Bill's design for the deck makes it a stand-alone structure, not connected to the tiny house. Eventually we hope to use the underside for storage. A second section of decking will eventually wrap around the side of the house, covering the trailer hitch. And then, perhaps, a deck between the screen house and the tiny house, where we could put the large wooden shipping box we found in the woods. And, of course, decking on the fourth side of the house would be nice outside our patio door. It's winter time, and we dream of decks—many decks—and the lovely weather when we'll use them.
We didn't think about building a deck when we were designing our house. Then one day we looked out at the forest stretching out behind our tiny house site, and knew that view deserved a deck. We erased a window on our graph-paper design and drew in a door instead. A door to that one-day deck. "One day" became "this day" when we realized how much easier the deck would make finishing the eaves and siding on the last Tyvek-ed surface of our home; the side that drops off steeply into the forest. And, so, we've started the deck, and we work on it whenever the temps get high enough to thaw the ground. Bill's design for the deck makes it a stand-alone structure, not connected to the tiny house. Eventually we hope to use the underside for storage. A second section of decking will eventually wrap around the side of the house, covering the trailer hitch. And then, perhaps, a deck between the screen house and the tiny house, where we could put the large wooden shipping box we found in the woods. And, of course, decking on the fourth side of the house would be nice outside our patio door. It's winter time, and we dream of decks—many decks—and the lovely weather when we'll use them.
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2/15/2024 06:12:39 am
I just saw your essay on "Shuffling the Deck" on your site, and I must say it was a pleasure to read! Your views on achieving balance in life spoke to me on a whole new level.
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