I’m moving to Antarctica…how a tiny house girl handles the heat.

This post is long over due, please accept my apologies. Life has been…well…hard as of late. That’ll be another post for another day.

So when one wants to keep the conversation “light” what do we talk about??? THE WEATHER. Of course, right?!

Typically I abhor weather talk, I’m just not that kind of girl. Not only as a therapist but as a friend, I want to hear what is on your heart, I typically don’t care at all about the weather.

Until…

THE121 starts sweating BUCKETS of sweat.

So how does a tiny house stay cool when she’s 92 degrees??? (Actual temp inside THE121 today by the way).

1.) My amazing builder was super smart about the design. THE121 has windows on both sides that open. So when the weather is on the warmer side, I can open both sides of the house and get a good cross breeze with the ceiling fans.

2.) Ceiling Fans. THE121 has two good size ceiling fans that circulate air pretty well

3.) Tower Fan. I invested in a skinny tower fan last summer that also circulates the air and well…let’s be honest most of the time I just keep it pointed at me.

4.) And last but not least…

I feel like the angels should start singing at this moment…

You know you have a good builder (and I CANNOT recommend mine more highly) when he figures out how to run an air conditioner off grid!

So Here is another plug for anyone thinking of going tiny! It’s the webpage for my builder.

This unit is an air conditioner, fan and heater. Typically, I never run it because my house is so efficient. In all honesty tonight is the second time I have turned it on in 3 years!

BUT. THE. WEATHER!

I’m a cold weather girl. I LOVE the snow falling among the acres and the trees glistening like white glitter as the sun rises over the freshly fallen snow.

Listen, you can always put more clothes on, but people call the police when you take clothes off…just keeping it real.

As I chatted with my builder tonight we figured out that it will cost me $3.09 (the cost of a gallon of gas right now where I live) to run my air conditioner for 3 hours!

Efficient? I’d say so.

Thinking about going tiny yet?

Or we can all just move to Antarctica…

Until then, I’m daydreaming about hugging penguins and living in an igloo… stay cool wherever you are.