Tiny Little Office Part 1

As I am unable to make much more progress for the next couple of weeks on the tiny house due to moving location I have decided to undertake another little project to keep me busy .while coinciding with the launch of my website... a tiny little office. And when I say tiny I mean tiny. It will be a slightly scaled up version of a kid’s playhouse like those seen here at the wood manor website. This particular design won’t be as elaborate as theirs but will be big enough for a desk, chair and filing cabinet and kettle. I have spent the last couple of afternoons knocking up four wall frames and a floor. I have no blueprints or anything to work from I am just making it up as I go along from a basic design idea in my head. I want it to have a traditional garden cottage kind of look. It will be a grown ups version of a child’s den playhouse.

I was never particularly a fan of anything flat pack (particularly furniture) and still aren’t but it’s very practical when space is an issue while constructing like for me and also is absolutely great practice in forward thinking especially when building without a set plan and dimensions to work from.

The four walls and floor are simple design. I have just kept the dimensions as small as possible while still keeping practicality in the back of my mind. The walls and plan I have are a good basis and starting point for the office there is a small door and four windows all are in a good basic position for now but I am yet to finalise the particular dimensions. These will depend on how the roof turns out and how low it hangs over the walls. I plan to build a triple gabled roof (two both sides and one extending forward) this is to maximise interior head height as the walls are as low as possible to keep the miniature feel to it all. And a triple gable tends to give the ‘cute’ look. I plan to build the office in 6 separate components. 4 walls, the floor and finally the roof structure as a complete part. This means that the office at least in component state will sit on a trailer nicely. Just imagine folding each of the four walls inward onto the floor then the whole roof will come down and sit on top. This is somewhat what it shall look like until erected and then possibly trailer mounted.

I plan to (weather permitting) get outside tomorrow and take some photos of the work I have done over the past two afternoons for you. I also plan to get started on the roof structure… again if you have any ideas or comment at all or any design features I could incorporate. Then please let me know as now is the perfect time to make alterations as the plan is very open to interpretation. Cheers