One Month One World One Year Challenge 2022
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January 6: House Tour
https://i.postimg.cc/28t6krr3/chess-table-dylan.png
I got home from school and my grades were up. I was a B student now and it felt pretty good. .
https://i.postimg.cc/MK7M4ZPJ/grdes-are-up-and-dylan-swipes-dirty-dishes.png
I practically ran to the little house where I was to meet the owner. After a quick tour, I signed the papers, paid in cash, and was given the keys. I was doing a month-to-month rental and the owner had no problem with that. After they left, I went inside and looked around at my new "home."
https://i.postimg.cc/bJvbQXpS/the-house.png
The house pretty much looked like the photos. It had no electricity, which was probably why it was still for rent.
https://i.postimg.cc/y8jrBZ6m/main-area-revised.png
It was really off-the-grid, and the kitchenette area didn't even have a stove, but it did have a fridge and a beat-up looking counter. Beside this was a table that had been made out of a snowboard, and there were some old books sitting on it.
https://i.postimg.cc/PfwQXwfg/opposite-bed-area-is-the-kitchen.png
Heat came from a corner fireplace, and there was a stack of wood piled next to it. Right beside the fireplace was a small table with one chair, and a plant. Little lanterns were scattered around, which provided light. There was a double bed, and the bedding, while somewhat clean, was a bit frayed. Some shelves hung on the wall, and the owner had put a few plants there to "cheer the place up".
https://i.postimg.cc/XNs4vp2g/he-displayed-some-photos-and-hung-up-his-poster.png
There was a very small, basic bathroom, which had a toilet, sink and a shower.
https://i.postimg.cc/m2TjmrRK/basic-sink.png
https://i.postimg.cc/rFv6dW55/toilet-area.png
Out front was a chess table, and in the backyard, there was a firepit for cooking hot dogs and other stuff, with a fabric loveseat near it. There was a little shrine area, which had sold me on the place, and in front of the shrine looked like a yoga mat. That was pretty much it, except for a fruit tree, and the owner told me that it was a pomegranate tree.
https://i.postimg.cc/pVcr6Gtx/SIDE-YARD-YOGA-AND-FIREPIT.png
The owner also told me that there was a lot of open space if I wanted to plant a garden. I really didn't know anything about gardening, but the owner told me that there were some gardening tools at the side, and all I had to do was dig a little hole in the ground, pop in the seed, cover it up and then water it. I had some parsley and tomatoes that I found, so I thought I would give it a go.
https://i.postimg.cc/KYc4Wd4G/planting-his-garden.png
I decided to unpack some of my belongings, and placed some photos on the shelves, and hung up my skis, backpack and coat near the front door.
https://i.postimg.cc/1R27MS4Q/from-back-to-front.png
And lastly, I unfolded the "borrowed" poster and hung it on the wall. I surveyed the house and smiled. Now it felt like "home".
https://i.postimg.cc/jqgJPqgs/it-felt-like-home.png
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Notes:
https://i.postimg.cc/pLfWYxQG/overview-of-house.png
I added/changed a few things in the house. It has the off-the-grid lot trait and also is a tiny living "small" house. There are a lot of debug items on the lot, including debug pictures above the counter in the kitchen, and over the bed, the trees, plants, lanterns in the house and in the backyard, the shrine, fence, and the indoor fireplace. The fireplace looks lit because of the "brightdark triplet totem candles" I placed in there. Added: moonlight lantern, sleezy skis gear hanging rack, bunny bookshelf, the world's fastest table, "I did this thing" poster, fine dining poster, fresh beginnings faux fur rug, ate & salvage drafting table (the chair was already in the build), starlit children's wastebasket, and smoke alarm. Added the sunny days wall mirror and a toilet paper roll holder in the bathroom (the rug came with the build). I switched out the fridge for an off-the grid fridge from cottage living. I deleted the stove, and added a firepit and loveseat in the backyard. I also added a chess table out front and a yoga mat. In the original build, the bathroom area is open, I just created a sort-of closed-in space using 1/2 walls and an archway, and added the Noren curtains above the archway. I thought it looked better. With these additions, it brought the build up to approx. $6K.
https://i.postimg.cc/28t6krr3/chess-table-dylan.png
I got home from school and my grades were up. I was a B student now and it felt pretty good. .
I practically ran to the little house where I was to meet the owner. After a quick tour, I signed the papers, paid in cash, and was given the keys. I was doing a month-to-month rental and the owner had no problem with that. After they left, I went inside and looked around at my new "home."
https://i.postimg.cc/bJvbQXpS/the-house.png
The house pretty much looked like the photos. It had no electricity, which was probably why it was still for rent.
https://i.postimg.cc/y8jrBZ6m/main-area-revised.png
It was really off-the-grid, and the kitchenette area didn't even have a stove, but it did have a fridge and a beat-up looking counter. Beside this was a table that had been made out of a snowboard, and there were some old books sitting on it.
https://i.postimg.cc/PfwQXwfg/opposite-bed-area-is-the-kitchen.png
Heat came from a corner fireplace, and there was a stack of wood piled next to it. Right beside the fireplace was a small table with one chair, and a plant. Little lanterns were scattered around, which provided light. There was a double bed, and the bedding, while somewhat clean, was a bit frayed. Some shelves hung on the wall, and the owner had put a few plants there to "cheer the place up".
https://i.postimg.cc/XNs4vp2g/he-displayed-some-photos-and-hung-up-his-poster.png
There was a very small, basic bathroom, which had a toilet, sink and a shower.
https://i.postimg.cc/m2TjmrRK/basic-sink.png
https://i.postimg.cc/rFv6dW55/toilet-area.png
Out front was a chess table, and in the backyard, there was a firepit for cooking hot dogs and other stuff, with a fabric loveseat near it. There was a little shrine area, which had sold me on the place, and in front of the shrine looked like a yoga mat. That was pretty much it, except for a fruit tree, and the owner told me that it was a pomegranate tree.
https://i.postimg.cc/pVcr6Gtx/SIDE-YARD-YOGA-AND-FIREPIT.png
The owner also told me that there was a lot of open space if I wanted to plant a garden. I really didn't know anything about gardening, but the owner told me that there were some gardening tools at the side, and all I had to do was dig a little hole in the ground, pop in the seed, cover it up and then water it. I had some parsley and tomatoes that I found, so I thought I would give it a go.
https://i.postimg.cc/KYc4Wd4G/planting-his-garden.png
I decided to unpack some of my belongings, and placed some photos on the shelves, and hung up my skis, backpack and coat near the front door.
https://i.postimg.cc/1R27MS4Q/from-back-to-front.png
And lastly, I unfolded the "borrowed" poster and hung it on the wall. I surveyed the house and smiled. Now it felt like "home".
https://i.postimg.cc/jqgJPqgs/it-felt-like-home.png
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Notes:
https://i.postimg.cc/pLfWYxQG/overview-of-house.png
I added/changed a few things in the house. It has the off-the-grid lot trait and also is a tiny living "small" house. There are a lot of debug items on the lot, including debug pictures above the counter in the kitchen, and over the bed, the trees, plants, lanterns in the house and in the backyard, the shrine, fence, and the indoor fireplace. The fireplace looks lit because of the "brightdark triplet totem candles" I placed in there. Added: moonlight lantern, sleezy skis gear hanging rack, bunny bookshelf, the world's fastest table, "I did this thing" poster, fine dining poster, fresh beginnings faux fur rug, ate & salvage drafting table (the chair was already in the build), starlit children's wastebasket, and smoke alarm. Added the sunny days wall mirror and a toilet paper roll holder in the bathroom (the rug came with the build). I switched out the fridge for an off-the grid fridge from cottage living. I deleted the stove, and added a firepit and loveseat in the backyard. I also added a chess table out front and a yoga mat. In the original build, the bathroom area is open, I just created a sort-of closed-in space using 1/2 walls and an archway, and added the Noren curtains above the archway. I thought it looked better. With these additions, it brought the build up to approx. $6K.
