Cozy

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One of my coworkers just received his new tent via UPS. It's a 10x10 Coleman dome. It's an upgrade for him and his wife and two kids, from their 7x7. Egad. I didn't tell him our big tent is 12x20, for the two of us.

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[rickthefightguy.livejournal.com]

Cool! How do you fit 300 square feet inside a tent with outside dimensions of 10x20? I have wanted a Tortise Tent for _ever_ :-)

[rufinia.livejournal.com]

I was kinda wondering the same thing myself...

[cellio]

Vertical space. :-) (See my reply below.) I wasn't being deliberately cryptic (I think Caitlin already knows what I live in at Pennsic), but I should have thought of the other readers.

[cellio]

Loft. :-) Building projects are fun.

[rickthefightguy.livejournal.com]

Oh right! _That_ Monica Cellio.... I am in awe...

[cellio]

Come see it in person; I'll show you the warts and you can reduce your awe level. :-) But seriously, it's a fun project, and it has massively increased my Pennsic comfort (so it was worth it), but I also don't have any special skills here or anything. Other people can and have done similar things -- there's the guy with the Venetian canal house, and the pirate ship, and a couple of vardos, and of course the merchant houses. In some-assembly-required projects, there are several houses, a chapel, and probably other stuff. Any of us will be happy to talk your ear off about how you too can live in extreme comfort at camping events. :-)

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

I've been designing, but will never build, the perfect SCA camping trailer. Designing for about 2 years.

Two story tudor structure, collapsible for trailering, has everything for all-weather camping mundane or SCA, except a good bathroom. For that it's still portalet... Much of the furniture is collapsible for the second floor.

Wired for power (12/120), concealed interior and exterior lights, fire safe, small kitchen, etcetera.

[cellio]

Ooh, sounds nifty. What size trailer are you packing all of that into? And why won't you build it -- inertia, or never quite being done twiddling with the design?

[goldsquare.livejournal.com]

The rough idea now is to use a car transporter, and make the second floor a "sleeve" which can be raised and lowered for camping or transport.

Why? Many reasons... no place to build or store it, would require a much bigger vehicle to tow it, lack of some of the appropriate skills (mind, it would be great fun to learn how to weld and all) and a diminishing interest in the Society for now...

I am enjoying hacking on the design, of course, but the rough outlines of the plan have been stable for a year or more.

Once my financial problems vanish (hah!) and I buy a
new larger house with room, and decide to purchase a giant truck to tow it, and learn all the skills, and need to go to more events... (:-)

[jducoeur]

Come see it in person; I'll show you the warts and you can reduce your awe level.

No, I'm sorry -- that doesn't work. I *have* seen it in person, you *have* pointed out the warts, and I am *still* in awe. The house is just mondo-cool...