Nine Tiny Feet

Last night I posted a 3D drawing of Nine Tiny Feet on my primary tiny house design blog. This morning I exported some still images to give you a better idea of what it will look like. I drew this more as practice with Google SketchUp but I was really surprised how nice the drawing came out for a 3D newbie like me.

I won’t repeat myself too much here, you can read the other blog post for more details on this drawing, but the short version is… Nine Tiny Feet is a design concept for a nine square foot self-contained tiny house big enough for one person to live. When I finish building my Tiny Free House I hope to build this house.

It’s not intented to be some kind of low-cost housing. It’s simply and exploration into minimalism and living with less. Enjoy the images. At the bottom of this post is a YouTube video of the 3D model on my screen.

Here are more drawings of the Nine Tiny Feet design. The interior is 78″ high (6 1/2′), the sleeping loft is 34″ by 76″ and extends over the porch. The bay windows server double duty as windows and space for small cabinets to hide away plumbing and the 12V DC cooler.

I still need to think through how the  trap door to the loft will work and the vent for the fireplace (not pictured here) which will sit in front of one of the bay windows. I think there is enough room for the stack to vent out the bay window roof. If that doesn’t work I may put if over the toilet/chair.

I’ve made a few scale models from cardboard as the design has evolved. I’ll make a new one with these revised dimensions and post photos of it next. 3D drawings help visualize the space too but I find old school hot glue and cardboard does a much better job.

Now that I have a tiny trailer for my tiny nine square foot house I need to change the design slightly. It shrank in width six inches to fit between the fenders of the tiny boat trailer and got a little longer to keep it at just under nine square feet. I also added a couple inches to the sleeping loft that spans the house and porch.