Wonderful Weekend

This weekend was the Tumbleweed Tiny House workshop which we were so excited to help out with! It is a two day workshop and this one was located in Berkeley, California. The first day (yesterday) was entirely lecture that covered the how to’s for the construction of a tiny house. We both got to help sign people in and then helped answer any questions anyone had. We also had to take Emerson because Marty, Jay’s wife was working so we took turns watching him and keeping him occupied.
Last night after the workshop, Jay opened up the warehouse for people to go too. They were able to see both the Popomo and the Fencil. This was definitively beneficial because they were able to see approximately what size they had to work with.
Today, the second day of the work shop, was spent focusing on design. This morning Jay covered basic design principles and then this afternoon let them apply what they had learned. This morning, we actually left the work shop and went to IKEA to look for general staging items for the company. IKEA is now officially our new favorite place to shop! It is a huge warehouse of furniture, bedding, kitchen supply, and general home décor. And the best part is that it is all very inexpensive!
This afternoon, Jay turned the class loose to design their own tiny house! He provides a plan of the different trailer sizes (on grid paper) and allows them to customize the interior. He also has several of his plans available for them to look at and to get ideas from. We were really surprised at how quickly some of them caught on! Some of the plans were very neat! It definitely got us excited to design our own tiny house!
We both really enjoyed the design part of the workshop because we got to interact a lot with the whole group. Shelley took her computer and drew up 3D plans on Revit to help those who were having trouble visualizing. I got to go around and help with the space planning. We were very impressed with the workshop and look forward to what this next week will bring!