Take a Tour of This Cute Caboose Tiny Home
Take a tour of a new caboose tiny home that’s part of Tiny Digs Hotel in Portland, Oregon. Every house on the grounds has a different theme. The newest addition is a cheerful yellow caboose-style house built by Bruce Westra of Friesian Woodcrafters.
It’s 18 feet long, 8.5 feet wide, and 13.5 feet tall at the highest point. The caboose home includes a cache of railroad history, artwork, and decor, and its design and the house’s name honor the hotel owner’s grandfather, Arthur, who loved trains.
The front porch is metal with a grated top to mimic the platforms of an actual caboose. Inside, there’s a mini office space plus a loft area with a queen-sized bed.
The caboose home carries the theme outdoors into the back of the tiny home by covering up all the utilities under a little depot station built out with what appears to be luggage and a bunch of trunks and chests. The design is as authentic as possible of what it would be like to live in a caboose home.
Some of the details of the train caboose home include a tiny desk, an electrified old kerosene lamp, and other antique finds. The kitchen and bathroom have old-fashioned touches, including old hand-pump-style faucets, and ceramic sinks, plus repurposed railroad spikes to hold cups, toilet paper, and towels.
Railroad-style lanterns are hung in the loft area on either side of the bed and trunks are used as nightstands.
The finishing touch? A tiny metal caboose-style back porch with two chairs so guests can enjoy the secluded outdoor area.
Caboose tiny home
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be nice for a getaway cottage