- Danner Cronise, 23, is a computer-engineering pupil on the College of Alabama in Huntsville.
- Since 2020, Cronise and his dad have been changing an previous Residence Depot shed right into a tiny house.
- Check out how they’re remodeling the shed the household erected 20 years in the past.
Danner Cronise and his dad got down to rework a $5,250 shed right into a ‘unbelievable retreat,’ documenting the journey on YouTube.
Twenty years after buying a two-story Residence Depot shed to make use of as storage, Cronise and his dad determined to try to flip it into the world’s largest tiny house.
Cronise’s household had bought a 22-acre property within the hills of southern Tennessee in 2001.
He mentioned they wanted someplace to reside whereas constructing their new house, so that they purchased the Residence Depot shed for $5,250.
The shed had been left untouched for 20 years, and it was coated in vines and surrounded by bushes and shrubs.
His father constructed a concrete basis for a small lavatory, however their plans modified they usually ended up transferring to Huntsville, Alabama.
Cronise’s dad visited the property in 2020, and he despatched his son a textual content message, saying: “We have to rescue the shed.”
Cronise mentioned he and his father began the venture on a ‘whim.’
On his YouTube channel, the place he has virtually 35,000 subscribers, Cronise has documented the restoration course of, posting greater than 30 movies exhibiting the varied levels of the venture.
Their first step was to clear the shed of the overgrown crops and bushes.
Throughout Cronise’s first go to to the shed, he and his sisters, Erin, a nurse, and Alexia, a Twitch streamer, have been “shocked to search out the overgrowth and even found a snake inside.”
Regardless of the challenges, Cronise advised Insider that he and his father have been decided to save lots of the shed, so that they “started the lengthy means of renovation.”
Cronise and his father have spent most of their weekends engaged on the shed.
Early on they took down the shed’s higher stage to rebuild the roof.
“We have carried out numerous work to the land, too, equivalent to clearing and chopping vines and eradicating fallen bushes,” Cronise advised Insider.
The land is 22 acres, nevertheless it’s additionally on rolling hills, so the floor space is nearer to 30 acres.
Cronise mentioned he’d by no means used a chainsaw earlier than beginning on the tiny home.
Cronise is anticipating to graduate from his computer-engineering course on the College of Alabama this yr.
He mentioned the venture has compelled him to study all types of latest abilities, together with utilizing a chainsaw.
“I’ve at all times been into videography, tech, programming — I by no means thought I might’ve been doing building,” Cronise advised Insider.
Engaged on the conversion taught him lots, Cronise mentioned.
Cronise mentioned every part of the home, together with clearing the shrubs, pouring concrete, doing the framing, plumbing, electrical, and insulation, in addition to redoing everything of the roof “has been a very new expertise.”
“It offers you numerous respect for people who do that every single day. It may be onerous work, but additionally requires numerous ability,” he added.
Cronise additionally documented the renovation on TikTok and joked about turning the shed into the world’s greatest tiny house.
Cronise’s TikTok bio is: “I am changing my deserted shed right into a tiny home!”
He is even joked on the platform about turning it into the world’s “greatest” tiny house after folks mentioned it was “too huge” to be one.
Whereas the tiny home is not absolutely fitted out but, it is now doable to remain in it in a single day.
Cronise mentioned he anticipates that by December a lot of the inside shall be completed. “After I graduate, we’ll work kind of full time for a few months,” he mentioned.
They’ve spent about $15,000, Cronise mentioned. They save and pay for the method as they go.
The daddy and son have been additionally grateful to obtain some sponsorships from corporations like Rockwool for the insulation. Additionally they used funds they obtained from Patreon and Youtube promoting.
“We now have to purchase metallic for the roof and end {the electrical}, however apart from that, the flooring, partitions, and ceilings will all be from timber we harvest from the land,” Cronise mentioned.
“We’re very lucky to have black walnut, cherry, maple, oak, hickory, ash, persimmon, and pink cedar.”
The Residence Depot shed initially measured 16 by 20 toes.
The unique shed measured 16 toes by 20 toes and the upstairs had an analogous measurement with an angled gambrel roof.
The daddy and son added 12-foot by 20-foot additions on both aspect of the shed, which can embrace a kitchen and a workshop respectively.
No completion date — no drawback!
“Everybody asks when will we be completed and the actual reply is that it would not matter,” Cronise mentioned.
“We most likely won’t ever be completed in some sense, as a result of we’ll transfer on to constructing different buildings like a spring pump home, a pole barn, and a a lot bigger workshop.”
By the point Cronise graduates, he’ll be 24 and can have constructed his first home.
“It is nice to be in a rural group the place folks cease by to assist,” Cronise mentioned.
The true star of the present.
The cat’s identify is Sage. Cronise and his household received her from their neighbor Mark, a welder, when she was a kitten.
“She principally grew up on the shed,” Cronise mentioned.
Sage comes alongside for the 60-minute drive from Huntsville to the shed and loves chasing mice. Followers on Cronise’s social media present her a lot love, as nicely.
Cronise mentioned he had one of the best time working along with his dad.
Cronise advised Insider: “It has been unimaginable attending to work one-on-one with my dad over the previous couple of years. I feel it is an expertise that most individuals do not get to have with their dads, so I am extremely grateful for it.”
“We have bonded greater than ever whereas engaged on this venture,” he added. “He is taken day trip of his busy schedule to do that with me, which actually means lots to me.”
“I feel for lots of the viewers, seeing us working collectively is one of the best a part of my ‘Deserted Shed to Tiny Home’ sequence.”
A ‘unbelievable retreat.’
“It will likely be a unbelievable retreat. A spot to get away,” Cronise mentioned.
As soon as the kitchen is completed, the household might spend Thanksgiving there one yr.
However Cronise mentioned that, largely, “will probably be a spot to remain whereas engaged on the land. We’ll most likely begin a big backyard for wonderful plant-to-plate meals.”
“There’s at all times one thing that must be carried out and it is an ideal break from the world.”