
Hi, I’m Jenna from Tiny House, Giant
Journey. So, little over four years ago I was working at a job that I wasn’t
passionate about. I had gone to school for film-making and I was working at a
movie studio in Hollywood, but I felt stuck as I think a lot of people feel
stuck in a job after they’ve gone to college for and gone into a lot of debt.
My partner and I at the time we decided to live a more minimalistic lifestyle
something that would free up our finances and with the savings that we
had, we decided to build a tiny house, and spend one year traveling on the road
doing photojournalism and blogging. We were just in way over our heads and
it took us a year. I was working on it mostly only on weekends for the first
six months and then I quit my job and started helping him full-time. So I
traveled for one year with this tiny house and we went about 25,000 miles
which is huge in one year. We went all the way up to the Arctic Circle in
Alaska and all the way down to Florida Keys at Key West. ♫Music Playing♫ So this is the hitch end of my tiny house.
It’s been raining here a lot in Oregon so you can see that my reclaimed siding, it’s
75 year old wood siding from an old barn in Wisconsin, is looking really dark right now. It probably weighs twice as much as it normally does because it’s
just soaking up all that rain. Where I keep my propane tanks so I have two 15
pound propane tanks. In the winter I like to use this heat blanket because
helps with efficiency I also had trouble with when I was staying in Colorado not
getting enough propane pressure to my water heater and it actually broke down
so this was a must. I’ve also put on a winter skirt this year. Just learning
from my time in Colorado. I’m in Oregon now so it’s not quite as cold. It
definitely has made the floor a lot warmer in my tiny house. It’s the coldest
part of the tiny house, heat rises, and with all the wind and cold air coming
underneath the tiny house this is definitely made it so I don’t always
have to wear slippers. So this is the front or the license plate end of the tiny house. We found this on the side of the road. At the time we just thought
wow this looks really cool with the old reclaimed wood so it’s not structural.
It’s kind of a nice handrail in a way because we don’t have a handrail. It’s
just been aging with the tiny house it’s been on here for about two years now and
every day it looks a little different and I really like it. I’m parked at an RV
park in Oregon and this is my setup. I have my electricity here, it has a little
meter on it. I just plug in right here as you do. This is my sewer line but since I don’t have a black water system, I have a composting toilet, it’s really just for
grey water. Hello Oregon *laughter* and this is my fresh water line so this is going in
with an RV hose and a filter into my fresh water system. I also have a 46
gallon I think freshwater tank in here so when I am off-grid I can just fill
and I have a portable gray water tank as well that I hook up right where the
sewer hose is hooked up when I’m off-grid and then I can dispose of that, however. I also do movie nights out here so I
have a projection screen inside the tiny house and it can hang right here, that’s
what these cooks are for. I bring my projector out here, it’s battery-powered,
and everything works off my Wi-Fi. “It’s hailing now” *laughter*. ♫Music Playing♫ So, now we’re inside my tiny house! This first little area is just like this tiny little mudroom area where
I put my boots. It’s also where I keep my dogs dishes. Directly to my right in the
bump-out area so because we have the porch it creates this little bump out is
the living room slash office slash spare bedroom. So I spend a lot of time here
cuz I work from home. It’s constantly evolving. Have outlets back here cuz this
is where I work a lot of the time. There’s USB plugs everywhere throughout
this tiny house. The whole motif of the inside is very rustic using reclaimed
materials, like this is all reclaimed wood that’s exposed here from a barn in
California that I was able to get on Craigslist. This is sort of my desk area.
I’ll sit here if it’s just me having coffee in this morning to maybe move
this ottoman out and do some work or if I have people over… this is the full table so when I move these Ottomans,
which of course has storage inside. So right now I have my snow gear cuz it’s
still winter and I go snowboarding just up the street. You can have seating for
four comfortably. I’ve had actually six people, just really close together,
three back here three there. And since this is a pretty thin table I really
have to think hard about what I want to cook if I’m gonna have a dinner party. I
don’t want everyone to have a big plate so I mostly do like chili night. Chili is
a great tiny house food because you can make it all in one pot and they go in
little bowls or mugs or whatever cuz I don’t have six, I don’t have six bowls.
Underside and bottom side is painted with chalkboard paint. This also turns
into a spare bedroom this is a futon mattress that fits perfectly I was able
to find it on Amazon. I flipped this piece of plywood over and then this
would be like a full-size bed I call it. Everything fits perfectly. It is a Kimberley
wood stove you can cook on top of it it’s stainless steel so it’s lighter
than a cast iron and is a double combustion system so really, really
efficient. If you have a nice piece of hardwood it can burn up to eight hours. I
have a stove plate here for the bottom. We decided to raise it up instead of
just having it flat on the floor because we wanted it to be counter height and
so that we could get some extra storage space underneath. Probably the next thing everybody noticed this when they first come into my tiny house is my staircase.
I call it a hidden staircase because a lot of times people come in here and
they’ll ask me how do you get up into the loft? It’s my closet,
it’s my pantry, and it’s also my staircase. This is my closet. It is a lot
smaller than most women’s closets. I think that it’s plenty though. Everything I own I care about is one thing I tell people. I like having
stories around everything. I love to travel so even when I’m wearing right
now like I bought this in Peru. I got this in Alaska, my trip up to Alaska, it’s
a piece of jade. This is actually Mount Hood, which is just down the street. This
is from Taiwan, this is from El Salvador. So all of my clothing items or
accessories are from stories and experiences and they make me think of
those things and makes me care about each item in here. ♫Music Playing♫ Plates, bowls, this is my water tank so yeah. And then if you look under the sink over here, you will see my water heater. It’s a tiny water heater. It’s propane, it’s instant. This is for burnable trash I live in a
campground I have campfires often. Keep burnable trash in there. I have a
composting pile and system outside, this is my indoor compost. Over here I have my regular trash can and my recycle bin Over here is my refrigerator.
It’s a Dometic RV refrigerator. It’s a three-way so it works off a propane or
DC or AC. Spent a long time finishing these countertops they were just big
pieces of alligator juniper wood. We actually routed them out so they look
really thick and so that keeps it lightweight it’s actually hollow behind
here too. So it gives the facade of having a thick wood slab countertop
without having the weight. I found this at the restore recently and it’s just a
closet door, an antique closet door, so it can fold away. It snaps into place with
magnet so just like that. It can actually open up, felt like my house got really
dark when this was closed. So when nobody’s using it I keep those
ventilated. I have a composting toilet, the Nature’s Head composting toilet, it’s
pretty popular in the tiny house world. This is my shower it’s 24 by 32 inches
so 32 by 32 is a standard shower. I think the smallest you can normally put in a
regular-sized house. Mine’s a little smaller than that but
because I’ve extended out this curtain rod and one bonus about having a metal
shower is you can use magnets so I’ll magnetize things like even all the way
out to here so really the only part that small is down by my feet. I decided
to go with a tub for a couple of reasons. The dog, mostly. I can’t really bathe in there, it’s for her. It’s really nice for giving
dog baths. Plenty of headroom for me I’m five foot
four. I have a five inch mattress it’s a Japanese-style mattress so it has
netting underneath it, which is great, means I don’t have to flip it. I was
worried about moisture getting underneath it and getting mold and with
that netting it sort of has alleviated that problem. This is my dog Solis she
has been part of the tiny house the entire project. Got her when we were
building and so she’s more comfortable in the tiny house than any other house I
would say. Five windows they all open so great ventilation, I don’t have air
conditioning. So I actually have a third floor, I like
to say. This opens up completely and I can sit on the roof. It’s really nice and
on a clear night to watch the stars up here and when I want darkness I have
this little shade so if I’m sleeping in or something like that. If you’re looking
into downsizing or building a tiny house there’s lots of resources out there now
that were not available when I was building. There’s obviously some great
YouTube channels as you’re watching right now. I would say going to a build
workshop is not a bad idea. I went to a Tumbleweed Build workshop at the time it
was the only kind of build workshops available and it taught me a lot because
I had zero experience. I used to teach them actually later on after we finished
building the tiny house they hired me to teach those workshops. I’m a big advocate for them because I know what goes into designing those workshops and what they actually mean and there’s plenty of them out there now. What can a tiny house do for you you
know? For me I have always been a wanderlust kind of person. I like to
travel and I loved traveling with the tiny house, but now that it’s parked I
save so much money that I’m able to travel abroad. I travel three months out
of the year. I visit five new countries a year as a minimum. And my goal is to
visit every country before I die. This is a house that facilitates my life and my
passions, not the other way around. I don’t work for my house it works for me.
Thanks for watching guys! If you enjoyed this episode be sure to hit the like
button and subscribe, if you’re new to the channel. Be sure to check out Jenna’s
channel Tiny House Giant Journey linked up in the description. We did a video on
her channel about my van as well so be sure to check that out and, until next
time guys, we will see you later.
100 Comments
whats the title of the song
Who is she?
Brilliant idea n beautiful tiny house.. โค๐๐๐
nice and beautiful house
Is this really tiny? Come and see the real world my lady
Amazing
Weird and smart
I love this. My heart craves this.
Great option when u are childess.
Wouldnโt It have just been easier to buy a trailer or fifth wheel?
Why not just buy a caravan?
I love her energy
We live in appartment this size.
I love it!!! You are so smart to travel the world and really enjoy life
I envy her, she's living.
How many times do you need to say "tiny house"? We get it you live in a tiny house
Loved your tiny house..
Amazing, superb, marvelous, Idea ๐
That's called creativity ๐๐๐
Beautiful house, lovely ๐๐ค๐น
Is she safe from earthquake
I liked dog more than house
When typhoon comes, she might be in the ozone layer dringking coffe.
good job! you have a mobile house … and it just seems a lot of work living there
Awesome tiny house ๐ก ๐
How old are you? Are you single?
actually it's a beautiful house i would love to live there too and travel the world๐๐
WOW power to you! Amazing ๐ sounds very ideal but do you live alone? I could do this only if I had a loving caring partner to share it with. I have fantasized about this kind of dwelling. I'm a very simple person mostly on a spiritual path. Do you feel safe living in a tiny house? What about predators in the woods?
When I grow up, I'll design my own house like this. Cozy ๐ฉโค๏ธ i dont like a too big house cause its too hard to clean hahaha
My dreams
Its a Caravan?
Loved it…๐
I am simply overwhelmed and awestruck …this is so beautiful ….kudos to u
I would rather live in a tiny house then a flat anyday
I love these more than luxurious big houses
Wow.. Its not important if the house is tiny or big. The important the people who lived inside ๐ โค๏ธ
Iโll happily live with her…..
Hii๐iii… AWESOME…!!!! Lov it sooi..much d tiny toy house..n lovely ever.. Yes..!!! Al compact, n v easy 2 maintain..epp..!!
Rgds..frm CANADA ๐จ๐ฆ
I love your house โค
I really love this, I don't need a wide bedroom, wide living room, a wide bathroom, I just want and need like this.๐ญ๐๐
I love the song who do the cover of this โVentura highwayโ
I love how she is able to travel and live where she wants to. But for someone growing up constantly moving cities. Able to stay in a place for a long time is something i crave for.
The music is creepy but I love this idea traveling and saving money this is cute like a RV just a house. My dream to travel keep up the good work..
Oh how i love that tiny house me a d hubby we learn to live small, we are debt free, and now we are travelling. Life is beaitiful if you learn to accept be content in small thingst that come our way. Peace, serenity and love. ๐ค๐ค๐ค PEACE sending love and light to all humanity.
Tiny house, its a beautiful house..i love it.
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how much it cost ?
Honestly, such a pretty house๐
What happens to your dog when you travel for 3 months ?
Tiny house,tiny house,tiny house,tiny house,tiny house.
I hope this tiny house is not after the back of her real house. ๐
But so far so good to see this kind of house though i think this cost much than our normal house we living.
I am from India and her tiny house is what our whole family stays.
go for it
Security?
Amazing i love it
My wish one day this house my
el estupido spanish man y su casa ha ha que ridiculo, que torpe este quedo con la cara de muestra
She had a nice job she gave it up but she's happy now she's probably been all over the world I see nothing but positives congratulations and good luck
Cool
Tiny house,tiny house,the tine house,my tiny house
wow ๐๐ฏ๐
it takes a thought! and dude that's lit ๐ฅ
My dream house โค๏ธ
How I wish I could live like this someday ๐
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Kull i like house
Give update if u visit my country Timor Leste ๐
I instantly love you…
Her partner helped her in achieving what she wanted, he is hero to me
6:49๏ผhello from Taiwan
Just wow ,๐๐คฉ
This is so cool
With all the racism White's display on other people's,and not being racially profiled also white privilege, you still see so many poor bum ass White's, it must be a God somewhere.
I don't work for my house. It works for me ๐
I live in a tiny single room in shared house. And can't afford shit. But hey ,this is London
very elegant
Tiny? Its just almost the same size as my house, really.. ๐ ๐ ๐ ๐
I wonder if women who live in tiny houses prefer men with big penises? I have a hunch they do.
I would be scared to live in there ๐ฉ
This tiny house is nicer than our house
This would be dope to do
The bedroom on top is awesome ๐๐๐
So cute tiny house..
Everything about this tiny house itโs classy I wouldnโt mind staying in a place like that ๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฅ
The best part of this house is the staircase !! โค๏ธ
PLEASE VISIT PHILIPPINES SOON! ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ๐ต๐ญ
Very nice indeed ๐
Amazing! I want a tiny house now…so inspired.
๐ 4 billie eilish there was her.
Super nice adorable tiny house..wish i could have one like that too.
Attached to the nature.
My kind of dream… ๐๐๐
Small house = huge savings ๐๐๐
Motorhomes exist. Just sayin.
Can her house even be found on GPS๐ค
So she dumped her "partner" after he helped her build the house?
Wow impressive.. I like it!
But where do u get your savings ๐ฑ
If it works for her, great!!! Too much work for me
Thatโs awesome, all we seem to care about are the unimportant things like a huge house and a brand new car, but by the end of the day does that really matter? We work to spend every $ on a house we have no time to live in. Life is too short for that!!
Where is her husband? ๐ค๐ค๐ค
WOMAN lives in a TINY HOUSE so She Can TRAVEL the World ……………………….. so how do you cross oceans????? Are you like that black cat who shows USA map to the Bolt ??
to me, your tiny house is just everything… so beautiful and i found so comfy ๐๐๐