
To keep costs low, she began to ask around at construction projects for excess materials. This strategy paid off. She paid just $300 for all the wood (from a job site that had over-ordered) and was given the windows (another site mis-ordered). She scavenged old shipping pallets (from a farm and a floor dealer) for siding. “This was free but a lot of time to take apart and get ready to finish. I have estimated the entire build took 900 to 1100 hours and that’s a ton because these are 83 different shipping pallets. You know to fit your budget, it’s time or money.”
Her total expenses came to $11,460 and that’s including the $5,000 she spent on appliances (including a $2000 “certified” composting toilet).
After completing her tiny home she had to find a place to park it. She began renting a vacant lot from another designer (architect James Herndon) in downtown Boise and they soon started dating. Today they live in the 196-square-foot home with their two young children and Great Dane. With the arrival of the kids they turned the back porch into a 36-square-foot addition (complete with baby-sized bunk beds).
Miller admits that such a small space, at times, can be more difficult with children, but ““it’s not impossible by any means, it’s not even hard”. Having grown up in a 5000-square-foot home, she recognizes that her family’s close quarters means more time together.
“I appreciate more what it’s doing for our family than what it’s taking away. I get to stay home and spend time with her [at the time of our interview she was 8 months pregnant with her second child]. And I wouldn’t be able to do that without this house at this point.”
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