While out in Austin, TX to teach a two day tiny house building workshop for the Tumbleweed Tiny House Company, I had a chance to stay in a vintage airstream trailer, AND this cool little backyard guest house- one that will eventually be listed on airbnb.com. This little backyard cottage was built and decorated by Stjepan and Robin Boban. Stjepan is a carpenter by trade and used a wealth of discarded cedar fence boards and barn wood to not only clad the outside of his little cabin, but the INSIDE ceiling as well, which lends it a lot of character tp this cozy place! Laying in bed, you can look upward to see a wild variety of wood grains and patterns, knot holes, and even an occasional rusty nail head or two- much more interesting than a single-color drywall ceiling.
Discarded, and now-rescued, single-pane windows have now become wall hangings/decorations....
This tiny cottage makes use of the main house's bathroom (but will soon have its own). The 10' by 14' cabin also feels much larger with the employment of the ole "mirrored wall" trick. The room is all air conditioned- this IS Texas, afterall....
Even the floors are clad in second hand, and salvaged, wood- giving it an interesting/fun chaotic, and calico, look.
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All photos by Derek "Deek" Diedricksen
