Merete Mueller's Profile

Hi everyone,

Merete here, 1/2 of the team behind this tiny house and the documentary film. Thanks to everyone for your enthusiastic comments about the house and design. Building this house was A LOT of work, so it's very rewarding go get such wonderful comments and questions.

In response to a few of the questions that have been posted so far:

Bathroom door: There is actually a heavy, double-sided curtain between the bathroom and the kitchen (I think Ashley had it swept to the side while she was photographing to get better images of each room). Having privacy in the bathroom was important to us, and so far the curtain has kept out any bathroom smells or sounds just as well as a door would have.

Water: There is no running water on the land, so right now we are hauling water in, in large jugs. We now have a full camping shower set-up, where we heat up water on the stove and then pump it into the shower in the bathroom. Because water issues are so heated in this part of the country, we actually kind of like knowing exactly how much water we consume, in a way that we're not aware of when it's free-flowing from the tap. In the future, we might decide to drill a well on the land and outfit the house with a more traditional plumbing system.

Groceries: We're about 35 minutes from Fairplay, Colorado and 40 minutes from Buena Vista, Colorado, which both have large grocery stores. Because our fridge is so small, we end up buying a lot of fresh veggies and bulk grains that don't need to be refrigerated and head to the store every few days.

We LOVE the SolMan portable solar generator. The fact that we could simply plug the house into it with no assembly required was really refreshing after building a whole house from scratch, and it is super high quality and durable and can withstand the crazy mountain weather.

Thanks again everyone! If you'd like to stay updated on the film, you can 'like' us on facebook (a link to our facebook page is on our website), where we post frequent updates. We'll also be sending out an email as soon as the film comes out, and you can sign up to be on that list on our website too.