Hi I'm Miette

Hello World 👋

My name is Lys and my partner Erny and I are building a tiny home made out of seconds, reclaimed and recycled materials. This is a small space on the interwebs to to document our progress and share our photos for anyone who would like to follow our journey! 😄

Why build a tiny house?

Erny and I have always been interested in living more sustainably and living small. Then a pandemic hit and it seemed like a good idea to get started on making the dream a reality.

Do you have any constraints?

We’re trying to do everything (bar trailer, electrical and plumbing) ourselves.

Other constraints include:

• Buying second hand or borrowing tools (from tool libraries and benevolent friends)
• Going for second, reclaimed and recycled materials first (thank you Facebook marketplace ❤️)
• Having limited construction knowledge (however we have some amazing friends who do!)
• Working full time jobs with no plans on quitting them

We’re also following the building principles of Fred’s Tiny Houses and his Unified Construction Method and Passive Haus Design principles.

What does miette mean?

Miette is the french word for crumb or morsel. We chose it as we share a love of pastries, bread and all things that create tiny dust carbs but also because crumbs (like our budget) are small - like our tiny house! We also love the colour yellow - you’ll often see Erny running about in a yellow raincoat.

Other names that we bounced around included:

• Le petit chou (the little cabbage)
• Wanda Inn
• The Blue Elephant
• Half Bark House
• Block House (after our favourite climbing gym)

So how’s it going?

It’s going very slooooooooooooooowly. We’ve bought the trailer and have now milled our wood but Covid, La Niña and general life have really halted our progress.

Catch ya later, Lys & Erny