A tiny house made from the big screen! Couple leave their everyday lives to live in a $10,000 compact home made from old film sets
- Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder had spent the last five years bouncing around apartments, hotels and friends' places in New England
- After catching a financial break from jobs on a movie set Chloe came up with the idea for them to build a tiny home
- Brandon told Daily Mail Online it took two months to design and nine months to build
- The house was designed to collapse so it can be towed
- It was made almost entirely out of materials the couple retrieved from the torn-down movie sets where they've worked
They call it their tiny house mansion.
Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder have spent the last five years in New England staying at various apartments, hotels and the houses of family and friends - but now they have a home that can follow wherever they need to go.
The creative couple built their new tiny home, which is designed to collapse so it can be towed, almost entirely out of the movie sets where they've worked.
It was Chloe who came up with the idea for the couple to build a house on wheels, Brandon told the Daily Mail Online.
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Chloe Barcelou and Brandon Batchelder have spent the last five years in New England staying at various apartments, hotels, and the houses of friends - but now they have a home that can follow wherever they go
The creative couple designed and built their new tiny home, which is designed to collapse so it can be towed, almost entirely out of the movie sets where they've worked
It was Chloe who came up with the idea for the couple to build a tiny home on wheels, Brandon told the Daily Mail Online, after the couple got a huge financial break thanks to jobs on an the set of an independent film
The couple had just gotten a huge financial break thanks to jobs on an independent film, where Chloe worked as a stylist and Brandon, a carpenter, helped build the set.
Brandon said the idea made 'perfect sense' for the couple who had been struggling to transition from day-jobs to creative careers.
'We could expand our job search to anywhere in North America,' he said. 'And we would never leave home again.'
Brandon spent two months designing the home and it took nine months to build, most of which was done during the brutal Boston winter.
Brandon said a tiny home made 'perfect sense' for the couple, as it would allow them expand their job search to 'anywhere in North America' but still ensuring they never left home again
Brandon spent two months designing the home and it took nine months to build, most of which was done during the brutal Boston winter
Most of the material used for the tiny home came from movie sets where the couple had worked
The house was built almost entirely out of recycled and salvaged materials found from movie sets, yard sales, or just off the side of the road.
It only set the couple back $10,000.
The tiny house will also feature a retractable deck, which has not yet been built, that will pull out from under the front door and unfold, and an accompanying tent as well as a hutch for their rabbit Cosmos.
Solar panels and a battery back-up will provide electricity and there will be hot water, a composting toilet and heat.
Brandon said gutters and rainwater collection barrels will be installed to gravity feed the house's water supply.
The couple initially wanted to design the home in a Tudor style, but decided it would look 'silly bobbing down the road'.
That's when Brandon found inspiration in the design of a steamer trunk.
'There was something really elegant and appealing about the silhouette,' he said.
Solar panels and a battery back-up will provide electricity and there will be hot water and a composting toilet
The tiny home will feature a retractable deck, which has not yet been built, that will out from under the front door and unfold
The home, currently parked in a friend's backyard in the Hamptons, will be attached to a five-ton military truck that the couple will have match the color scheme of their abode
Additional influence came from the look of railroad cars, stage coaches, gypsy caravans and old ships.
The house, currently parked in a friend's backyard in the Hamptons, will be attached to a five-ton military truck that the couple will have match the color scheme of their new abode.
Brandon said getting the opportunity to completely design the home, from its very foundation to the most minute detail, was like 'a kid building a fort'.
'There's sort of a primal satisfaction in building your own home,' he told the Daily Mail Online.
'Your imagination is the limit. You can design functions that only you need or understand.'
'It's intensely personal. And there's no history there, no creepy vibes. No one else has ever lived there.'
The couple initially wanted to design the home in a Tudor style, but decided it would look 'silly bobbing down the road'. That's when Brandon found inspiration in the design of a steamer trunk
Additional influence came from the look of railroad cars, stage coaches, gypsy caravans and old ships.
Brandon said the couple is 'foaming at the mouth' to move in as they finish the house's final touches and said they 'cannot wait to set sail and see the country'
And the couple hasn't either - not just yet. Brandon said they are 'foaming at the mouth' as they finish the final touches on the tiny home.
'So close,' he said. 'Cannot wait to set sail and see the country.'
The couple said they plan to go wherever the work is, and have even considered shipping their new house to Europe.
Brandon said, at this point in their on-the-road life, the tiny home is exactly what the couple needs.
'A lot of people criticize tiny homes,' he said. 'The truth is, they aren't for everybody. It depends on the life you want to live.'
'Our dream is to build a home somewhere, someday. We're just not ready yet, and have no idea where "somewhere" is yet.'
'We intend to use the tiny home to find out.'
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