I’m excited to bring you the story of Erika Guli. Erika is someone who purchased my guide, Tiny House Decisions way back in the day, and over the years I’ve followed her through Facebook as she designed and built a gorgeous and unique tiny house called the sun chaser. In this conversation, we talk about the design and build process, what Erika would do differently, and how living tiny has changed her life.
In This Episode:
What happens when your dad tells you he'll build whatever you want?
How a crazy idea turned into an awesome key feature
Adding different textures, patterns, and colors to give some variety to a small space
Using “liberated” materials and building around what Erika's dad had around the property
Advice about trailers and what Erika would have done differently
Living tiny allowed Erika to be able to pay off debts and work at a place she loves with people she's close to
What do you keep in your loft?
Creative storage solutions
When you live in a tiny house you're always next to a window
Erika first started thinking about building a tiny house 5 years ago after watching a Netflix documentary. Her sister was moving out of their shared apartment, and she wanted to quit her job in retail but she wasn’t sure how she’d be able to afford the cost of living on her own. Then she came across Ethan’s Tiny House Decisions workbook, and the rest is history 😉
Tiny House Decisions is the super helpful guidebook that I wrote 5 years ago to share all of the knowledge and decisions that I made to build my own tiny house, along with what I did right, what I did wrong, and how I would change things. The guidebook, now in its second edition, has been completely rewritten and expanded to reflect how tiny houses are being built today and it also includes several new tiny house stories from other tiny house dwellers. The guidebook has been expanded to include things like SIPs, metal framing, and different types of insulation, and I seriously think this is the most helpful thing you can buy if you are thinking about living in a tiny house. If you go through the guidebook from start to finish, you will have a solid plan for all the systems and everything else that’s going to go into your tiny house. The second edition has been a long time in the making and I’m really excited to share it with the world.
