a different animal. The place we are looking at land is in the hills/mountains of north eastern Kentucky and it has problems with snow, cold, heat and humidity.

From an engineering standpoint it’s pretty challenging.

By: Kevin Scott

Kevin Scott — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:54:44 +0000

Yes the idea was inspired by a 2-story 16 x 16 shed. The one you saw was likely by the same manufacturer as the one I saw–the company distributes their sheds through Lowes and Home Depot.

I wasn’t going to actually buy from them since they sell them built and don’t offer building in the area we are planning to buy land and I can do most of the construction myself.

Our big goal is to have each part paid for as we go. Since we won’t have kids at home, we can live in a pretty small area.

By: satisfiedhousewife

satisfiedhousewife — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 01:43:11 +0000

Hi there. Sounds like a great idea..(oh and by the way, no hard feelings, k?) Just curious – did you say you were going to use a shed to do this? I actually saw a 1 1/2 story barn looking shed for about 5 grand at Home Depot, and I imagine it would be fine to live in while a house is being built. I’m sick and tired of having debt myself, and want to be FREE! Some friends of ours just bought 10 acres not too far from us, so I’m sure they would probably let us build there in time. How did you come up with the price? This kind of stuff definately interests me….:-)