For the most part, all the trim in the tiny house is made from various kinds of wood, all reclaimed and custom made. It was a much bigger undertaking than I expected (of course) but what I learned from the experience was incredibly valuable. The more experience I built the faster I got when it came to the finish carpentry. At first, when I didn't know what I was doing, I felt the need to make everything perfect while giving myself no room for error even though I was learning. Ironically, as I learned more, I felt much more comfortable allowing more room for error. Similar to how everything is trade offs when it comes to Bitcoin, I've realized the tradeoffs on perfection with finish carpentry. The 80/20 rule rings true as ever in this instance, 80 percent of the result comes quickly but the real decision comes down to how much time is it worth spending achieving the final 20 percent. It's becoming clear that now that I've built up the skill to get the first 80 percent done quickly, that the diminishing returns on time spent on the final 20 percent just doesn't add up. I've learned to be comfortable with imperfection just so I can actually cross the finish line. A valuable lesson that took over 7 years to learn on this project. Yeehaw!
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quotingModifying this solid wood stained glass to fit as the front door for the tiny house.
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The door opening in the tiny house is a unique size so the choices were build a custom door or find one that can be modified. My dad ended up finding this cool stained glass door at a garage sale. It's pretty beat up and a little thin for an exterior door but I figured I could make it work. I was able to cut it down to size and now I'm working on beefing it up with what I'm calling an oak exoskeleton. I'm basically going to bolt an oak frame into the existing door to make it thicker and more rigid as well as seal up the stained glass window better too. Got the skeleton cut and fitted. Next is adding the bolts, finishing work with the router, sand/stain, installing the handle/deadbolt.
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