Our Story, summarized

Hello!

My name is Sarah and my husband's name is Wyatt.

Bella "Bean"

Dinkles

  
 We are newlyweds with a dog, Bella, and a cat, Dinkles.

We have decided to build a tiny house for debt free living! Our dream has always been to travel as much as possible (now and whenever, not when we are old and retired) and tiny living will allow us to have that lifestyle! 

 
 
 Wyatt and I have been together for five years and have lived together for four of them. In the beginning, when we decided to move in together, we did extensive research on apartments. Of course, we wanted to be in a nice neighborhood and have a good management company. These two basic needs meant living paycheck to paycheck and being unable to save for anything, including "the American dream". 
 After a year and a half we decided to move in with his parents to save for a down payment on a house. It took just over a year for us to pay off our debts and save for a minimum down payment. During that time, Wyatt had obtained a new job 35 minutes north so that's where be searched for our home.  We started looking in a lower price range and hoped to find something that would give us wiggle room in our budget. Unfortunately, those properties required maintenance and upkeep so we increased our price range and found and purchased a brand new home.  The higher price was worth the peace of mind. 

 
We  loved our new home and enjoyed the work we put into it to make it ours.  We had our dream backyard (above) we had gotten ready just in time for our wedding celebration party!

Unfortunately, we found ourselves in the same situation of living paycheck to paycheck and missed the days of living rent-free with his family.   

While browsing movie titles one night we came across the documentary "Tiny".   I immediately was on board with the idea but Wyatt took a bit more convincing.  He had typical concerns that weren't initially outweighed by the benefits.  We did a LOT of research and read blogs and stories from tiny house dwellers in order to make an education decision.  After a lot of discussion and research we decided to build a tiny house and get closer to our DrEaM!