DIY vintage tiny home for less than $3500: meet Jenine Alexander
In a town where the median home price is over half a million dollars, Jenine Alexander decided to build her own. Using resources like the tiny house blogs and the 1950 bestselling DIY book “Your Dream Home: How to Build It for Less Than $3,500” (a gift from a friend), Jenine spent less than $3,500 on her home.
In fact, she used nearly only materials recovered from the dump or found on craigslist and the only things she paid for were a used trailer and fasteners (nails, screws, hinges, etc).
She built it on wheels not just to get around minimum size standards, but mostly because she couldn’t afford land in her hometown of Healdsburg, California.
More info in original story: http://faircompanies.com/videos/view/diy-home-for-less-than-3500/
Jenine’s blog: http://www.forgeahead.org/Productions/Home.html
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What a wonderful, lovely, resourceful human!
I love it! You’re amazing ❤️
Easy when you don't have to buy the land and when you're not trying to be self sufficient. Also, what happens when she gets married and has children?
I'd love to see her "12 years later" trailer and living situation.
Where Do You Put It,If You Have No Land
My Left Ear:
"My, what a wonderful day."
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"Hello darkness, my old friend."
Ain't it amazing how we can build something amazing from finding stuff . And using our own skill we can learn as we go …. great job looks beautiful I love everything . I'm a new tiny home builder got me 2.2 acre off grid. That's what u need
My niece built a tiny home it took her a year and a half while she was working 40 hrs a week. It is so beautiful inside. She will be moving to Colorado with it in a tiny home community.
This was the first tiny house vid I ever saw many years ago (have watched a couple 100s since then 😀 ), so glad to have come across it again