Comments on: Bruce’s Maine Cabin

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 05:02:22 +0000

John… very cute play houses. If you’re looking for business opportunities consider entering the tiny house market. I suspect you’d do well.

By: john

john — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 04:57:01 +0000

harborwoodplayhouses.com in maine, i build 2 story play houses that are like some of these tiny houses

By: Robin

Robin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 07:48:35 +0000

That sink/toilet combo is a pretty neat idea. And not that expensive either. Too bad I’m thinking of going with a dry composting toilet for my tiny home, but still its nice to see the innovations out there!

By: EJ

EJ — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:28:55 +0000

What about a sink toilet combo http://www.sinkpositive.com/?
I too vote for separate bathroom/bedroom.
Can the front door swing out and bathroom door be sliding/folding?
Also I would add window or vent for the bathroom.

A table could fold out from close/cabinet.

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:56:00 +0000

Thanks DJ! No I hadn’t seen that yet. Great project.

By: DJ

DJ — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:17:57 +0000

Thanks for the links to the murphy bed kit.

Have you seen this home? It looks like it might be bigger in size than tiny, but I like the idea:

http://dwellbox.com/dwellblog/

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:01:38 +0000

“Read up on the aerosol effect to learn why it’s infinitely more clean to keep your sink and toilet separate.”

Hi Grant. I just read the article. Yikes, Gross, and Thanks!

But I still don’t understand how this supports the idea of leaving the sink out of the bathroom. The article definitely suggests that an open flushing toilet contaminates the entire room and that the sink is the wettest and most contaminated place, but it still seems better to keep the poopie hands in the bathroom and off door knobs and kitchen sink faucet handles. Right? Probably should clean that bathroom more often too

The article also totally backs up the idea of keeping the bathroom a bathroom and not combining it with a bedroom. If the article is right that would mean the toilet vapors would contaminate the bed and anything stored in there.

By: Grant Wagner

Grant Wagner — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 20:43:40 +0000

Hi Thomas,

I could not disagree more. Read up on the aerosol effect to learn why it’s infinitely more clean to keep your sink and toilet separate.

http://serendip.brynmawr.edu/exchange/node/1839

By: Michael Janzen

Michael Janzen — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:58:28 +0000

I’ve not built one yet but I keep running across a $300 kit from create-a-bed http://www.create-a-bed.com/ a.k.a http://wallbed.com

In fact if you do a search it’s hard not to find that kit and only that kit.

By: DJ

DJ — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 17:52:38 +0000

Do you have any sources for purchasing Murphy beds?

I’d like to install one that could function as a table/desk when not being used as a bed.