California DIY, shipping container tiny home and a cargo trailer bedroom

Lulu is a single mom who’d gone back to school and didn’t have the time or interest in working full-time to pay for rent. So when she had to move out of her more conventional home, she decided to move herself and her daughter into a shipping container.

With no building experience, Lulu spent just one-month cutting windows and a door and installing insulation and a basic kitchen (complete with propane-powered campstove and on-demand water heater). 

Then she and her daughter moved into the 8 by 20-foot square foot home, fitting a bed, couch, bookshelf, and kitchen cabinets into the 160 square foot box.

When Lulu decided they needed a bit more space, she went from shipping to trucking waste and began to build their bedroom on a used flatbed trailer.

“It’s really mostly built like a shed. It’s a nice looking shed, but it’s really an 8 by 16 shed with windows in it.”

Using only recycled building materials- including used floorboards, windows, cabinets, doors, bathtub, toilet, and sinks- she built the entire thing for about $4,000 (trailer included).

Original story here: http://www.faircompanies.com/videos/view/california-shipping-container-tiny-home-cargo-trailer-room/

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