Between 2019 and 2022, Heidi and I worked on the design and construction of our future home. This section chronicles the build process, largely through video on the accompanying Big Tiny Adventure YouTube channel.
Progress of the transformation of our second semi-trailer has happened in fits and starts, but I’ve seen some real transformation with our bedroom and bathroom areas. Slowed by factors like economic issues, the silly season and focusing on other business ideas, things haven’t been chugging along as I’d like, but sometimes the foundational work appears to be slow. Slap a coat of paint on something, implement a final component and suddenly you can gain inspiration and motivation with where the project is going.
My second video instalment in the building update of this second semi-trailer attachment (P2) to our main home (P1) (whose build I covered in an extensive video series between 2019-2022) shows some significant aesthetic changes from the original tour video I did of P2 in which I had already jumped ahead with some of the work I had done to form the basis of this new phase of building. In that sense, this video series will be far less comprehensive than the original P1 series as I started this project with no interest in filming it and then of course regretted that when I decided it would be a cool idea. Lesson learned: just film some stuff anyway…you can always just ignore/delete it if you don’t need it.
Anyway, here’s Episode 2! Thanks for watching and being a part of the journey ☺️💚✌🏼
We recently squeaked into the 2023 line-up of tiny house featured on Bryce Langston’s Living Big In A Tiny House series and that now includes the Christmas round-up. There are some amazing homes this year and the video features a holiday messages from their owners. We are lucky to be included in this collection as there are some exceptional designs and stories from other tiny home builders. Have a look at this spirited video and have a fantastic Christmas season! 🎄🍾🥳 🎉
If you missed the original video tour of our tiny house, you can find it here…
the.semitrailer.project.P2 : : Build update – Dec 2023
A new chapter with a new semi-trailer project! This overview tour gives you a sneak peek at progress to date of the second half of our semi-trailer tiny home. Mike discusses what we’ve completed and future plans to come for this guest space, storage area and fancy bathtub room ☺️
With this new chapter, we hope that you find inspiration and creativity for your own project and minimalist vision. Enjoy and thanks for watching! 💚
For the past 4 years (2019-2023), tiny house life has been front and centre in our world. Before that, we were on a path to something tiny house and minimalism related for several years. It is exciting now that it has fused into a vision where we are living in the house and want to share more of this life and opportunity with others. Enter: Heidi and Mike’s Big Tiny Adventure on YouTube!
Up until recently, the ongoing videos I did for my tiny house building series entitled the.semitrailer.project were an amalgamation of clips that I shot while simultaneously putting together the house (a journey, I might add, that was the first of its kind for me, so definitely busy learning on the job!). These videos gradually increased in production quality as I saw that the material resonated with viewers, plus my background in video production enticed me to be more creative. That, and I’m a goof with a weird sense of humour, something I hope gives folks a chuckle while they watch. 😛 These videos all just resided on my video production YouTube channel the Cunning Crow (my production company is Cunning Crow Productions).
With the desire to expand this video series and giving them a standalone place to live, we wanted to use the opportunity to showcase all things related to tiny houses in our locality (South Australia, to start) with particular focus on: other semi-trailer conversations, things we learned on our journey, the lifestyle perks and challenges to tiny house living, helpful tips to people starting on this journey and minimalism conversations through interviews and personal perspectives. Being well-connected to our Adelaide tiny house community, we want to talk about what is going on here, particularly with the housing crisis, changes to council legislation to do with THOWs (tiny houses on wheels) and just the exciting things going on in this area which aren’t often focused on in other tiny house pages or channels.
Heidi has been keen to dive deeper into this way of life as she has a lot to say with regards to ethical, sustainable and minimal living. We hope to see her periodically on the channel or when she has the chance to blog her thoughts here. Given my daily involvement with the build and being relaxed on camera meant that it has been me on video more often than not. It will great to get Heidi’s voice into the mix as she has been an equal part to this journey to date!
The new channel is live and we’d love for you to follow or subscribe to our journey. The hope is to truly provide a useful resource to our audience for a variety of reasons, whether you are just tiny house curious, thinking about or starting your own journey, wanting to do your part to help progress the tiny house movement or just looking for something authentic and different to watch. Whatever it is, welcome on board via this site or through our video channel ☺️🏠💚
the.semitrailer.project : : Build update – Oct 2022
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There was just too many fun projects left to finish, so it warranted this final jam-packed episode en route to us moving the tiny to its new permanent location. The clock was ticking to wrap up the last of the tiling, plumbing, flooring and many other little tasks before our Big House on Wheels (BHOW) was hitched onto the prime mover that took us to the outskirts of Adelaide.
Our 3 year journey is wrapping up…thanks for being a part of it! Enjoy and thanks for watching! 💚
the.semitrailer.project : : Video update – Oct 2022
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As we roll down to the end of this series, join me as I expose our little unfinished shack (lovingly known as P2) to the world. This video might not interest many folks, but while we built out tiny house, we glamped in this unfinished semi-trailer. So this is more of a reminder for us about our old home but you might be curious as well. Enjoy and thanks for watching! 💚
the.semitrailer.project : : Build update – Feb 2022
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One of our last episodes (did I say that last time??) 😛
Who doesn’t love getting close to the finish line on a build? It’s when we get to finally add the pizzazz like knobs, trim, lights and appliances. Throw in a unique homemade composting toilet solution, and we have the makings for a party! In this episode, Mike gets close to wrapping up a few areas and you get to see more of what all the fuss was about over this series. Poor withering Mike is also reaching the end of his stamina for house building!
Sorry for the delay, but here we go with one of our (hopefully) last video instalments as things get ever-closer to completion (on the inside at least!).
Shaker doors — Mike may never want to look at another one ever again after this build. He had to produce 27 of them which reflects on the impressive amount of storage in this house as well. The great thing about cabinetry and their doors means you get to see a lot of finishing of this build and the house looks real purdy like. Not long to go!
the.semitrailer.project : : Build update – June 2021
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Things are beginning to come to the pointier end of the project. Few things go untouched today with extensive upgrades to the walls, floors, kitchen and lounge room features. There is painting which starts to really reveal what the final look will be and some slick ideas for a cubby work desk. Even a time-machine gets a look in…! 😄
the.semitrailer.project : : Build update – April 2021
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Construction continues at an impressive clip (in YouTube time: IRL it took soooo long) with some giant strides made in the bathroom area. Mike is busy innovating in this episode as well, adding more unique flavours to the build in keeping with Moroccan and Hampton influences seen previously. The lounge room gets a look in as well, with the final internal wall of the house erected.
Heidi & Mike's Big Tiny Adventure 